In imperialist countries like the US, many oppose capitalism and are engaged in the struggle against its countless injustices. Far fewer are engaged with the intention and determination not only to win the protracted struggle, but to prepare ourselves in a systematic way for what we will need to construct in its place. Released as a pamphlet in the early 1970s, Education to Govern is the result of James Boggs and the Advocators and the All-African People Union to attempt to map out a plan in education to develop our capacity to govern ourselves-not for the bourgeoisie, but for the people.