"You have been in this class for several weeks now," Magneto said as he sat behind his desk. "At this point you should be able to identify the cause, effects and results due to oppression, resistance and revolution. If you cannot then you have very little chances of surviving a revolution. Much less starting one ( Read more... )

"George Orwell is an author of the 20th century whose fictional books mark a certain political slant," Magneto began as he marched into the room. "One quote of his states that all revolutions are failures bu they are not all the same failure. Orwell thought that revolutions fail because the end result is a change of tyrants and not a change of the ( Read more... )

Magneto was back in the classroom, looking a bit more fatigued than usual ( Read more... )

Magneto was sitting behind the desk at the front of the classroom this morning as the students walked in. In his hands was a form of archaic media known as a newspaper. It was a couple days old and had the election results plastered across the front page ( Read more... )

"Revolution," Magneto began solemnly. "The word has lost all meaning. Lost in a world of marketing and media. Today you are more likely to hear the term used when selling shoes or a mobile phone rather than world events. A pity ( Read more... )

"I'm sure most of you are keen on leaving this class early," Magneto announced as he walked into the danger shop precisely as the bell rang. "Rest assured your homecoming activities can wait. Fun and frivolity has it's place. So does knowledge ( Read more... )

"Last week we talked about nonviolent resistance," Magneto began as the bell rang. "There seems to be a misunderstanding about this particular practice. It's not just about sitting in a park imbibing hallucinogenic substances and singing folk songs. In some cases it's far from that ( Read more... )

Today the blackboard had a new word written on it. In nice big bold letters ( Read more... )

Magneto wasted no time when the bell rang. "Sit," he ordered and began to pace up and down the rows of the classroom. "In our first class we discussed a cause that was important to you," he continued. "Some of your causes... were lacking ( Read more... )

Today the class met in the Danger Room. When they entered they would see Magneto standing in the middle of what appeared to be a lush green suburban street ( Read more... )