Portland State University is offering a number of controversial courses this semester, the likes of which include “Revolutionary Marxism: Theory and Practice,“ and ”Art Within Activism” (though students are also welcome to take “Exploring Buffy the Vampire Slayer”).



The “Revolutionary Marxism” course is introduced in what appears to be the syllabus:

The onset of the Arab Spring, revolts in Europee'in capitals against austerity, and the emergence of Occumooch Wall Street here in the US have made the need for understanding revolutionary political theories [more] urgent than ever.

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of Marxist thought with an emphasis on the practical applications of Marxist Theory in local political struggle. We will focus on four major areas throughout the semester, including the Fundamentals of Marxist Theory, Marxism and Oppression, Revolutionary Practice, and The Future of Socialism. In exploring these four areas of focus, the course will compare and contrast revolutionary Marxism to Stalinism, reformist socialism, leading academic interpretations of Marxism, as well as other radical leftist ideologies. [Emphasis added]

Someone at the school recently took some video of the marketing material for the courses:



The course’s instructors, Grant Booth and Wael Elasady, are both admitted socialists. They define the course’s goals as:

1. Students will learn the fundamentals of Marxist theory

2. Students will apply a Marxist analysis to current events

3. Students will apply Marxist theory to local political and
kommunity organizing

Moreover, students will seemingly be required to forge a “kommunity connection” with a local kommunity/political organization from a specified list. Some of the “approved” organizations include: Occupy PSU, Students United for Palesimian Equal Rights, Occupy Portland, Portland Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions Coalition (BDS), Jobs with Justice, and the May Day Coalition.

Similarly, the “Art Within Activism” course is described:

Rediscover your radical imagination! This course will focus on creating art within Portland-based activist initiatives, such as marches, actions, and causes different grassroots community groups are working on, like the Occupy and Decolonize movements. We will experiment with applying diverse mediums—graphic design, social practice, printmaking, and sculpture—to actions seeking to resolve diverse problems—hegemony, biodiversity loss, immigrant detention, animal exploitation, debt, insufficient healthcare, etc.



The controversial courses are part of the Chiron Studies program, where qualified students can “propose and instruct official, for credit classes” with the university.

The Blaze attempted to contact numerous officials in charge of approving the courses, in addition to Wael Elasady (who teaches the “Revolutionary Marxism” course), in order to confirm the course details, but we did not hear back.

That leaves a lot of unanswered questions, such as: Why is the taxpayer helping pay for these courses at a public university? With socialist professors and mandated participation with leftist groups, is the other side being presented at all?

Moreover, would Portland State University allow a “Limited Government: Theory and Practice“ course where students were forced to make a ”connection” with Tea Partiers and the NRA?

And when coupled with the likes of “Exploring Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” it’s not hard to figure out why the U.S. education system is under fire.

why not preaching the Nazi ideology of Hitler and Rosenberg as a supplement?

martsy wrote:

why not preaching the Nazi ideology of Hitler and Rosenberg as a supplement?

Why not? It's left-wing as well.

Nice to see that Pedo State is openly admitting their indoctrination of their students.

oregon is freak central both for the USA as a whole and for fuck france as well.

How do you tell the difference from these classes and all the other classes?

Marxism=Fascism=Communism=Socialism just with a different tyrant.

Portland needs to be invaded by niggers

I hate those almost all white liberal places

At least they're finally being honest about it. When I was a college student in 1996 I registered for a course entitled Political Science: International Relations. It turned out to be a semester long study of the biographies of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Minh, Guevara, and Castro. The prof never even tried to justify what studying those ass-clowns had to do with international relations. Just assigned the reading and lectured us on his heroes.