McLaren examines and interprets the teachings of these two figures with the aim of developing in readers the kind of critical agency he sees as necessary to resist the economic and political structures that currently dominate global relations.

Journal Of Social Work Education

In a probing posthumous meditation on the life and work of Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Paulo Freire, Peter McLaren not only recalls their history but reasserts the continued influence for our own times of these two revolutionary teachers.

Barbara Harlow, University of Texas, Austin

In this lucid and theoretically informed reappraisal of the legacies of Che and Freire, Peter McLaren has made a significant contribution to a renewed Marxist theory. Where critiques of capitalism seem to be out of fashion, this volume engages the lives of two great revolutionaries in the context of 'globalization' and increasing class inequality.

Rodolfo D. Torres, professor, University of California, Irvine; visiting professor, University of Glasgow, Scotland

An enlightening reaffirmation of revolutionary theory and practice, much needed as an antidote to this age of free-market imperialism.

Michael Parenti, author of The Face of Imperialism and God and His Demons

A book on Che Guevera and Paulo Freire? Once again Peter McLaren has asked scholars and educators to confront our own political limitations and imagine the unimaginable: Educational revolution is achievable. McLaren passionately turns to the revolutionary spirit of these two icons in a work that rivals the intensity of Jonathan Kozol's work. I predict McLaren's book will have equal impact on the educational community. He invites the reader to boldly act in the name and the body of the poor and dispossessed. Scholarship in education can have no higher ambition.

Louis F. Mirón, University of California, Irvine, Author of The Social Construction of Urban Schooling

Keeps the revolutionary spirit of Che and Freire alive and challenges readers, particularly educators, to engage the true meaning of a revolutionary praxis. A must-read for all those who dare embrace a truly revolutionary pedagogy of the oppressed.

Donaldo Macedo, University of Massachusetts, Boston