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I am a 24-year old independent researcher and writer, having written dozens of articles on a wide variety of social, economic, political, and historical issues, always from a radical and critical perspective. I am Project Manager of The People's Book Project and have a weekly podcast show on BoilingFrogsPost.com

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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 28, 2012
Class War and the College Crisis: The "Crisis of Democracy" and the Attack on Education From the democratic activism of the 1960s came an elite assault on education and the dawn of neoliberalism. In their own words, see how the Trilateral Commission and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce identified and planned an attack on democracy and education.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Purpose of Education: Social Uplift or Social Control? The emergence and spread of education -- both mass public and university -- is generally considered to be the result of the Enlightenment ideals and the emergence of democracies. But there remains a deeper history, rooted in concepts of social control. So we must ask: what is the purpose of education?

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