taro: "this is an unmistakable tension at the heart of anarchist pedagogy and i wish it received more focused attention"

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this is an unmistakable tension at the heart of anarchist pedagogy and i wish it received more focused attention

anarchist pedagogies: collective actions, theories, and critical reflections on education, robert haworth

“We don’t want to produce conveyor belt anarchists, each student has to choose their own way,” she explained. For her, the ideal student is one that, “practices anarchy and anarchist values where ever they go.” “In Spain,” she continued, “many of the youth who gravitate towards Anarchism don’t really understand its core ideas—they are attracted to violence and rebellion without embodying the real values. In fact they embody the very things that the state identifies with anarchism: disorder and dirtiness. If you can’t change the way you think then you don’t change anything. In Mérida, students transmit their values to others, there is more free thinking locally, more libertarian unions, and a strong alternative culture. And …” she pauses, to allow a mischievous grin to spread across her face, “no student ever got married.”

taroDec 22, 2025

a rhetorical move i dislike is one that essentially says anarchism implies lack of evaluation, that it’s authoritarian to not tolerate differences of opinion. when ig they really mean to say that the evaluation in question is not all that significant, because obviously they have their own limits

December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM

taroDec 22, 2025

for years i've loved this quote because of how beautifully it demonstrates the issue

taroDec 22, 2025

in a somewhat implicit way, the more overt and combative forms where the question directly arises are too far determined to engage with the requisite subtlety and care