It was a big attack: Malkah Fleisher 🕎 @MalkahFleisher · 13h UPDATED LIST: List of locations targeted / assassinations by Israel today: Military assassinations: – IRGC Chief-of-Staff Hossein Salami – IRGC General Gholamali Rashid – Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri – Ali Shamkhani, Senior Advisor to Iranian Supreme-Leader Ali Khamenei and member of the Expediency Discernment Council Nuclear scientists: – Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi – Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi – Dr. Abdolhamid Minouchehr – Dr. Ahmad Reza Zolfajari Attacks in Tehran: – Qeitarieh, Tehran – Niavaran, Tehran – West Tehran and Chitgar – East Tehran – Mehrabad, Tehran – Mahalati, Tehran – Shahid Chamran, Tehran – Tower in Kamranieh, Tehran – Saadat Abad, Tehran – Anderzgoo, Tehran – Orchid Complex in Sattarkhan, Tehran – Shahid Daghayeghi Settlement in Tehran – Farahzadi, Tehran – Armed Forces General Staff Headquarters, Tehran – Ali Shamkhani's residence Shahrara, Tehran – Sadat Abad Square Teachers' Complex, Tehran Border Other cities and locations: – Natanz nuclear site – Parchin nuclear facilities – Military bases in Tehran and Qom Province – Khorammabad – Hamedan – Parchin – Qasr Shirin – Tabriz – Piranshahr – Kermanshah – Ilam – Arak heavy water facility – Subashi air defense radar site
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Supporting Antifa in an educational context would amplify the anti-democratic nature of ideological capture to a dangerous degree. Antifa's core characteristics Antifa is a loose, decentralized far-left militant movement that explicitly rejects liberal democracy in favor of direct action, deplatforming, and sometimes violence to combat perceived fascism. It opposes free speech for opponents, views institutions (including schools) as tools for revolutionary change, and often aligns with anarchist or accelerationist tactics. Open support for it goes beyond standard left politics into endorsing extra-legal methods.Why educator or institutional support crosses a line Undermines the rule of law — Public schools are state institutions bound by democratic norms (elections, due process, free expression under the First Amendment). Teachers or curricula that fantasize, romanticize, excuse, or promote Antifa-style tactics (property destruction, no-platforming, "by any means necessary") teach contempt for democratic mechanisms. This is especially toxic for youth, who are still forming civic habits. Heightens indoctrination risk — In captured systems (e.g., activist factions within unions like Oakland Education Association), materials that frame Antifa sympathetically as heroic resisters fit the pattern of one-sided narratives. We've seen unauthorized "teach-ins" and "liberatory education" pushes in Oakland and similar districts that critics argue veer into political activism rather than balanced analysis. Glorifying militant groups adds an endorsement of violence to ideological skew. rethinkingschools.org Disproportionate harm — For less-educated or captive audiences (K-12 students), this normalizes extremism. It can desensitize youth to political violence, chill dissent in classrooms, and erode trust in democratic institutions. Post-2020 riots and campus disruptions showed real-world spillover. Anti-democratic double standard — Democracy allows debate over ideas, even radical ones. But state-funded educators actively supporting a movement that rejects debate itself (via doxxing, riots, or "punch a Nazi" rhetoric that expands "Nazi" to include mainstream conservatives) is viewpoint discrimination with state power behind it. It's the opposite of pluralism. Reality checkNot every progressive educator supports Antifa—many explicitly reject its violence. Direct endorsements in official curricula are rare and often opposed by districts when publicized. However, tolerance or soft-pedaling in activist teacher circles, reading lists that lionize radical left figures, or failure to condemn Antifa-linked tactics does occur in highly polarized blue-city environments and feeds the capture critique.This would make the problem not just bias, but incitement against democratic norms. Reforms emphasizing classical civics, viewpoint balance, and strict political neutrality in K-12 become even more urgent. Public education should prepare citizens for democracy, not recruit for its rejection..
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