In Detroit, the teachers' union is the most active and radical union there is.
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:41 PM, c b wrote:
> I certainly didn't mean all teachers or humanties people and artists
> and philosophers are radical or liberal. Ezra Pound, for example,
> was a fascist. Classcists hav
I certainly didn't mean all teachers or humanties people and artists
and philosophers are radical or liberal. Ezra Pound, for example,
was a fascist. Classcists have a lot of conservative ideas, not
surprisingly. Hell, Platoism is reactionary today, and Plato invented
"The Academy" for which aca
Historically, radicals have come from the ranks of the
scientific-technical intelligentsia as well, as arch-reactionaries from
the humanities. When I was in elementary school and high school, English
and history teachers were the worst reactionaries. I hated these
subjects, loved math and scien
I think the ruling class has not ended its counter-reform
(Thatcher-Reagan) movement, but continued to develop more attacks,
maybe. The attack on public education in the US , especially teachers
, is going on now , too. The reform movement of the 1960's was
centered especially in colleges and scho
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/17/death-universities-ma
laise-tuition-fees
The Guardian
17 December 2010
*The death of universities
Academia has become a servant of the status quo. Its malaise runs so much
deeper than tuition fees*
Terry Eagleton
Are the humanities about to
