Radical Education
Learning can be liberation.
This collection is for people reimagining education as a tool for justice. These books explore how knowledge is created, how it’s shared, and who gets to hold it. From unschooling and youth leadership to political education and movement training, each title offers frameworks for learning that center autonomy, cultural relevance, and community power.
Whether you are an educator, youth worker, nonprofit leader, or curriculum designer, these books will help you foster liberatory learning spaces rooted in care and transformation.
Every purchase supports our Microgrant Fund, which provides direct support to grassroots changemakers and under-resourced organizations in New York and New England.
Teaching to Transgress
by Bell Hooks
$49.00
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Bell Hooks redefines the classroom as a space of freedom, where learning is political and rooted in the whole person. This book lays a foundation for education that disrupts systems of domination and affirms lived experience.
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Perfect for classroom educators, teaching artists, or anyone designing workshops or trainings that center critical thinking, dialogue, and student power.
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This Book Is Anti-Racist
by Tiffany Jewell
$14.99
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Accessible and visually engaging, this book introduces key concepts of identity, justice, and solidarity to young people. It centers youth as agents of change and supports early conversations about equity and action.
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Perfect for educators, parents, or youth program staff seeking tools to engage young readers in discussions about power, privilege, and systems of oppression.
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Free to Learn
by Peter Gray
$19.99
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Peter Gray challenges conventional schooling and makes a compelling case for self-directed, play-based learning. Drawing on research in psychology, anthropology, and education, he outlines how freedom supports natural curiosity, independence, and long-term success.
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Use this book to reimagine youth programming, guide unschooling or alternative education models, or inspire more autonomy-based approaches within your nonprofit's education work.
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A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
$22.99
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This iconic work reframes U.S. history through the lens of Indigenous people, workers, women, and the oppressed. It invites critical engagement with national narratives and offers an essential counter-history.
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Great for curriculum development, adult education programs, or public-facing workshops where historical context is key to understanding the present.
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We Want to Do More Than Survive
by Bettina L. Love
$16.95
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Love critiques the ways traditional education systems harm Black and Brown youth and offers a model of abolitionist teaching rooted in joy, love, and resistance. It’s a call to educators to reject survival-based pedagogy and instead cultivate freedom.
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Use this book to spark courageous conversations about race, schooling, and equity within your organization or classroom, and to design programming that affirms cultural identity.
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