Public Schools, Social Engineering, and the Prison Pipeline on “Radical Anarchist Revolution” Radio Nov. 9th

Tonight at 7pm PST (10pm on the Eastside), you should tune in to hear the “Radical Anarchist Revolution,” from Las Vegas. This is a new internet radio show that I am doing with Tasha Heath of Southern Nevada Watchdogs. Although tonight represents just our second show together, Tasha and I have worked together quite a lot in the past couple years primarily on local issues often in relation to Nevada Cop Block, in and around the Las Vegas area. She’s pretty well known in Las Vegas and for good reason.

Tasha is a very dependable and principled activist and beyond that she’s just an awesome and very ethical person. She also is very knowledgeable in a lot of different areas and always willing to learn about things she isn’t familiar with. Plus she’s tough; they don’t call her the Tiny Terminator for nothing. So, I’m very happy to have the opportunity to work with her on the show and even in the limited number of shows we’ve done thus far, I personally think that we make a good combination.

In tonight’s show we will be discussing the public school system including the history of compulsory schooling in the United States, the issues with that; why many of those issues stem from the real priorities of public schooling, and how that has lead to the dumbing down of U.S. citizens, as well as what has come to be called the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

In terms of the history behind the school system we will be discussing some of the work John Taylor Gatto, a former award winning school teacher who eventually came out against public schools and compulsory schooling. He’s written pretty extensively since about the roots and influences behind the school system and the true intentions of those involved in setting up the system. As he illustrates quite well in his books and essays, schools were not actually set up with education in mind, but actually in order to create docile and compliant factory workers. The promise of a free education was really just the sales pitch used to get the general public to accept that.

Another reference discussed was “Lies My Teacher Told Me,” a book by James Loewen. This book discusses the ways that government prevents schools from teaching children controversial subjects, especially those that show the government in a bad light and/or would encourage children to challenge the government. The basis of that book is the way in which a sanitized presentation of subjects makes school incredibly boring and eliminates a lot of the things that should create interest in learning for children. One of the examples discussed was Helen Keller, who had a pretty long history of activism relating to labor issues, women’s right, and issues of poverty. However instead of that rich and inspirational history, most students only know of her as the blind, deaf, and mute girl who learned how to read.

You should tune in tonight for the full show and listen to the full discussion of these important issues and more on the “Radical Anarchist Revolution” From Las Vegas with Tasha Heath and Kelly Patterson. You don’t want to be the only that doesn’t know what everyone else is talking about at the water cooler on Tuesday morning!

Public Schools, Social Engineering, and the Prison Pipeline on “Radical Anarchist Revolution” Radio Nov. 9th is a post from Cop Block – Badges Don’t Grant Extra Rights