Tag Archives: education
G. A. Cohen – Against Capitalism
Twenty five minutes (in two parts) explaining the problems with capitalism, twenty five years ago. 1986 seems so long ago, Nancy, as another Cohen once observed. What a different world that was, and still, twenty five years later, the exhilarating … more…
links for 2008-02-15: no child left unintimidated
BBC NEWS | Education | ‘Retrain ex-troops’ as teachers Forget about standards of education, as long as the little horrors live in FEAR? (tags: wingnuts, education, war, kids)
Roxanne Shante: Who needs a royalty check?
Absolutely goddamn right. Young music biz hopefuls, take note. (via MeFi, thanks jessamyn, this made my day) UPDATE, Sept 4, 2009: Much of this story turns out to be fibs, according to Slate
Anarchism and Christianity – together (again) at last…
AKMA is giving a talk this evening at a conference called Here in this Place: Anarchism and Christianity in our Context, which seems to be organized by something called the Illinois Disciples Foundation. His talk is titled Education: An Anarchist … more…
Ananova revisited
In the course of my plodding through ancient blog posts, I’ve come across more than a few sites – not just blogs or singular repositories of arcana, but entire, regularly updated news sources which I had all but forgotten. Ananova.com, … more…
Ray Sweatman: Ah, the Humanity
Grim place, Planet Stupid. Go and read Ah The Humanity at You Live Your Life As If It’s Real (herewith blogrolled). Ray reminisces – somewhat despairingly, but it’s still funny – about trying to coax some appreciation for the finer … more…
Paul Feyerabend’s ‘Against Method’
Paul Feyerabend’s ‘Against Method’ A science that insists on possessing the only correct method and the only acceptable resultsis ideology and must be separated from the state, and especially from the process of education. I’ve never seen a picture of … more…