@article{1456875, recid = {1456875}, author = {Cole, Mike,}, title = {Racism and education in the U.K. and the U.S: towards a socialist alternative /}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,}, address = {New York :}, pages = {1 online resource (xi, 242 pages).}, year = {2011}, abstract = {"Racism blights both the UK and the US, but there is much misunderstanding as to what racism actually encompasses. Through a thorough account of its history and current forms on both sides of the Atlantic and its relationship to schooling, Marxist and neo-Marxist analysis is used to both understand it and to move towards its eradication. Developments towards twenty-first century socialism in Venezuela are used as a model for a future world, and suggestions are made for classroom practice against racism and for socialism. Both socialism as a concept and events in Venezuela have been subject to massive media distortion. This book sets out to put the record straight"--}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1456875}, }