DEDICATION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD: Adult Education as Revolutionary Praxis -- LITERACY AS PRODUCTIVE HUMAN LABOR -- THE OPPRESSED AS THEIR OWN EXAMPLE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTE R 1: LEARNING FOR LIFE : ADULT EDUCATIONAS EMPOWERMENT -- MY STORY -- POPULAR EDUCATION -- THERE ARE NO NEUTRALS HERE -- PRACTICE AND THEORY -- A FRESH LOOK -- PREPARATION FOR THE JOB MARKET IS NOT ENOUGH! -- LISTENING AND RELEVANCY -- LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM -- AN AUTO STRIK E IN WEST VIRGINIA -- A FAIR ELECTIONS COMMITTEE -- THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION -- A SHOUT OUT! JOIN THE FIELD OF WORKER-EDUCATION! -- DIALOGUE QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS -- QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER ONE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2: THE FIELD OF ADULT OR WORKER EDUCATION -- MILLIONS OF ADULT STUDENTS -- TYPES OF LITERACY -- STUDENTS AND POTENTIAL STUDENTS -- LITERACY PROGRAMS -- BAKE SALE TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA -- A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE -- TEACHERS -- VALIDATING THE EXPERIENCE OF ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS -- TEACHERS AND ORGANIZING -- STABILITY AND VOICE -- WORKER OR ADULT EDUCATION NEEDS TO BE REDEFINED -- THE STATUS OF ADULT EDUCATION TODAY -- QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER TWO -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3: GATEKEEPERS AND SOCIAL CONTROL -- WHAT DO ADULT STUDENTS FIND WHEN THEY SEEK OUT CLASSES? -- TWO ROADS: EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION OR DOMESTICATION? -- DOMESTICATING MISSIONARIES AND PROFESSIONALS OF THE STATE -- THE PROFESSIONAL GATEKEEPER -- THE MORE GEDS THE BETTER, RIGHT? -- GATEKEEPER MYTHS -- THE IDEOLOGY OF GATEKEEPING -- QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER THREE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4: POLITICAL LITERACY The Voice of the Working Class -- TAKING THE BLINDERS OFF -- POPULAR EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS -- TEACHER AND STUDENT EQUALITY -- WHAT DO WE LOSE WHEN STUDENTS ARE DENIED VOICE? -- MAKING NOISE! WORKERS' VOICES ARE MISSING -- UNSPOKEN AND UNHEARD VOICES.

A MIGHTY RIVER OF PEOPLE -- WINNING OR LOSING -- STUDENT VOICES - A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH -- WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS SILENCE? -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A CRITICAL PRACTICE OF ADULT EDUCATION -- "LISTENING GOOD" -- RECOGNIZING STUDENT KNOWLEDGE -- DIALOGUE ABOUT ADULT EDUCATION -- FROM DIALOGUE TO ACTION -- STUDENT COMMITTEES -- CLASS CONTENT AND LESSON PLANS -- UTILIZING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC RESOURCES -- LITTLE STEPS -- LESSON TOPICS FOR ADULT EDUCATION -- TEACHERS VOICES TOO, MUST BE ORGANIZED -- VOICES FOR CRITICAL THINKING AND POPULAR EDUCATION -- QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER FOUR -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ADULT EDUCATION -- POLITICAL ECONOMY - A TOOL FOR LIBERATION -- SURPLUS VALUE -- ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH -- POLARIZATION OF SOCIETY -- POLARIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES -- THE BASE AND THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THIS ECONOMIC SYSTEM -- A CLASS ANALYSIS OF ADULT OR WORKER EDUCATION -- THE UPS STORY -- WHY A CLASS AN ALYSISIS CRITICAL TODAY! -- UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY IS ESSENTIAL TO CHANGING IT! -- A BROAD LOOK AT THE ECONOMY -- WHOM DO WE BAIL OUT FIRST? -- HEALTH INSURANCE PROFITEERS -- PHARMACEUTICAL BANDITS -- THE OFFENSIVE MILITARY -- A VERY PROFITABLE PRISON SYSTEM -- STOCK MARKET RECOVERY -- FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC LITERACY -- EXAMPLES OF LESSON CONTENT -- LOOKING AT GARMENT INDUSTRY WAGES AROUND THE WORLD -- QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER FIVE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6: TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CONSCIOUSNESS AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION -- TOOLS OF THEORY -- 1. Science Applied to Social Change -- 2. Scientific Philosophy - Dialectical Materialism: The Philosophy and Approach of Science -- 3. Popular Education -- 4. Political Economy -- 5. Class Analysis/History -- TOOLS OF POPULAR EDUCATION PRACTICE: POLITICAL OR CIVIC LITERACY -- POPULAR EDUCATIONIS NOT ARRANGING CHAIRS IN A CIRCLE -- CURRICULUM AND COMMUNITY -- PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH.

QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER SIX -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7: SPACES AND SCHOOLS FOR EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION -- FROM ROBINSON'S CAVE TO FREEDOM SCHOOLS -- THE COAL MINERS OF SOUTH WALES -- CITIZENSHIP SCHOOLS AND THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL -- LABOR COLLEGES -- INTERNATIONAL LITERACY CAMPAIGNS -- VENEZUELA -- CUBA -- NICARAGUA -- ZIMBABWE -- OTHER LITERACY CAMPAIGNS -- INTERNATIONAL ACTION -- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO LITERACY CAMPAIGN -- THE NEW YORK BILL OF RIGHTS FOR ADULT EDUCATION -- THE FREEDOM SCHOOL IN LICKING COUNTY -- HOW THE SCHOOL STARTED -- EDUCATION: INSIDE OR OUTSIDE INSTITUTIONS? -- QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER SEVEN -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION: Freedom Schools Now! -- STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS -- START A FREEDOM SCHOOL WHERE YOU ARE! -- A RECRUITMENT CALL FOR WORKER EDUCATION AND LITERACY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.