The goal of most "radical" educators seems to be to create new radicals, to shape the raw material that is children into a completed adult product which is a revolutionary. While the goals are different, this is otherwise indistinguishable from conventional education, where children are seen as unformed and in need of shaping, instead, into productive citizens.

In none of this is a child seen as a full person, right now, who has worth merely by being a person now, and who is deserving of freedom from the crushing violence of patriarchal adult supremacy.

No education is radical if it is concerned primarily with producing a specific kind of person, rather than dismantling adult supremacy and moving towards youth liberation.

#youthliberation #anarchisteducation

Cool to wake up and see this in my podcast feed: Essay 59: DaN Mckee, ‘Anarchist: Subverting the System from Within’ https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qkjqe-14524e6 Hear an adapted excerpt from my new book, Anarchist Atheist Punk Rock Teacher, in the latest #AnarchistEssays from Loughborough University’s Anarchism Research Group! There’s also a song in there too 😀

#AnarchistAtheistPunkRockTeacher #AnarchismResearchGroup #Anarchism #AnarchistPedagogy #anarchisteducation #AnarchistTeacher #Teaching #Education #Behaviour #SchoolDiscipline #podcast #Punk

Since before 2015 i have had this dream of starting a type of anarchist academy in stockholm. A school. A learner hub. A permanent place where people can find anarchism for the first time, or engage in deeper level analysis. A place where radical and anti-authoritarian pedagogy is explored and nurtured.

Over the last 6 months these ideas have once again become increasingly intrusive and I believe that this might actually be something I want to spend time and energy doing.

The first and foremost problem is that of finding those who want to be part of the pedagogic crew, the ones who would be the "teachers" but not in the traditional sense, rather the ones who can help participants create courses, lectures and structure learning. The second question is all about how other peoples projects along similar lines have gone, and what the main taleaways from those projects could be.

So, I guess this is a first attempt at asking for help. Are u an anarchist teacher? How would you do this? What are the things you see as possible downfalls? Have you already done this, and in that case where do I find your stuff?

#education #anarchist #freeskool #anarchistacademy #guidedautodidacy #Stockholm #liberatoryeducation #revolutionary #revolutionarypedagogy #anarchisteducation #antiauthoritarianteachers #antiauthoritarian

Nice to see my work cited in the new issue of Anarchist Studies journal, included in a group of writings one paper calls “the most relevant works published this century”which “represent ‘the new wave’ of anarchism in education”. 👌 I needed that this week - it’s been a tough one.

https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchiststudies/vol-31-issue-1/abstract-9685/

(Annoying it’s behind a paywall though!)

My own Anarchist Studies paper on education is free though - here: https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchiststudies/vol-29-issue-2/article-9445/

#AnarchistStudies #Anarchism #Education #Philosophy #Anarchist #Pedagogy #AnarchistEducation