Meet the 2026 Writing Freedom Fellows Haymarket Books and the Mellon Foundation are proud to introduce the third cohort of the Writing Freedom Fellowship, recognizing twenty emerging, mid-career, and established poets, fiction writers, an...

Introducing the 2026 Writing Freedom Fellows! Haymarket Books and @mellon.org are honored to recognize these 20 writers and their remarkable work. Read more here:

"What's Wrong with AI in Schools?: A Conversation" Thursay April 9th at 7PM ET - pics of the panelists and moderator

Join this April 9th webinar with me, Rachel Franz on @fairplayforkids.bsky.social, @jessehagopian.bsky.social, and Adam Sanches hosted by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social on resisting AI in schools. Registration in the link.

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Hell yeah BC teachers!

Jesse Hagopian argues that there has been no single force as destructive for #publiceducation as #BillGates. Hear more from Jesse and other powerful speakers in our recent webinar “Gates’s Global Power Grab: Building a Movement Against Oligarchy”: youtu.be/zPbXxEpM4tk

Resisting AI Mania in Schools A former English teacher takes on many of the arguments of AI promoters.

rethinkingschools.org/articles/res.... Please check out Rethinking Schools and support! They are amazing. @jessehagopian.bsky.social

In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.

Yes.
"In an era of mass book bans & laws that prohibit almost 1/2 of U.S. public school students from learning about systemic racism & honest accounts of Black history, 'Sinners' gathers what this country has tried to forget." -- @jessehagopian.bsky.social @truthout.org
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March 15, 1942: Norwegian Teachers Resist Nazi Curriculum More than 1,300 Norwegian teachers were arrested by the German Nazi-installed government.

#tdih 1942, more than 1,300 Norwegian teachers were arrested by German Nazi-installed gov't after 12,000 of 14,000 nationwide had refused to join new Nazi-oriented teachers’ association & resisted Nazification of the curriculum.

Teaching is not neutral. #Resist
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In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.

"In an era of mass book bans & laws that prohibit almost 1/2 of U.S. public school students from learning about systemic racism & honest accounts of Black history, 'Sinners' gathers what this country has tried to forget." -- @jessehagopian.bsky.social ⬇️ in @truthout.org
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On the Origins of Genuine Intersectionality in Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective was published in December 2017, less than one year into Donald Trump’s first term as President. At this p…

“Let us end the economic system that devours the people we love.” @keeanga.bsky.social

Politics · Education · Community Register today! Register online by Friday, June 19th for the early bird discount Socialism Chicago · September 4–7

Registration is now live for Socialism 2026!

It has never been more urgent for us to come together and strengthen our movements by learning from one another.

Read and Black title: I Didn't Come Here to Lie: Book Discussion & Celebration, Thursday March 12th at 4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET. Cierra Kaler-Jones, Jesse Hagopian, and Elizabeth Todd-Breland. rethinking schools. Gold and white background with headshots of the speakers and the cover image of the book, which includes a picture of Karen Lewis wearing a red shirt and sunglasses with her hands lifted

This Thursday, March 12th, join me for a virtual conversation with @rethinkingschools.bsky.social @jessehagopian.bsky.social & Cierra Kaler-Jones! Zoom link when you register here: www.classy.org/event/%22i-d...

White and orange text on blue backround: "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame [nor the crime] of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn HowardZinn.org

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame [nor the crime] of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn, @zinndigital.bsky.social

No war with Iran

Money for schools, not for war!

#NoWarWithIran

What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party — but Should By Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian Black Panther Party history holds vital lessons for today’s movement to confront racism and police violence, yet textbooks either misrepresent or minimize the signif...

"The BPP fought in Black communities across the nation for giving the poor access to decent housing, health care, education, & much more. This local organizing . . . has been erased in the textbooks. . ." --@jessehagopian.bsky.social & Adam Sanchez

Read below:
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The Affordability Crisis Is Real. Only Worker Organizing Can Offer Solutions. A nation that can feed its billionaires but not its children has an economic system built to protect cruelty.

For the majority of Americans, the affordability crisis isn’t just a feeling — it’s a monthly calculation. To change that reality, we must first confront the fact that this inequality is baked into our current economic system.

@jessehagopian.bsky.social on @truthout.org

We updated our Truthout Folks starter pack! This is a great way to follow Truthout staff and contributing writers on Bluesky!

Jesse Hagopian on the “New McCarthyism”: As More Educators Self-Censor, Others Vow to Teach the Truth As Black History Month begins, longtime educator Jesse Hagopian joins us for Part 2 of an interview about the Trump administration and right-wing attacks on education, and his new book, Teach Truth: T...

ZEP campaign director & @rethinkingschools.bsky.social editor @jessehagopian.bsky.social describes a “great rebellion” of educators, parents & students -- practicing “fugitive pedagogy” in defiance of “outrageous laws trying to ban the truth.” @democracynow.org
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Black History Is for Everyone Jesse Hagopian interviews author Brian Jones about his new book Black History Is for Everyone.

Black History Is For Everyone

@jessehagopian.bsky.social interviews @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social for @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

OPINION | What started at a Rainier Valley elementary school became a national movement. As Black Lives Matter at School marks 10 years in Seattle, renewed attacks on Black education make clear why this organizing still matters.

Read Jesse Hagopian's op-ed here: soseaem.org/46fUscA #Seattle #BLM

The Affordability Crisis Is Real. Only Worker Organizing Can Offer Solutions. A nation that can feed its billionaires but not its children has an economic system built to protect cruelty.

NEW: Throughout U.S. history, workers have fought off unlivable conditions by organizing and winning protections. Today, they can use the same strength to address the unacceptable affordability crisis.

@jessehagopian.bsky.social in @truthout.org:

Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice An Uprising for Educational Justice

Learn more about our movement in the book, “Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice” that I co-edited with @denishajones.bsky.social

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Annual Week of Action Our Week of Action is held during the first full week of February. Across the country, educators from early childhood through higher education foster inquiry, dialogue, understanding, and action as...

The BLM at School Week of Action starts today! Join students, educators & communities nationwide as we teach truth and push for equity in schools.

We have events all week—your voice matters, so join us!

#BLMatSchool

www.blacklivesmatteratschool.com/woa.html

“Let Us Out”: ICE Detention of Kids Sparks Protests at Immigration Jail in Texas Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old from Minnesota who was detained last week after coming home from preschool, is being held in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Congressmembers who ...

“Reform is inadequate. It just needs to be shut down.”

Flyer for the 10th Annual Black Lives Matter at School Seattle Press Conference. Beige background with a faint pattern of raised fists holding microphones and a red, black, orange and green patterned border on the sides. Large bold text reads “PRESS CONFERENCE” with “You’re invited!” underneath. Event details list: Tuesday, January 27 at 4:30 pm, City Hall Lobby, 600 4th Ave, Seattle. The Black Lives Matter at School logo appears in the lower left. Text at the bottom invites people to join a panel discussion with youth, educators, and community members sharing why they will participate in Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.

Today! Join the BLM at School press conference at Seattle City Hall where the deputy mayor will declare February 2nd BLM at School Day for the City of Seattle!

Students will talk about the attack on Somali families, disproportionate discipline, & the struggle for Black studies.

Hope to see you!

Coretta Scott King Publicly Opposed Vietnam Before MLK — and Urged Him to Follow Coretta Scott King’s vision shaped MLK’s politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.

Just like clockwork, MLK is often invoked to tell young people to quiet down, to stop being disruptive. But @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social says looking at his actual life shows his deep belief in disruption—because injustice is comfortable. @jessehagopian.bsky.social

So glad you liked the lesson!

Legalize Black Education: The Long Fight for the Right to Learn Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 40 pages. This lesson explores major examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle, high...

"Black education was a fugitive project from its inception — outlawed & defined as a criminal act regarding the slave population in the southern states and, at times, too, an object of suspicion and violent resistance in the North." @zinnedproject.bsky.social

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If not now, when??

Jesse Hagopian sits in a wicker chair resembling a Black Panther–style throne inside a museum exhibit. He raises his right fist in a gesture of solidarity. He wears a Seattle Seahawks jersey with the number 24, a Seahawks cap, and dark pants. Behind him is a large wall display titled “What We Want,” listing the Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program, with historical photographs and text panels visible around the exhibit space.

My vibe right now!

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