Henry A. Giroux

Henry A. Giroux currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the English and Cultural Studies Department and is the Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy. His most recent books include: The Terror of the Unforeseen (Los Angeles Review of books, 2019), On Critical Pedagogy, 2nd edition (Bloomsbury, 2020); Race, Politics, and Pandemic Pedagogy: Education in a Time of Crisis (Bloomsbury 2021); Pedagogy of Resistance: Against Manufactured Ignorance (Bloomsbury 2022) and Insurrections: Education in the Age of Counter-Revolutionary Politics (Bloomsbury, 2023), and coauthored with Anthony DiMaggio, Fascism on Trial: Education and the Possibility of Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2025). Giroux is also a member of Truthout’s board of directors.

November 15, 2026

Sri Lanka

The revolt in the (Sinhala-Buddhist) temple

“Mendicants, what’s with that colossal racket?” ~ The Buddha (Cātumasutta) Pope Julius II died in February 1513. Called the Warrior Pope, he waged a series of wars to unite the Papal States

India/World

Quad leaders set to meet in Manila for first summit in two years

Leaders of the United States, Japan, Australia and India are expected to meet in Manila on Tuesday for the first summit of the four-nation Quad grouping in two years, with critical minerals, maritime security and the protection of international shipping

November 15, 2026

Hungary recovers nearly $20 million in cash in corruption investigation involving former Orban minister

Business

Hungarian authorities have recovered nearly $20 million in cash, including banknotes buried in forests and concealed in farm buildings, warehouses and other properties, as

Philippines deepens military ties with Australia as tensions with China escalate

Philippines/World

The Philippines and Australia have signed a new defence cooperation arrangement aimed at simplifying joint military activities and strengthening security ties, as Manila expands

Erasing Minds: The War on Knowledge

June 3, 2025

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.– Milan Kundera In an age where culture is the primary battlefield, authoritarianism thrives on ignorance, historical amnesia and the

Neoliberalism’s Grip: Universities in the Dark

November 4, 2024

Education

Education is not the filling of a vessel, but the lighting of a fire. – bell hooks In an era marked by unprecedented threats to democracy from rising authoritarian forces, universities—once celebrated citadels