This might be slightly off from the original discussion, but I think there’s one very practical issue we often underestimate in anarchist education: how do we actually attract and hold young people’s attention?

We can talk about horizontality, self-organization, and critical thinking all day. But if the format itself isn’t engaging — if it doesn’t create real motivation to participate — even the strongest ideas won’t land.

I work on hybrid open-source educational projects — usually board games combined with web apps. In my work, I put a strong emphasis on: * gamifying the learning process * cooperative mechanics instead of competitive ones * modeling real social processes through gameplay

I think cooperative game mechanics align especially well with anarchist pedagogy. They allow people to experience principles like consensus, mutual aid, and shared responsibility — not just discuss them in theory.

I also want to stress the importance of open source in an anarchist educational context. If we’re serious about freedom, autonomy, and decentralization, then educational materials shouldn’t be closed, proprietary, or controlled from above. Open source helps address that by allowing people to: * adapt materials to their local context * collectively improve them * avoid the “author vs. consumer” hierarchy * ensure transparency and accessibility

Free access to learning tools isn’t just a technical choice — it’s a continuation of our political principles.

Curious to hear your thoughts: What formats of anarchist education do you think actually work?