Foreword / Antonia Darder -- Moving beyond the slow death of neoliberalism to a life-centered education : an introduction / Inny Accioly and Donaldo Macedo -- Chomsky on Trump's disastrous coronavirus response, Bernie Sanders, and what gives him hope / Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky -- Militarization in a time of pandemic crisis / Henry A. Giroux and Ourania Filippakou -- The "new normal' in education is ultra-neoliberal : in defense of the strategy that breaks with the time continuum / Roberto Leher -- Xenophobic Europe : racist policy towards refugees / Georgios Tsiakalos, Stavros Malichudis, and Iliana Papangeli -- Coronavirus pandemic and the 'refoulment' of refugees and asylum seekers / Sheila L. Macrine -- Neoliberal recrudescence versus radical transformation of the reality in Italy : what and why must we learn from the coronavirus pandemic? / Paolo Vittoria and Mariateresa Muraca -- The lost generation? Educational contingency in viral times : Malta and beyond / Carmel Borg and Peter Mayo -- Lessons from teacher organizing : disputing the meaning of teaching and teachers' work during the coronavirus pandemic in Chile / M. Beatriz Fernández, Iván Salinas Barrios, Andrea Lira -- Environmental education : for a critical renovation alongside the traditional peoples / Carlos Frederico B. Loureiro -- Resisting and re-existing on earth : politics for hope and 'Buen Vivir' / Luiz Katu, Celso Sánchez, Daniel Renaud Camargo -- Afterword / Inny Accioly and Donaldo Macedo.

"Written by leading scholars and activists from Brazil, Chile, Greece, Italy, Malta, the UK, and the USA, this book shows how vitally important education is in addressing the complex social and political problems which have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The growing protest and demonstrations worldwide, including the Black Lives Matter and environmental movements, have served as platforms to unmask the embedded racism, sexism, classism, and discrimination which are rooted in neo-colonial forms of exploitation. People are recognizing the intensification of the genocide of black youth, indigenous peoples, peasants and traditional communities in the global ghettos. The rising level of conscientization reached through these protests and demonstrations makes it clear that critical educators must refuse the return to neoliberal "normality" after pandemic. The chapters cover the tensions and contradictions that fuel debates in education concerning social distancing, collective illness, increasing social and economic inequality and privatization reforms. The contributors argue for social and environmental justice, the importance of educators and teacher unions, the role of environmental education, the need to guarantee cultural diversity and the strengthening of ancestral cultures. The book includes chapters by Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman and Henry A. Giroux and a Foreword by Antonia Darder"-- Provided by publisher.