New Book: Political Education Experiences from IPA Member Organisations
The International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA) is pleased to launch Political Education as a Permanent Process: Global Perspectives on Education and Struggle. This new book documents the living processes of political education carried out by member organisations of the IPA in diverse contexts — from Brazil, Argentina, Haiti, Cuba, South Africa, Ghana, Tunisia and the United States.
Available now as a free e-book and in a print-ready format, this collection offers both a snapshot and a tool: it records how schools and movements today are reviving and reinventing political education as an essential part of building the power of the working class and oppressed peoples. Each contribution tells the story of how organisations are creating spaces to form not only theoretical knowledge, but also the skills, values, and collective discipline needed to build movements capable of challenging capitalism, imperialism, racism, and patriarchy.
From the holistic human development promoted at Brazil’s Florestan Fernandes National School (ENFF) to the decentralised, mobile classrooms of South Africa’s Nkrumah School, and the regional unification efforts of Ghana’s Amílcar Cabral School, as well as the Tunis School, the book highlights diverse methods, but a shared commitment: political education as a foundation for revolutionary change. Contributions from ALBA Movements in Latin America and the Charlemagne Péralte School in Haiti connect political training to the long-standing anti-imperialist struggles of their regions, while reflections from the Union of Southern Service Workers and The People’s Forum in the U.S. offer insights on educating newly politicised workers and activists in the heart of global capitalism.
As the introduction states, the return of political education to the centre of organising efforts is not only a response to today’s crises — deepening inequality, environmental collapse, and the erosion of democratic rights — but also a revival of the conviction that building revolutionary organisation requires cadre formation at every level.
We invite educators, organisers, and movements around the world to draw inspiration and practical ideas from these experiences, and to join the ongoing effort to multiply spaces of political education that can prepare us to transform reality.
