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The NEA Goes Sustainable

In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay goes through a document from the NEA Foundation, the charitable arm of the largest national teachers union, to show that they not only have these plans but have adopted well-developed curriculum guides to start distributing to teachers and school administrators, right down to detailed lessons on topics like hunger and starvation in kindergarten.

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Operational Preparation of the Environment

Woke Marxism isn't just a bunch of crazy academic Theory. It's also very practical.

The Violence of Decolonization

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The Violence of Decolonization

Whether it's decolonizing the curriculum, decolonizing science, decolonizing Shakespeare, decolonizing the nation, or whatever; whether it's decolonizing education following from Joe Kincheloe's project on Paulo Freire; wherever we hear it, it means something.

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The People

Marxists use linguistic tricks. "Communists share your vocabulary but they don't share your dictionary" is a common way of putting it. One of the dirtiest of those tricks is on the word "people."

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Dialectical Inversion

One of the most pervasive techniques used by Woke Marxism is "dialectical inversion."

Surviving a Modern Struggle Session

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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.

Introducing The Marxification of Education

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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.

What Radicalized You, James Lindsay?

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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.

The Strange Death of the University, Part 4: The Strange Death of Knowledge

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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.

The Marxification of Education Workshop: All Sessions

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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.

The Strange Death of the University, Part 3: The Strange Death of Science

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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.

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

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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.

Can We Trust Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)?

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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.

Paulo Freire's "Critical" Method of Education

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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.

Paulo Freire's "Critical" Method of Education

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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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