The Imperative of Political Education in a Miseducated Society

Jasmine Butler Table of Contents Introduction Anti-Intellectualism in Pop Culture Anti-Intellectualism in “Revolutionary” Spaces   My Experiences As an Educator Revisiting Pedagogy of the Oppressed Dialogue The Role of the Political Educator Overcoming Pessimism Sources Introduction Education is under attack. Book bans and ahistorical curriculum adjustments have been sweeping the nation yet again, ranging from…

Reject Anti-Intellectualism

 Erica Caines A disingenuous trend is reemerging, bastardizing concepts of “accessibility” to attack and suppress radical efforts at political education. The focus on consistent ongoing political education is shot down as disconnected from the needs of the people. But these critiques should be seen clearly for what they are: anti-intellectualism masquerading as a faux concern for the…

Understanding Anti-Intellectualism in the U.S.

Edric Huang, Jenny Dorsey, Claire Mosteller, Emily Chen Overview The concept of anti-intellectualism has changed and evolved over time, without one single definition. In historian Richard Hofstadter’s groundbreaking book, Anti-intellectualism in American Life (1963), anti-intellectualism is explained as “a resentment and suspicion of the life of the mind and of those who are considered to…

The PAIGC’s Political Education for Liberation in Guinea-Bissau, 1963–74

TRICONTINENTAL DOWNLOAD PDF “We do not confuse exploitation or exploiters with the colour of men’s skins; we do not want any exploitation in our countries, not even by black people” ….. – Amilcar Cabral The PAIGC’s Struggle for Liberation The liberation struggle against colonialism, if it is to be a total liberation struggle, is not…

The Theory of Intersectionality Emerges Out of Racist, Colonialist Ideology, Not Radical Politics

Patrick D. Anderson Recent debates about Critical Race Theory (CRT) have been abysmally uninformed at best and utterly inaccurate at worst. From corporate media and right-wing rags to independent left media, almost everyone has misrepresented or misunderstood the origins, histories, and theories of what is today known as CRT. This three-part series corrects these misunderstandings….

Realism, Idealism, and the Deradicalization of Critical Race Theory

Patrick Anderson Recent debates about Critical Race Theory (CRT) have been abysmally uninformed at best and utterly inaccurate at worst. From corporate media and right-wing rags to independent left media, almost everyone has misrepresented or misunderstood the origins, histories, and theories of what is today known as CRT. This three-part series corrects these misunderstandings. Part 1 provides…