[Marxism] Re: Teachers in Australia Attacked for Anti-US Bias!

[Peter McLaren <mclaren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From Peter McLaren:

Teachers accused of anti-US bias
By John Garnaut and Geesche Jacobsen
August 22, 2005
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The federal Treasurer has drawn a rebuke from teachers for warning them
against spreading anti-Americanism in schools and suggesting it could mutate
into anti-Westernism and terrorist attacks against Australia.

Venturing outside his usual economic territory, Peter Costello said many
teachers were carrying left-wing ideological baggage from the 1970s.

"If your teacher's carrying that bias it tends to get passed on," he said
yesterday. "?Anti-Americanism can easily morph into anti-Westernism.
Particularly you've seen that with terrorists. They don't really draw
distinctions between Americans or Britons or Australians; they just like to
hit anybody who they consider to be part of the West."

Mr Costello's comments to Channel Nine followed a lengthy critique of the
US-Australia relationship at the Australian American Leadership Dialogue on
Saturday night.

The NSW Teachers Federation condemned Mr Costello's comments as "absolute
nonsense". Its senior vice-president, Angelo Gavrielatos, said: "The
constant denegration of teachers isn't good for the country."

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URL: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/08/21/1124562750372.html


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