The cockroaches have come together. The rest of us must decide whether we will keep competing for our assigned places in an unjust world—or join them in creating one in which every child has the chance to flourish, writes @jessehagopian.bsky.social.

India’s Cockroach Movement Shows How to Fight Autocracy and the Testocracy

How a leaked high-stakes exam exposed capitalism’s broken promise—and why standardized testing keeps igniting struggle.

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Happy Friday! Seattle's finally decided to make universal school meals a reality. It shouldn't have been this much of a fight. This week, the amazing @jessehagopian.bsky.social talks with us about fighting for educational justice, in Seattle and everywhere. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Ep 61: Teach Truth and Feed the Damn Kids with Jesse Hagopian

Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · July 24 · 1h 4m

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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

OUT TODAY, the AAUP just released the first comprehensive account of how the Trump administration has taken the same playbook it's used on law firms & foreign governments & turned it on American universities. US higher ed has, in effect, become a target of a massive extortion racket. 🧵

New Report on Extorted Compliance Charges “Massive Extortion Racket” Against Higher Ed

A new AAUP report, "Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance," exposes how the Trump administration has extended its pay-to-play approach to gov...

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“Years in public school classrooms have taught me something policymakers sometimes overlook: hunger doesn’t follow the neat lines that eligibility rules try to draw.” Universal school meals now! Thank you @jessehagopian.bsky.social for this www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

Guest Rant: Seattle Can't Afford Not to Feed Every Child - The Stranger

Every August, before I thought about lesson plans, I went shopping for snacks. When I taught elementary school in a Washington, DC neighborhood shaped by generations of segregation and concentrated po...

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Tomorrow! July 15 @ 4pm, join ‘The Other 250: America from Below’ w/ @rebeccanagle.bsky.social, @jessehagopian.bsky.social, & others. The virtual roundtable will explore the contested terrain of the U.S. semiquincentennial & the counter-histories that confront the authoritarianism of the present.

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Next Wednesday, I'm joining The Natural History Museum's virtual roundtable "The Other 250: America from Below" with Jesse Hagopian, Derek Alderman, and Beka Economopoulos. Register today → zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Cracking open history to reveal new new futures waiting for us, Hagopian offers searing clarity to today's convoluted spectacle. So. Damn. Good.

Jesse Hagopian@jessehagopian.bsky.social · last mo.

Yes, Trump’s UFC cage fight for America’s 250th birthday was grotesque. But the rising fascism of our time is not a detour from the nation’s founding ideals. My new piece for @truthout. truthout.org/articles/tru... #Decolonize1776 #America250 #TeachTruth #BlackHistory

"Decolonizing 1776 requires more than rethinking the past; it requires reclaiming our capacity to imagine a different future." -- @jessehagopian.bsky.social in "Trump’s UFC Cage Fight Is an Apt Metaphor for a Nation Built on Colonial Violence" via @truthout.org Here: truthout.org/articles/tru...

Yes, Trump’s UFC cage fight for America’s 250th birthday was grotesque. But the rising fascism of our time is not a detour from the nation’s founding ideals. My new piece for @truthout. truthout.org/articles/tru... #Decolonize1776 #America250 #TeachTruth #BlackHistory

Trump’s UFC Cage Fight Is an Apt Metaphor for a Nation Built on Colonial Violence

The White House’s Freedom 250 spectacle grotesquely exposed the settler-colonial legacy of 1776.

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#tdih 1969 Stonewall Uprising in NYC. Police attack patrons at gay bar who resist. Often called spark that launched the gay rights mov't, the history is longer. See NY Historical Society & Throughline ⬇️ Defend right to teach this history. Poster via @justseeds.bsky.social of Sylvia Ray Rivera

June 28, 1969: Stonewall Riots

Police arrived at the Stonewall Inn and arrested anyone found to be cross-dressing, resulting in mayhem and what are now referred to as the Stonewall Riots. This was a milestone in a long history of L...

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Teach the Black Freedom Struggle ’26–’27 classes are here! #BacktoSchool🧵 Sept. 28: 100 Years of HS Student Organizing @jessehagopian.bsky.social joins historians @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social & Jon N. Hale to discuss student organizing & state repression. www.zinnedproject.org/news/one-hun...

One Hundred Years of High School Student Organizing

Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn Edu...

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Don't miss tonight @ 7pm ET: Join Educators For Strong Schools: Momentum From May Day. Be part of the movement. Learn about historic May Day actions & building strong unions for the common good Featuring @jessehagopian.bsky.social & Cierra Kaler-Jones of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social Register ⬇️

Educators For Strong Schools: Momentum From May Day · Mobilize

**Hear lessons from educators in NC and WI building from their build up to the historic actions on May Day 2026 shutting down schools for massive May Day rallies and how we can build strong unions wor...

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THIS is why we produced a Climate Crisis Timeline to use in classrooms. Every young person should be able to spot the misinformation/spin in the Forbes headline. The rewrite by @katharinehayhoe.com is a powerful and accurate correction. #TeachTruth www.zinnedproject.org/news/climate...

Climate Crisis Timeline

We offer a new timeline of the climate crisis that traces its roots from European colonial expansion and racial capitalism to present-day fossil fuel industry and government projects that exploit and ...

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Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 3mo ago

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Here’s my application for $30 million from Trump’s new slush fund: “If you think the January 6 defendants have a compelling claim for compensation due to governmental mistreatment, wait until you hear about this historical episode called slavery.” www.commondreams.org/opinion/appl...

My Application for $30 Million From Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund | Common Dreams

A formal letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, faithfully submitted.

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The clips I saw from this event were truly wild. I’m glad @jessehagopian.bsky.social took the time to break down the madness of it all

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Trump’s lesson to children was to fear difference, obey power, and treat vulnerable people as threats.

The attack on truth teaching about Black history and LGBTQIA identity continues—and so does the resistance ✊🏾🌈 I’m deeply honored by these words about my book from some of the scholars and movement intellectuals who have shaped my own thinking and organizing. #TeachTruth www.teachtruthbook.com

“Pointing out the problem is not enough, although I might enjoy those movies. We need something that makes people want to join a movement that can win.”

How to steal back the future: Boots Riley on his "best film yet"

The radical writer, artist, and director discusses I Love Boosters, in theaters May 22.

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“In 1526 — long before the more renowned dates that anchor the nation’s story of 1619 and 1776 — enslaved Africans rose up and freed themselves on the land that would eventually become the United States.” #FirstSlaveRevolt #Quincentennial #BlackHistory iamaneducator.com/2026/05/13/5...

500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250

In 1526 — long before the more renowned dates that anchor the nation’s story of 1619 and 1776 — enslaved Africans rose up and freed themselves on the land that would eventually become the United St…

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Later today: ZEP campaign director @jessehagopian.bsky.social at @redwineblueusa.bsky.social on what MAGA wants young people to learn about the American Revolution, what they are censoring, and how we can reclaim the narrative and the #FreedomtoLearn. Join us ⬇️ secure.ngpvan.com/nSbJq0Wt10y7...

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Extremists groups are pushing curriculums that distort history and replace facts with versions that fit their beliefs. Want to better understand what they are trying to bring into classrooms? Join to ...

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“We see that there must be a radical redistribution of economic & political power . . . we have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society.” — Dr. Martin L. King #tdih 1968 Poor People's Campaign began ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...

May 12, 1968: The Poor People’s Campaign Began

The Poor People’s Campaign was a multiracial effort to gain economic justice for poor people.

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See you later today for “Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea.” Learn how enslaved people resisted not only on land, but across the seas, turning ships, routes, and the very machinery of empire into sites of rebellion & escape. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/freedom...

Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

Historian Marcus Rediker will discuss his new book Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle...

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If you teach U.S. history -- or simply want to learn more -- join us for our free class today at 4pm PT/7pm ET with historian @marcusrediker.bsky.social to learn about the Underground Railroad on waterways. ASL interpretation & PD certificates provided. RSVP: www.zinnedproject.org/news/freedom...

My latest in @truthout.org: Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans freed themselves in 1526 on land that became the U.S. 500 years later, during the #America250 hype, this history reminds us: freedom wasn’t given by men in powdered wigs—it was seized by the enslaved. truthout.org/articles/500...

500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250

Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.

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"At a moment when the nation is celebrating the semiquincentennial of 1776, it is actively disremembering the quincentennial of 1526 — when freedom was not declared by enslavers, but seized by the enslaved."

Jesse Hagopian@jessehagopian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My latest in @truthout.org: Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans freed themselves in 1526 on land that became the U.S. 500 years later, during the #America250 hype, this history reminds us: freedom wasn’t given by men in powdered wigs—it was seized by the enslaved. truthout.org/articles/500...

Wow.

Jesse Hagopian@jessehagopian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My latest in @truthout.org: Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans freed themselves in 1526 on land that became the U.S. 500 years later, during the #America250 hype, this history reminds us: freedom wasn’t given by men in powdered wigs—it was seized by the enslaved. truthout.org/articles/500...

My latest in @truthout.org: Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans freed themselves in 1526 on land that became the U.S. 500 years later, during the #America250 hype, this history reminds us: freedom wasn’t given by men in powdered wigs—it was seized by the enslaved. truthout.org/articles/500...

500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250

Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.

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It’s 💡Cover Reveal Friday💡 for coeditors George Theoharis and John Rogers! EDUCATING IN DANGEROUS TIMES is a compilation of 25 leading education scholars on reenvisioning and creating equitable, inclusive, and democratic public schools. Watch this space in August! 👀 Cover design: Carol Chu

“Education is one of the central battlegrounds where the meaning of workers‘ rights is really being redefined.” — @jessehagopian.bsky.social in Colorlines’ #MayDay article from @raceforward.org Read ⬇️ & connect fight for workers’ rights to struggle for #TeachTruth colorlines.com/article/proj...

May Day: A Fight for People, Power and A New Narrative - Colorlines

Climate As a Labor Right For Leah Obias, Director of Policy and Strategy at Race Forward, the core messaging of May Day is to look at labor through its intersections.

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Chicago Teachers Are Organizing to Fight Beyond a Day of Action on May Day Great @truthout.org interview with Chicago Teachers Union VP Jackson Potter! truthout.org/articles/chi...

Chicago Teachers Are Organizing to Fight Beyond a Day of Action on May Day

Jackson Potter, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, wants people to build “organized power at every level.”…

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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:

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...

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