The Heathwood Journal of Critical Theory, produced for academics and non-academics alike, aims to support both the advancement of Critical Theory as well as the efforts of autonomous movements in struggle to develop radical democratic alternatives. In this, the first issue of the Heathwood Journal, articles from several leading scholars engage with contemporary debates on power, violence and non-violence, including a featured piece by Henry Giroux on neoliberal violence and the need to re-think the educative nature of politics.