Dialectical Inversion
One of the most pervasive techniques used by Woke Marxism is "dialectical inversion."
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Surviving a Modern Struggle Session
One of the most famous and most evil techniques of Maoist Marxism is the "struggle session" (dòuzhēng, 鬥爭; or pīpàn dòuzhēng, 批判鬥爭, “critical struggle”; or sometimes just pīdòu, 批鬥; also called “denunciation” sessions).
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WTF is SEL?
What the F is Social-Emotional Learning? It's a serious question. Behind all the flowery language is a history, and that history demands looking at.
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Introducing The Marxification of Education
James Lindsay, host of the New Discourses Podcast, has written a new book called The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire's Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education, which is available now.
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What Radicalized You, James Lindsay?
James Lindsay, host of the New Discourses Podcast, gets asked all the time about what really got him started in his campaign against Woke Marxism.
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The Strange Death of the University, Part 4: The Strange Death of Knowledge
This chapter features one of the most dangerous and manipulative concepts to come out of the Woke Marxist movement, not least thanks to the work done by Paulo Freire: other ways of knowing.
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The Marxification of Education Workshop: All Sessions
Something has gone very badly wrong in education. Our schools are filled with divisive identity politics rooted in Marxist Critical Theory, but it seems almost impossible to nail down and fight against.
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Marxism and Holistic Thinking
Holistic thinking isn't just a feature of the weird New Age and spiritualists; it's also a centerpiece of Marxist thinking.
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The Strange Death of the University, Part 3: The Strange Death of Science
Science cannot survive this long-sought-after push by activism into its domain, and it will usher in nothing less than a new era of "sustainable" Lysenkoism.
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Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
New Discourses Founder James Lindsay gives a deep, concerning, and thorough (but mere) introduction to the topic of Social-Emotional Learning in this last of four presentations on the Marxification of Education.
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The Theft of Education
Education is being stolen from our kids and our society. In fact, for the most part, it has been stolen already.
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Can We Trust Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)?
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay goes through portions of two documents about Social-Emotional Learning, one from UNESCO and one from USAID, and makes a strong case that however much you currently trust SEL, you should trust it less.
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“Groomer Schools”
New Discourses Founder James Lindsay summarizes what he means by the term "Groomer Schools" in this third of four presentations on the Marxification of Education delivered in late July 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, on location in the now-famous Loudoun County, ground zero for the fight for America's schools.
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Totalitarianism and the Progressive Impulse
With the possible exception of our would-be overlords, we all know Nazis were bad. Fewer of us, especially in the younger generations, understand that Communists are also bad.
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Paulo Freire’s “Critical” Method of Education
New Discourses Founder James Lindsay summarizes this transformation of education itself in this second of four presentations on the Marxification of Education delivered in late July 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, on location in the now-famous Loudoun County, ground zero for the fight for America's schools.
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Systemic Trauma and Harm
It seems virtually everything Woke these days is justified on the back of some obviously nonsense appeal to "trauma" or "harm."
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The Critical Turn in Education
Here, New Discourses Founder James Lindsay summarizes this "turn" in this first of four presentations on the Marxification of Education delivered in late July 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, on location in the now-famous Loudoun County, ground zero for the fight for America's schools.
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What Does It Mean to Be Freirean?
Sustainability is to become our "New Sensibility," just like Herbert Marcuse called for in the second chapter of his 1969 Essay on Liberation.
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Data is the New Oil
You have probably heard the quip: "data is the new oil." What does that mean, and what does it imply?
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The Strange Death of the University, Part 2: A New Sensibility
Sustainability is to become our "New Sensibility," just like Herbert Marcuse called for in the second chapter of his 1969 Essay on Liberation.
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