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Henry Giroux is a regular contributor to a number of online journals including Truthout, Truthdig, and CounterPunch. He has published in journals including Social Text, Third Text, Cultural Studies, Harvard Educational Review, Theory, Culture, & Society, and Monthly Review.

 

His primary research areas are: cultural studies, youth studies, critical pedagogy, popular culture, media studies, social theory, and the politics of higher and public education.  He is particularly interested in what he calls the war on youth, the corporatization of higher education, the politics of neoliberalism, the assault on civic literacy and the collapse of public memory, public pedagogy, the educative nature of politics, and the rise of various youth movements across the globe.

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Henry A. Giroux: Pedagogy of Resistance

Henry A. Giroux | 57th Street Books | May 5, 2022

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Henry A. Giroux: The Nightmare of Neoliberal Fascism

Mark Karlin & Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | June 10, 2018

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A Democracy in Exile Fights Against Fascism

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | June 7, 2018

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Striking Teachers Beat Back Neoliberalism's War on Public Schools 

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | May 23, 2018

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The Slow and Fast Assault on Public Education

Henry A. Giroux | Boston Review | May 14, 2018

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Switching sides: Whitewashing history in the age of Trump

Henry A. Giroux | The Conversation | May 6, 2018

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Unfashionable Fascism: Mainstream Politicians Switching Sides Under Trump’s Regime of Barbarism

Henry A. Giroux | Counter Punch | April 27, 2018

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Educated Hope in Dark Times: The Challenge of the Educator-Artist as a Public Intellectual

Henry A. Giroux | ArtsEverywhere, Truthout | April 06, 2018

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Educated Hope in Dark Times: The Challenge of the Educator/Artist as a Public Intellectual

Henry A. Giroux | Education & Democracy | March 20, 2018

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Education as a Weapon of Struggle: Rethinking the Parkland Uprising in the Age of Mass Violence

Henry A. Giroux | Counterpunch | March 26, 2018

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Killing Children in the Age of Disposability: The Parkland Shooting Was About More Than Gun Violence

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | March 04, 2018

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Trump, guns and the warnings of history

Henry A. Giroux | The Conversation | February 25, 2018 

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Gun Violence as State Sponsored Domestic Terrorism

Henry A. Giroux | Tikkun | February 22, 2018

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One Question Democracy

Henry A. Giroux | State of Nature | February 18, 2018

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The Ghost of Fascism in the Age of Trump

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | February 18, 2018

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‘Shithole countries’: Trump uses the rhetoric of dictators

Henry A. Giroux | The Conversation | January 11, 2018

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Challenging Trump's Language of Fascism

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | January 09, 2018 

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Trump’s war on children

Henry A. Giroux | Hamilton Spectator | December 30, 201

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Fascism’s return and Trump’s war on youth

Henry A. Giroux | The Conversation | December 13, 2017

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Henry A. Giroux on Developing a Language of Liberation for Radical Transformation

Mark Karlin | Truthout | December 10, 2017 

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Challenging the Neoliberalism at the Root of Trump's Authoritarianism

Henry A. Giroux | Routledge, Truthout | December 07, 2017

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Gangster capitalism and nostalgic authoritarianism in Trump’s America

Henry A. Giroux | Salon | December 3, 2017

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Democracy on life support: Donald Trump’s first year in office

Henry A. Giroux | The Conversation | November 5, 2017

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Disposability in the Age of Disasters: From Dreamers and Puerto Rico to Violence in Las Vegas

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | November 02, 2017

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Donald Trump as the Bully-in Chief: Weaponizing the Politics of Humiliation

Henry A. Giroux | Counterpunch | October 30, 2017

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The Vital Role of Education in Authoritarian Times

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | October 11, 2017

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Rethinking Higher Education in a Time of Tyranny What kind of democracy is possible when the institutions that are crucial to a vibrant civil society are vanishing?

Henry A. Giroux | Moyers & Company | October 10, 2017

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Donald Trump’s passion for cruelty

Henry A. Giroux | The Conversation | October 2, 2017

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Donald Trump’s Addiction to Violence

Henry A. Giroux | Moyers & Company | September 21, 2017

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Charlottesville, Neo-Nazis and the Challenge to Higher Education

Henry A. Giroux | Truth Dig | September 9, 2017

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Why universities must defend democracy

Henry A. Giroux | The Conversation | September 6, 2017

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Why the Democratic Party Can't Save Us From Trump's Authoritarianism

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | August 21, 2017

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Trump's Neo-Nazis and the Rise of Illiberal Democracy

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | August 16, 2017

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Trump and the Politics of Nihilism

Henry A. Giroux | Truth Dig | August 11, 2017

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Rallying Cry: Youth Must Stand Up to Defend Democracy

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | July 25, 2017 

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A New American Revolution: Can We Break Out of Our Nation’s Culture of Cruelty?

Henry A. Giroux | Moyers & Company | July 11, 2017

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Illuminating the Darkness in the Age of Despair

Henry A. Giroux | TruthDig | July 4, 2017

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Thinking Dangerously: The Role of Higher Education in Authoritarian Times

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | June 26, 2017

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Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump

Henry A. Giroux | Salon | June 24, 2017

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Trump Versus Comey: The Politics of Lawlessness, Lying and Fake News

 Henry A. Giroux | Ragazine | June 10, 2017

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Dancing With the Devil: Trump's Politics of Fascist Collaboration

Henry A. Giroux | The Journal of Wild Culture | June 4, 2017

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Trump’s America: Rethinking 1984 and Brave New World

Henry A. Giroux | Monthly Review | Volume 69, Issue 01 (May 2017)

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Thinking Dangerously In Dark Times

Henry A. Giroux | LA Review of Books | April 24, 2017

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Shutting Down American-Style Authoritarianism

Henry A. Giroux | Tikkun | April 23, 2017

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The Menace of Trump and the New Authoritarianism: An Interview With Henry Giroux

Joan Pedro-Carañana | Truthout | April 11, 2017

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The Culture of Cruelty in Trump's America

Henry A. Giroux | March 22, 2017 | Truthout

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The Hardening of Society and the Rise of Cultures of Cruelty in Neo-Fascist America

Henry A. Giroux | Counter Punch | March 17, 2017

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Trump’s War on Dangerous Memory and Critical Thought

Henry A. Giroux | Tikkun | March 13, 2017

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Henry Giroux on Reading and Thinking Dangerously + Steve Early on REFINERY TOWN, Ada Palmer on SEVEN SURRENDERS, and New Poetry by Elizabeth Arnold

March 5, 2017

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Trump’s Authoritarianism: Rethinking Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Strategizing the Resistance

Henry A. Giroux | Bill Moyers | March 4, 2017

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Combating Trump's Neo-Fascism and the Ghost of "1984"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | February 07, 2017 

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Rethinking Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World in Trump’s America

Henry A. Giroux | Ragazine | February 6, 2017

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Democracy in Exile and the Curse of Totalitarianism

Henry A. Giroux | Counter Punch| January 31, 2017

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Revisiting Orwell’s 1984 in Trump’s America

Henry A. Giroux | Moyers & Company | January 30, 2017

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Normalizing Trump’s Authoritarianism is Not an Option

Henry A. Giroux | Tikkun | January 19, 2017

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Militant Hope in the Age of the Politics of the Disconnect

Henry A. Giroux | Counter Punch | December 23, 2016

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White Nationalism in the Oval Office and the Suppression of Dissent

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout | December 18, 2016 

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War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence Under Donald Trump

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | December 14, 2016 |

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"America's Favourite Pastime: VIOLENCE,"

Henry A. Giroux | Arts & Opinion | Vol. 15, No. 6, 2016

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"Trump’s Second Gilded Age: Overcoming the Rule of Billionaires and Militarists,"

Henry A. Giroux | Moyers & Comany | December 12, 2016

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"The Authoritarian Politics of Resentment in Trump's America,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | 13 November 2016 

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"Authoritarianism in America: A Call for Resistance,"

Henry A. Giroux | Abolition | November 13, 2016

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"Violence: America’s Pastime,"

Henry A. Giroux | Torture Mag: Asian and Global Perspectives | November 2, 2016

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"Unthinkable Politics and the Dead Bodies of Children,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | Op-Ed | November 1, 2016

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"Trump’s America: A political system in peril,"

Henry A. Giroux | Asia & The Pacific Policy Society | October 21, 2016

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"The United States' War on Youth: From Schools to Debtors' Prisons,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | October 19, 2016

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"Is Trump's Rise a Result of America Declaring War on Institutions That Make Democracy Possible?"

Democracy NOW! Interview with Amy Goodman | October 14, 2016

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"Trump’s Return to the Good Old Days and the Specter of Mass Terror,"

Henry A. Giroux | CounterPunch | October 10, 2016 

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"Public Pedagogy and Manufactured Identities in the Age of the Selfie Culture,"

Henry A. Giroux | Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Communication | July 2016

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"Thinking Dangerously in the Age of Normalized Ignorance,"

Henry A. Giroux | CounterPunch | September 30, 2016

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"America At War With Itself: The Sandstorm,"

Henry A. Giroux | OpEd News | September 24, 2016

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"Henry Giroux on the Pathology of Politics in our Warfare State,"

Tikkun | September 23, 2016

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"The Ethical Bankruptcy of the US Ruling Elites Paved Way for Trump,"

Henry A. Giroux | City Lights Books | September 2016

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"Assassination Talk, the Banality of Evil, and the Paranoid State of American Politics,"

Henry A. Giroux | CounterPunch | August 12, 2016 

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"Donald Trump and the Plague of Atomization in a Neoliberal Age Monday",

By Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | August 8, 2016

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"White Supremacy and Sanctioned Violence in the Age of Donald Trump,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | July 27, 2016

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"State Terrorism and Racist Violence in the Age of Disposability: Expanded Version Sunday,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | July 10, 2016

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"The Racist Killing Machine in the Age of Anti-Politics,"

Henry A. Giroux | Counter Punch | July 8, 2016

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"The Violence of Forgetting,"

Henry A. Giroux | The New York Times | June 20, 2016

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"Ali was a freedom fighter, not a celebrity icon,"

Henry A. Giroux | Hamilton Spectator | June 7, 2016

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"Anti-Politics and the Plague of Disorientation: Welcome to the Age of Trump,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | June 7, 2016 

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"Muhammad Ali Was a Freedom Fighter Not an Icon or Celebrity,"

Henry A. Giroux | Tikkun | June 6th, 2016 

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"Why Teachers Matter in Dark Times,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | May 10, 2016

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"Higher Education and Neoliberal Temptation: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux Monday,"

Almantas Samalavicius | Eurozine | May 9, 2016 

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"Authoritarian Politics in the Age of Civic Illiteracy,"

Henry A. Giroux | Counter Punch | April 15, 2016 

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"Radical Politics in the Age of American Authoritarianism: Connecting the Dots,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | April 10, 2016

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"Beyond Pedagogies of Repression,"

Henry A. Giroux | Monthly Review Magazine | Volume 67, Issue 10 | 2016 (March)

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"Why Are Liberal Commentators Acting as Apologists for Trump's Racism?",

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | March 16, 2016

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"Poisoned City: Flint and the Specter of Domestic Terrorism,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | March 3, 2016

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"The National Insecurity State,"

Henry A. Giroux | Monthly Review Press, Truthout | February 25, 2016

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"The Mad Violence of Casino Capitalism,"

Henry A. Giroux | Counter Punch | February 19, 2016

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"Exile as a Space of Disruption in the Academy,"

Henry A. Giroux | DisruptED | January 28, 2016

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"Terrorism, Violence, and the Culture of Madness,"

Henry A. Giroux | Heathwood Institute and Press | January 18, 2016

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"Gun Culture and the American Nightmare of Violence,"

Henry A. Giroux | Truthout | January 10, 2016

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