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william upski wimsatt: the revolution will not be taught in school
by roy christopher (royc@frontwheeldrive.com) - October 18, 2000

Shifting his ever-focused attention from Hip-hop to home-schooling, Willaim Upski Wimsatt is changing perceptions and mixing people up like no other. "We're turning the education system on its head and making it do headspins!" Upski announces proudly. As a graffiti artist-cum-youth activist, Upski criss-crossed the country on a two-year tour promoting his latest book 'No More Prisons' (1999).

This is not the first such tour on which he's embarked. When he found that school wasn't teaching him the things that he wanted to learn (he dropped out of 'Oberlin College'), Upski dropped out of college in order to learn more about the current state of things. He hitchhiked across America, stayed in so-called 'unsafe' neighborhoods, spent time with as many disparate types of people as he could and wrote his first book. That first volume, 'Bomb the Suburbs' (1994), was a plan. A plan for the reconstruction of America's suburban mentality that has led us further and further away from each other via highways, given us intractable suburban sprawl and gutted our inner cities.

Upski is a child of Hip-hop culture and it shows. Not because he can sling the slang with the best of them, but because he embodies the essence of Hip-hop's adaptability and raw power.

'No More Prisons' (1999) tells the story behind the publishing of 'Bomb the Suburbs' and its aftermath. It also continues the plans for community restructuring started in that book. This isn't 'Bomb the Suburbs' or even 'Bomb the Suburbs, Part Two,' but it does continue a lot of Upski's great ideas, as well as pointing out the demise of what he thought were great ideas.

William Upski Wimsatt is one of America's great new intellectuals and one of our best new writers. Educate yourself!

No More Prisons: Review
A smart review of Upski's second book.

Utne Visionaries
Brief 1996 write-up on Upski's work from the 'Utne Reader' magazine.

Hip-hoppers & Do-gooders
An essay by Upski excerpted from 'No More Prisons'.

Upski On MP3lit.com
Audio excerpts from 'No More Prisons'.

SoftSkull Press
Co-publisher of 'No More Prisons' and now Upski's fist joint 'Bomb the Suburbs'.

Emancipation Rap-clamation
Lengthy interview with Upski about 'No More Prisons' from the 'San Francisco Bay Guardian' newspaper (October 13th, 1999).

No More Prisons
The official Internet presence of the 'No More Prisons' movement.

Self Education Organization
The Self-Education Foundation aims to strengthen the collective and individual abilities of people who choose to seek their education outside the structure of institutionalized educational systems, to create resources and provide support for that learning, and to aid those people in seeking out and sharing knowledge, empowering them as learners and teachers. The Foundation intends to strategically fund inspired, community based efforts, organizations and individuals who support information sharing, self-advocacy, networking, visionary thinking, and being adaptable and prepared for the changes of the future.

How I Got My D.I.Y. Degree By William Upski Wimsatt
Excellent article by Upski on self education which originally ran in 'Utne Reader' magazine.

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