An alternative voice in search of truth and justice.
21/06/2020
There is a post going around at the moment that is supposedly meant to paint the police in a positive light during the recent global protests again police violence towards native peoples and people of colour. Honestly, it really sounds like the author (unknown, at least I’ve not seen a name with it) is telling the population to submit to power because… it’s power.
29/11/2019
I never took modern history in high school, but from what we were taught in the junior years and from what friends who did take that subject told me, what we learned was an extremely watered down and pretty much propagandistically pro-West depiction. I can’t speak for the US education system, but I can only assume that US exceptionalism is a fundamental part of any history taught in school. There are a few examples one could use, but the Vietnam War is probably the most damning.
Continue reading “What School History Doesn’t Teach: The Vietnam War”
24/09/2019
I recently joined a student led and run Facebook group for my university (it’s mostly a “shitposting” forum with some decent posts and gems hidden inside). This coincided with the climate strike last Friday, and so there was a lot of buzz about the protest in the city. While I am all for free speech and even enjoy a worthy shitpost (including those against the strikes), it was the occasional disinformation and vitriol that caught my eye.
15/09/2019
Considerable debate has taken place over the countless avenues and sources of information that can be found online. From the dissemination of fake news, to academic institutions transitioning a number of resources online, it’s an incredibly broad discussion – multiple discussions, in fact. But it all boils down to one question – can the increasingly digitised world facilitate learning?
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