Education

"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism...I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals."

Monday, 21 May 2018 08:00

Is There a Marxist Perspective on Education?

Written by Martin Brown

in Education

Martin Brown considers what a Marxist approach can tell us about our education system. Like everything else in a class-divided society, education is a battleground. In present conditions, what is taught, how and to whom, is largely determined by the capitalist class. “The ideas of the ruling class are in…

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Monday, 27 November 2017 13:25

Education, literacy, and the Russian Revolution

Written by Megan Behrent

in Education

Megan Behrent considers what we can learn from the great strides made in education in revolutionary Russia. "All Russia was learning to read, and reading - politics, economics, history - because the people wanted to know. . . . In every city, in most towns, along the Front, each political…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 27 April 2017 13:15

Refreshing the culture of working class education

in Education

Written by Trish Lavelle

Trish Lavelle explains the importance of a renewed emphasis on trade union education. The old post war settlements on education have been rolled back at an alarming rate by previous and current governments and are due to be further undone by a combination of this deeply ideological attack on education as…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 31 March 2017 14:19

We are called to speak for the weak: A manifesto for critical pedagogy

in Education

Written by Henry Giroux

Henry Giroux, a leading exponent of critical pedagogy, writes incisively on the damage being wrought by school ‘reform’ in the United States, which is aimed at destroying any viable understanding of the connection between schooling and educating critically engaged citizens. The fight to challenge this neoliberal assault on their education…

Outdoor Ghost Lab at the Utopia Festival, Somerset House, London, 2016

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 20 March 2017 20:50

Social haunting in the Brexit coalfields

in Education

Written by Geoff Bright

Dr Geoff Bright introduces a fascinating arts-based educational project, concerned with remembering, re-imagining and re-enacting alternative community futures in the abandoned, de-industrialised pit communities in the North of England. Over this last three years I’ve enjoyed bringing together a team of academics, artists, community trade unionists and activists in what…

Ghost labs Unite Community Miners' Strike 1984 Brexit

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Saturday, 04 March 2017 19:53

Education, Culture and Capitalism

in Education

Written by Chris Guiton

Chris Guiton presents a foundation essay for the education section, sketching out some of the links between education, culture and capitalism. The purpose of this introductory article is to sketch out the background to some issues around links between education and the general ‘cultural struggle’ which Culture Matters is aiming…

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