Artwork by Robbie Conal for the cover of Capitalists and Conquerors.
This website is developed as a resource for students of critical pedagogy. The critical pedagogy which I support and practice advocates non-violent dissent, the development of a philosophy of praxis guided by a Marxist humanism, the study of revolutionary social movements and thought, and the struggle for socialist democracy. It is opposed to liberal democracy, which only serves to facilitate the reproduction of capital. It advocates a multiracial and anti-imperialist social movement dedicated to opposing racism, capitalism (both in private property and state property forms), sexism, heterosexism, hierarchies based on social class, as well as other forms of oppression. It draws its inspiration from philosophers of revolutionary praxis such as Paulo Freire, Raya Dunayevskaya, and other philosophers, social theorists and political activists and supports all those who yearn and struggle for freedom. Critical pedagogy is opposed to both state terrorism and individual acts of terrorism. As Freire writes in The Pedagogy of Freedom, "Terrorism is the negation of what I call a universal human ethic." Critical pedagogy is driven by the engine of class struggle in both national and international arenas.
"Pedagogy, Human Development and Socialism: The Bolivarian Revolution."
Please click on the image to the left to view selections from a conversation between Peter McLaren and Michael Lebowitz (video recorded September 14, 2006).
E-BOOK AND PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE. Please click on the image to the left for the details for getting the new book Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire.
For a listing of my upcoming engagements,
please click here.
For a fantastic image created by Roy Carter for the book Teaching Peter McLaren, please click here.
For recent news regarding my inclusion on UCLA's "dirty thirty" list of professors, please click here, or here, or here.
For a description and trailers of a new film by Juli Jiyoung Kang, in which I play a Marxist professor turned spiritual guide, please click here.
For a stirring 7 minute video depicting the revolutionary legacy of Che Guevara, please click here. (Note: 38 MB) And here is a link to the lyrics of The Internationale.
The Fundacion McLaren is a new organization created by a number of scholars and activists based in Tijuana, Mexico. Access the website they have created for their events, writings, and announcements (in Spanish, some English).
See also: FUNDACION MCLAREN DE PEDAGOGIA CRITICA EN SONORA
Venezuela suffered a US-backed coup d'etat on April 11, 2002. This is the story of the youth of the barrios who fought to restore democracy and president Hugo Chávez.
Nathalie Cardone sings "Hasta Siempre"
New Book from Siglo Veintiuno Editores-Mexico available
"The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces, the more his production increases in power and range. The worker becomes an ever cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates. With the increasing value of the world of things proceeds in direct proportion to the devaluation of the world of men. Labour produces not only commodities; it produces itself and the worker as a commodity -- and does so in the proportion in which it produces commodities generally." - Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
The Journal
for Critical Education Policy Studies is
published by the Institute for Education Policy
Studies, an independent Radical Left/ Socialist/
Marxist institute for developing analysis of
education policy. The Institute, and this Journal,
also seek to develop Marxist education theory,
analysis and policy development.
Statement of Purpose
