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Reverse the government's ban on the use of anti-capitalist material in teaching

Submitted on Wednesday 30th September 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 7th October 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Reverse the government's ban on the use of anti-capitalist material in teaching

Petition Details

The government has ordered schools in England not to use resources from anti-capitalist organisations, categorised anti-capitalism as an “extreme political stance” and equated it with opposition to freedom of speech, antisemitism and endorsement of illegal activity.

Additional Information

This is academic censorship on political grounds. It doesn't align with the values of a free and democratic society, and shouldn't have a place as part of the policy of a democracy like Britain which depends on a free and educated populace.

It affects the diversity of ideas in education and limits the education of students in several subjects, e.g, History, Politics, Sociology, etc.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552627

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