Late to this, but there is some pretty grim stuff in the new PSHE guidance on countering & #39;extremism.

Terms are vague and misleading, potentially directly targeting or indirectly implicating a huge number of civil society organisations in & #39;extremism& #39;. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/sep/27/uk-schools-told-not-to-use-anti-capitalist-material-in-teaching">https://www.theguardian.com/education...

The idea that orgs are & #39;extreme& #39; if they & #39;promote divisive or victim narratives& #39; nods towards several orgs tackling Islamophobia, violence & racism.

Anything challenging the status quo thus falls into this bracket, slyly targeting anyone raising issues of inequalities.

Interesting also to see that & #39;unsubstantiated accusations against state institutions& #39; is also & #39;extreme& #39;.

This is easily recognisable War on Terror rhetoric, in which the State and its institutions are cast as victims of dangerous individuals - inverting actual power relations.

Further War on Terror rhetoric is echoed in tackling anything that is anti-capitalism, with capitalism increasingly part of PREVENT& #39;s & #39;British identity& #39;.

This is furthered by & #39;property& #39; being listed here as a victim of & #39;extremism& #39;, which - again - inverts actual power relations

It is quite telling that the Tory Government fails to list Islamophobia as something & #39;extreme& #39;, having not even accepted the term.

This despite a cross-party approach, led by many significant Muslim groups, to get the term recognised. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/may/15/uk-ministers-criticised-rejecting-new-definition-islamophobia">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019...

Furthermore, calling orgs & #39;extreme& #39; for & #39;a failure to condemn illegal activities done in their name& #39; is really quite worrying.

This implicates all manner of Muslim groups, political groups - indeed, most groups who takes issue with the current inequality of the status quo.

At the heart of this is some quite Far Right ideas:

- That those with a & #39;grievance narrative& #39; should be de-legitimsed and are anti-British
- That the political and economic status quo should not be challenged
- And that the British state is at threat from civil society orgs.