education

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

pingtiao — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:31:05 +0000

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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China: Riots in Chongqing after death of a schoolboy

jef costello — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:42:08 +0000

The secondary school pupil died last Thursday after being stabbed by another pupil. 10000 people took to the streets to protest after it was reported that the parents had been arrested after having complained about delays in calling for an ambulance.

Living without school - confessions of a refuser

libcom — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:26:32 +0000

Living without school - confessions of a refuser, Ota Mallku

Presented in PDF format (662kb).

Japan's Corporate Society and Democratic Education - Kumazawa Makoto

libcom — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:07:09 +0000

Japan's Corporate Society and Democratic Education - Kumazawa Makoto

Presented here in PDF format (500kb)

Schools of Revolt

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:12:54 +0000

Schools of Revolt
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Fransisco Ferrer and the Modern School

libcom — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:57:31 +0000

Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays (Third revised edition, New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1917)

FRANCISCO FERRER AND THE MODERN SCHOOL

EXPERIENCE has come to be considered the best school of life. The man or woman who does not learn some vital lesson in that school is looked upon as a dunce indeed. Yet strange to say, that though organized institutions continue perpetrating errors, though they learn nothing from experience, we acquiesce, as a matter of course. There lived and worked in Barcelona a man by the name of Francisco Ferrer. A teacher of children he was, known and loved by his people. Outside of Spain only the cultured few knew of Francisco Ferrer's work. To the world at large this teacher was non-existent.