{"product_id":"the-right-to-learn-resisting-the-right-wing-attack-on-academic-freedom-paperback","title":"The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Ruth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eValerie C. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEllen Schrecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom leaders on the front lines of the battle for academic freedom in higher education, an empowering collection on fighting back against anti-CRT policies, book banning, and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning over 40 years of contested history through to today, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e speaks out fearlessly against the far right's decades-long war against intellectual freedom. This essential anthology outlines and contextualizes the culture wars' demonization of critical race theory, Ron DeSantis's \"Don't Say Gay\" law, and other hot-button issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an introduction that places the current crisis within the broader context of the ongoing attacks on American democracy, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e features the testimony and analysis of activists, scholars, and attorneys with firsthand experience in the struggle against well-funded conservative groups' assaults on academic freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn impassioned, inspired resource for those fighting on the ground for the right to learn, this anthology is structured in 3 parts designed to equip educators with the necessary tools to understand the battle--and to fight back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePART 1\u003c\/b\u003e explores educational gag laws, featuring, among others, PEN America staff members \u003cb\u003eJonathan Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJeremy C. Young\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eJames Tager\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePART 2\u003c\/b\u003e offers perspectives on key issues from those on the front lines: activists, educators, and attorneys like \u003cb\u003eDennis Parker\u003c\/b\u003e, director of the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePART 3\u003c\/b\u003e investigates the implications of undermining academic freedom, with insight from experts such as \u003cb\u003eSharon D. Austin\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the professors barred by the University of Florida from testifying against a restrictive voting rights law and a plaintiff in the main legal case against Ron DeSantis's \"Stop WOKE Act.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As they confront today's attack on higher education, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e's expert contributors reveal that what's at stake is the pursuit of the real-world and contemporary knowledge a democratic polity requires\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie C. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is associate provost of diversity, equity, and inclusion and associate professor of political science at DePaul University in Chicago. Her research and teaching explore the intersections of race and class. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Power in the Suburbs: The Myth or Reality of African American Suburban Political Incorporation\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePower in the City: Clarence Stone and the Politics of Inequity\u003c\/i\u003e with Marion Orr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Ruth\u003c\/b\u003e is associate dean in the College of the Arts and professor in the School of Film at Portland State University. She has written about academic freedom and higher education in publications such as the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTruthout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAcademe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMs\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent book, cowritten with Michael Bérubé, is \u003ci\u003eIt's Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Schrecker\u003c\/b\u003e is well known for her scholarship on McCarthyism and higher education. 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