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Declaration of Educational Warfare (ko-fi.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by TheMadPhilosopher@lemm.ee to c/anarchism@lemmy.ml

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Declaration of Educational Warfare — A Manifesto from the Classroom Frontlines

> This is not a reform. This is a rebellion.

I wrote this as a public declaration—because the education system is not broken.

It was built this way.

What we call “school” is often just a pipeline: from trauma, to obedience, to silence. This isn’t about fixing it. This is about burning it down and building something that actually nurtures minds.

Declaration of Educational Warfare

Subject Index: education reform, political indoctrination, propaganda in schools, American history, truth in education, anti-authoritarian, critical thinking, curriculum manipulation, modern revolution, cultural warfare, media literacy, civic responsibility, youth empowerment, educational resistance, information control, censorship in education, radical pedagogy

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[–] just_an_aspie@badatbeing.social 1 points 12 hours ago

I study education in college. I'm from Brazil, and here, in order to graduate, we have to write a thesis.

Mine, which I'm still working on, is about anarchist schools as a path towards the inclusion of neurodivergent students, especially those who struggle with authority and discipline.

The main conclusion that has nothing to do with the content: The topic is extremely underresearched. I've been having a hard time finding stuff on anarchist schools, let alone more specific stuff about inclusion in those. So, basically, to anyone in the academia who might read this: we need more research on this!

That being said, I highly recommend anyone interested in education read Paulo Freire and Foucault. Your manifesto touches on a lot of issues that fall under Foucault's concept of disciplinary power, which, imo, is the primary function schools serve in the present day, benefiting, of course, only those in power

[–] TheMadPhilosopher@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wrote this because the crumbling education system is something deeply personal to me. It’s not just broken—it’s familiar.

Has anyone else ever felt like you had to unlearn and reteach yourself just to actually understand the world?

Because when a system fails us that hard, we’re forced to become our own teachers. And that’s where resistance begins.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, we need more of this. Keep going!

[–] the_citizen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Education system is working for making people thinking same. Diversity is spreading physically but our minds are becoming same in all way. Doing same, liking same, hating same... Our most powerful weapon is questioning and reading from all sources we can find. Hope one time we will have a world without authorities which imposes their delusional ideas to people with the system they say "education".

[–] TheMadPhilosopher@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, I really appreciate this response. You’re right—what we’re dealing with isn’t just an education system that’s “not working,” it’s one that’s working exactly as intended. The standardization of thought, emotional suppression, and the illusion of choice all serve the same machinery.

You nailed it with: “Our most powerful weapon is questioning and reading from all sources.” That’s literally the whole point of my piece—if we aren’t allowed to ask who benefits from our ignorance, then we’re not being educated… we’re being indoctrinated. Thank you for bringing that clarity.