Jesse Hagopian

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"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame [nor the crime] of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn, @zinndigital.bsky.social

No war with Iran

Money for schools, not for war!

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What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party — but Should By Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian Black Panther Party history holds vital lessons for today’s movement to confront racism and police violence, yet textbooks either misrepresent or minimize the signif...

"The BPP fought in Black communities across the nation for giving the poor access to decent housing, health care, education, & much more. This local organizing . . . has been erased in the textbooks. . ." --@jessehagopian.bsky.social & Adam Sanchez

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The Affordability Crisis Is Real. Only Worker Organizing Can Offer Solutions. A nation that can feed its billionaires but not its children has an economic system built to protect cruelty.

For the majority of Americans, the affordability crisis isn’t just a feeling — it’s a monthly calculation. To change that reality, we must first confront the fact that this inequality is baked into our current economic system.

@jessehagopian.bsky.social on @truthout.org

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Jesse Hagopian on the “New McCarthyism”: As More Educators Self-Censor, Others Vow to Teach the Truth As Black History Month begins, longtime educator Jesse Hagopian joins us for Part 2 of an interview about the Trump administration and right-wing attacks on education, and his new book, Teach Truth: T...

ZEP campaign director & @rethinkingschools.bsky.social editor @jessehagopian.bsky.social describes a “great rebellion” of educators, parents & students -- practicing “fugitive pedagogy” in defiance of “outrageous laws trying to ban the truth.” @democracynow.org
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Black History Is for Everyone Jesse Hagopian interviews author Brian Jones about his new book Black History Is for Everyone.

Black History Is For Everyone

@jessehagopian.bsky.social interviews @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social for @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

OPINION | What started at a Rainier Valley elementary school became a national movement. As Black Lives Matter at School marks 10 years in Seattle, renewed attacks on Black education make clear why this organizing still matters.

Read Jesse Hagopian's op-ed here: soseaem.org/46fUscA #Seattle #BLM

The Affordability Crisis Is Real. Only Worker Organizing Can Offer Solutions. A nation that can feed its billionaires but not its children has an economic system built to protect cruelty.

NEW: Throughout U.S. history, workers have fought off unlivable conditions by organizing and winning protections. Today, they can use the same strength to address the unacceptable affordability crisis.

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Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice An Uprising for Educational Justice

Learn more about our movement in the book, “Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice” that I co-edited with @denishajones.bsky.social

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Annual Week of Action Our Week of Action is held during the first full week of February. Across the country, educators from early childhood through higher education foster inquiry, dialogue, understanding, and action as...

The BLM at School Week of Action starts today! Join students, educators & communities nationwide as we teach truth and push for equity in schools.

We have events all week—your voice matters, so join us!

#BLMatSchool

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“Let Us Out”: ICE Detention of Kids Sparks Protests at Immigration Jail in Texas Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old from Minnesota who was detained last week after coming home from preschool, is being held in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Congressmembers who ...

“Reform is inadequate. It just needs to be shut down.”

Flyer for the 10th Annual Black Lives Matter at School Seattle Press Conference. Beige background with a faint pattern of raised fists holding microphones and a red, black, orange and green patterned border on the sides. Large bold text reads “PRESS CONFERENCE” with “You’re invited!” underneath. Event details list: Tuesday, January 27 at 4:30 pm, City Hall Lobby, 600 4th Ave, Seattle. The Black Lives Matter at School logo appears in the lower left. Text at the bottom invites people to join a panel discussion with youth, educators, and community members sharing why they will participate in Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.

Today! Join the BLM at School press conference at Seattle City Hall where the deputy mayor will declare February 2nd BLM at School Day for the City of Seattle!

Students will talk about the attack on Somali families, disproportionate discipline, & the struggle for Black studies.

Hope to see you!

Coretta Scott King Publicly Opposed Vietnam Before MLK — and Urged Him to Follow Coretta Scott King’s vision shaped MLK’s politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.

Just like clockwork, MLK is often invoked to tell young people to quiet down, to stop being disruptive. But @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social says looking at his actual life shows his deep belief in disruption—because injustice is comfortable. @jessehagopian.bsky.social

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Legalize Black Education: The Long Fight for the Right to Learn Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 40 pages. This lesson explores major examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle, high...

"Black education was a fugitive project from its inception — outlawed & defined as a criminal act regarding the slave population in the southern states and, at times, too, an object of suspicion and violent resistance in the North." @zinnedproject.bsky.social

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If not now, when??

Jesse Hagopian sits in a wicker chair resembling a Black Panther–style throne inside a museum exhibit. He raises his right fist in a gesture of solidarity. He wears a Seattle Seahawks jersey with the number 24, a Seahawks cap, and dark pants. Behind him is a large wall display titled “What We Want,” listing the Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program, with historical photographs and text panels visible around the exhibit space.

My vibe right now!

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Illustrated protest poster announcing a General Strike on January 23, 2026. A large tourch held by a raised hand dominates the image, and is being used to jam the gears that read, “state oppression,” and “corporate greed.” Bold red lettering states: “GENERAL STRIKE,” and below: “No Work. No School. No Shopping.” Footer notes it is organized by Minnesota labor and community unions in Minneapolis–St. Paul.

#GeneralStrike: No Work. No School. No Shopping.

Jan 23 is a day when workers, students & families push back against racism, state violence, & corporate power to demand: #AbolishICE for Good!

✊🏽 #JusticeForReneeGood

The great @jessehagopian.bsky.social interviewed me about Dr. King's long campaign about Northern racism and Coretta Scott King's fierce life of freedom fighting. Dr. King would never have been the leader he was without her.

“When a reporter asks Martin whether he educated her on Vietnam, he responds, ‘She educated me.’”

My latest for @truthout.org is an interview w/ @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on her new book, “King Of The North: Martin Luther King’s Life of Struggle Outside the South.”

She explains MLK’s challenge to structural racism & Coretta Scott King’s visionary leadership that shaped King & the movement.

Why Did the United States Invade Venezuela? Student Inquiry Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2026. 24 pages. Students are invited to explore competing explanations for U.S. intervention in Venezuela and then develop their own hypothesis.

New lesson by @jessehagopian.bsky.social

Using a gallery walk, students are invited to explore competing explanations for U.S. intervention in Venezuela and then develop their own hypothesis.

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A fantastic piece on the fight against mounting attacks on public education.

The health of a democracy depends on informed, educated citizens & it takes unquestionable courage to hold the line when pressure builds. Thank you to the educators who resist in moments that already ask a lot of them.

Legalize Black Education: The Long Fight for the Right to Learn Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 40 pages. This lesson explores major examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle, high...

This is one of many examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle.

Check out lesson ⬇️by @jessehagopian.bsky.social on the historical context and motivations behind these legislative efforts.

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Thank you Jessica—hope life is treating you well!

So many gems in this article from @jessehagopian.bsky.social!

“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”

In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance. The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.

In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance: The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.

Includes ZEP "Teaching for Black Lives" study groups.

By @jessehagopian.bsky.social via @truthout.org ⬇️

In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance. The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.

I wrote a new piece for @truthout.org looking back at 2025 — a year when educators didn’t just endure repression, they built resistance. ✊🏽📚

Education has never been neutral—It either liberates or subjugates.

Here are the stories of those who resisted subjugation.

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