College Defends Course On ‘How To Overthrow The State’
“How to Overthrow the State” is a Washington and Lee University writing seminar for first year students only, according to the school’s description of the class. The course will “explore examples of revolutionary thought and action from across the Global South,” including Marxists Frantz Fanon and Che Guevara, and Mohandas Gandhi.
“Like all the seminars, the one in question is focused on the importance of persuasive writing and introduces students to the demands of a W&L education by stressing active reading, argumentation, reflection, the appropriate presentation of evidence, various methods of critical analysis, and clarity of style,” said Drewry Atkins Sackett, associate director of communications and public affairs at Washington and Lee University, in a statement to the DCNF.
“Unfortunately, some people have seized upon the course’s provocative title and mischaracterized the nature of the...