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The Politics of Biological Determinism

Stephen Jay Gould tackles the notion that existing social hierarchies reflect innate abilities in his essay on the heritability of intelligence.

Rethinking Schools (Vol.14, No. 2 - Winter 1999)

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[i]What argument against social change could be more effective than the claim that established orders exist as an accurate reflection of innate intellectual capacities?

Defending education in 2009: London Anarchist Bookfair report

A brief report from the Leveller issue 3 about the 'Defending Education' meeting hosted by the Education Workers' Network at the 2009 London Anarchist Bookfair.

As part of the series of discussions during this years London Anarchist Bookfair, one discussion centred around issues facing workers in the education sector, particularly in light of the recession, and cuts being made left, right and centre.

The Basic Alternative Education of a Chinese Punk

Translation of an autobiographical essay by Tang Shui'en, mainland Chinese anarchist musician and activist, recounting his path from childhood in 1980s rural China to participation in Wuhan's pioneering punk scene since the late 1990s, interaction with overseas anarchists and other radicals, and experimentation with independent media and an autonomous youth center. Written in early 2009 for a forum on social space among the generation of Chinese mainlanders born in the 1980s, organized by the Shao Foundation. Original Chinese text here.

For those who are of the common masses, how many of us can say we are conscious of the forces of domination that push us to society’s margins? Apart from a small minority, most people—even if at every moment they feel discomfort—are unable to determine the roots of this pain. The word “marginal” itself is so abstract that it can only serve as a code of recondite academia and mass media.

Higher education: It's become our crisis

Already faced with cuts before the crisis, education now looks to be one of the sectors hardest hit, and not merely financially. Kirsten Forkert looks at the current conflict in higher education and the difficulties faced by those trying to protect it

We need to consider UK higher education in the context of a situation where neoliberalism, in some ways, has been destabilised economically but remains hegemonic on an ideological level.

London Education Workers' Group - a brief introduction

A brief working-summary of what the newly formed London Education Workers' Group is.

The London Education Workers Group was established so that education workers throughout London can come together to oppose the coming assault on education. We reject the division of workers into separate unions and recognise that politicians, political parties, and union bureaucrats have nothing to offer us. Instead, direct action must be our weapon.

Solidarity with Tower Hamlets ESOL workers leaflet

A solidarity leaflet for September 12th 2009 rally in support of striking Tower Hamlets College workers.

Solidarity with Tower Hamlets ESOL workers!

Education Worker - issue 4 - Bulletin of the Education Workers Network

Education Worker - issue 4 - Bulletin of the Education Workers Network

The recession: what it means for education

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This article summarises some of the issues facing the education sector and how they are more acute in times of recession, and was the result of numerous discussions on Libcom. It first appeared in issue 1 of The Leveller.

The recession is everywhere we look, in this very paper there’s many articles reporting on, and discussing, the widespread and varied effects of the ‘economic downturn’ across all sectors.

Freedom Teaching: Anarchism and Education in Early Republican Cuba, 1898-1925

Enrique Roig San Martin

Like so many of their fellow residents on the island, Cuban anarchists quickly grew disillusioned after independence from Spain in 1898. They agitated towards social revolution, but believed these efforts would be, if not useless, then at least less effective if the people were not educated.

Consequently, anarchists saw education as an essential revolutionary tool to raise the consciousness of the popular classes.

This article focuses on two distinct eras of Cuban anarchist education (1898-1912 and 1922-1925) within the context of Cuban education generally and the island’s anarchist movement specifically.

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