The Poverty of Student Unions
Submitted by BenS6 on Jul 22 2018 15:06
Institutions exist to do the exact opposite of their stated aims. The police force don’t exist to protect you and stop crime, but instead to keep you in line and to facilitate a unilaterial class war.
Schools don’t exist to educate people and teach them how to think independently, but rather to indoctrinate and create obedient workers.
Governments don’t exist to enact the political will of the people but to frustrate it.
Against the (new and old) familism - down with the family! - humanaesfera
A critique of the family as well as of the ideas of reforming it. The article also deals with the changes of the family in capitalist society, in which there is an increasingly real subsumption of human reproduction to capital.
USA: The Role of the Union in the Teachers Strikes
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 9 2018 21:49
It should be common sense that workers can only use their collective strength if united in some body which includes them all. But that assumes that the unions today are representative of the workers. Under modern capitalist conditions the union exists to mediate wage labour on behalf of the state. The unions’ existence as permanent bodies means they have to comply with the rules of the capitalist game. They have become another layer of management within the system.
New Class Composition, New Struggles
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 16 2018 12:56
After years of falling wages and worsening working conditions are we now seeing a new shape to the working class?
Teacher Strikes Show Social Movements the Way Forward
Michael Reagan of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation on the lessons that can be learned from the current wave of education workers' struggles in the US.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
First published in Portuguese in 1968 Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed is a classic text in the field of radical pedagogy.
Education Strikes from West Virginia and Kenya to the UK
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 6 2018 17:23
On Sunday March 25 the CWO held a meeting in Newcastle focussing on the recent educational strikes across the world. It was attended by students, academics and other university workers (some in the CWO, some not) who had participated in the recent pickets of Newcastle, York and Durham universities. A CWO comrade gave the following introduction.
Wildcat Roars in West Virginia: Teachers to Stay Out on Strike
Submitted by R Totale on Mar 1 2018 19:32
Thousands of teachers, bus drivers, and other school employees across West Virginia defied union and government orders for a “cooling off” period and returned to the state capitol on Wednesday 28th Feb as strikes and protests continued. Moreover, it appears that many school sites will remain on strike on Thursday 1st March, as the strike grows more and more into the hands of the workers themselves. This post first appeared on It's Going Down.
West Virginia: Teachers Rebel as Union Attempts to End Strike
Submitted by R Totale on Feb 28 2018 19:27
The following press release comes from the West Virginia IWW, and addresses the attempt by union ‘leadership’ and the Democratic Party to get teachers across the state to end the current strike and return to work and accept a small raise over the next year. For background information on the strike check out this podcast from It's Going Down.
West Virginia: Extend the Strike, Build Long Term Power
Submitted by R Totale on Feb 27 2018 19:14
What follows is a proposal for how to extend the strike unfolding in West Virginia. To hear an interview with a striking teacher, go here. This post first appeared on It's Going Down.
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