John D. Holst is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA. He is the author of the book Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education (2002), co-author along with Stephen Brookfield of the book Radicalizing Learning: Adult Education for a Just World (2011), and co-editor along with Nico Pizzolato of the forthcoming book Antonio Gramsci: A Pedagogy to Change the World (2017).