Foreword / Shirley Steinberg -- Introduction: The making of a dissident voice -- A critical theory of cultural democracy -- The politics of biculturalism: culture and difference in the formation of Warriors for gringostroika and the new mestizas -- Institutional research as a tool for cultural democracy -- The establishment of liberatory alliances with people of color: what must be understood -- Shattering the race lens: toward a critical theory of racism / with Rodolfo D. Torres -- What's so critical about critical race theory? / with Rodolfo D. Torres -- Teaching in the age of globalization and difference -- Schooling and the culture of dominion: unmasking the ideology of standardized testing -- Teaching as an act of love: reflections on Paulo Freire and his contributions to our lives and our work -- Bicultural identity and the development of voice: twin issues in the struggle for cultural and linguistic democracy -- "Mami, what did Nana say?" Public schooling and the politics of linguistic genocide -- Politics of restrictive language policies: a postcolonial analysis of language and schooling / with Miren Uriarte -- Problematizing the notion of Puerto Ricans as "underclass": a step toward a decolonizing study of poverty -- Radicalizing the immigrant debate in the United States: a call for open borders and global human rights in new political science -- Mapping Latino studies: critical reflections on class and social theory in Latino studies / with Rodolfo D. Torres -- It's not nice to fool mother nature: eco-pedagogy in the pursuit of justice -- Unfettered bodies: forging an emancipatory pedagogy of the flesh -- Embodiments: the art of soulful resistance -- Imagining justice in a culture of terror: pedagogy, politics, and dissent -- Radio and the art of resistance: a public pedagogy for the airwaves -- Political grace and the struggle to decolonize community practice / with Zeus Yiamouyiannis -- Epilogue: From madness to consciousness: redemption through politics, art and love--an interview with Antonia Darder / Carmel Borg & Peter Mayo.