This is a continuation of a series of posts on summaries of articles, mainly on education. When I was a French teacher at Ashern Central School, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, I started to place critiques, mainly (although not entirely) of the current school system. At first, I merely printed off the articles, but then I … Continue reading Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Twenty-Seven: Homelessness and the Working Class
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School Rhetoric: Ideological Use of the Concept of Social Justice, Part Three
In the first post on this topic, I pointed out how even the most radical article on social justice in the winter 2015-2016 edition of Leaders & Learners (the official magazine of the Canadian Association of School Administrators, or CASS) expresses the limited definition (and views) of middle-class ideology. This post will continue to critically … Continue reading School Rhetoric: Ideological Use of the Concept of Social Justice, Part Three
Left Libertarians Versus Socialists
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted the following on Facebook recently: John Clarke 22h · The problem with ideas like this is that they fail to acknowledge the realities of a capitalist society or the balance of class forces within it. The contradictions and crises of this society and … Continue reading Left Libertarians Versus Socialists
Review of Thier’s Book “A People’s Guide to Capitalism,” Part Three
I recently participated in a group called No One Is Illegal here in Toronto. The group decided to provide a zoom reading meeting every week to discuss the book A People's Guide to Capitalism, by Hadas Thier, with many participants not belonging to the group but interested in understanding more about capitalism. We read the … Continue reading Review of Thier’s Book “A People’s Guide to Capitalism,” Part Three
The Ideology of Meritocracy, the Poor and Prison
John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, had this to say rcently about meritocarcy, poverty and prison: I've noted before that during the times I spent in jail it always struck me very strongly that the great bulk of the prisoners wouldn't have been in there and certainly wouldn't have had … Continue reading The Ideology of Meritocracy, the Poor and Prison
Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Seventeen: The Failure of Micro School Reformism to Address Children’s Poverty
This is a continuation of a series of posts on summaries of articles, mainly on education. When I was a French teacher at Ashern Central School, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, I started to place critiques, mainly (although not entirely) of the current school system. At first, I merely printed off the articles, but then I … Continue reading Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Seventeen: The Failure of Micro School Reformism to Address Children’s Poverty
Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Fourteen: A Critique of the Educational Nature of So-called Educational Reforms
This is a continuation of a series of posts on summaries of articles, mainly on education. When I was a French teacher at Ashern Central School, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, I started to place critiques, mainly (although not entirely) of the current school system. At first, I merely printed off the articles, but then I … Continue reading Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Fourteen: A Critique of the Educational Nature of So-called Educational Reforms
Reform Versus Abolition of the Police, Part 8: The Police and the Political Economy of Capitalism
Introduction The following provides many quotes from Mark Neocleous's book The Fabrication of Social Order:A Critical Theory of Police Power (2000), with short comments. The author argues that there is an inherent connection between the emergence of the modern police and the emergence of a society dominated by a class of employers. The issue of … Continue reading Reform Versus Abolition of the Police, Part 8: The Police and the Political Economy of Capitalism
The British Labour Party’s 2019 Manifesto: More Social Democracy and More Social Reformism, Part Two
The following is the second of a two-part series of posts, providing a critical assessment of some of the views expressed in the 2019 British Labour Party's Manifesto, It's Time For Real Change. The section on public services is typical of the social-reformist or social-democratic left: what is needed is mainly a quantitative expansion of … Continue reading The British Labour Party’s 2019 Manifesto: More Social Democracy and More Social Reformism, Part Two
Basic Income: A Critique of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty’s Stance
Leer este post en español In the pamphlet published on the Socialist Project website, Basic Income in the Neoliberal Age (Toronto, 2017), the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) implies that only a social-reformist vision--maintaining the welfare-state--is a viable option; it implicitly assumes that going beyond it is not viable. Its argument combines both a realistic … Continue reading Basic Income: A Critique of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty’s Stance
The Abolitionary 