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Category Archives: Study Group
Reading for Revolution Part 3: DIY Strategies for Study Groups
I recently published an article in the journal Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, sharing some suggestions for how to form revolutionary study groups. It is available for free download here: DIY study strategies. Feel free to distribute it if you find it useful. … Continue reading
Posted in Education struggles, Organizational Practice, Strategy and Tactics, Study Group, Theory, What's up in Seattle
Tagged AK Press, Commons, Creativity Not Control, Discussion, DIY, free download, Institute for Anarchist Studies, Learning, Literacy, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, Reading, Reading for Revolution, revolutionary study groups, study group, Study Groups
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Some healthcare organizing resources
Some folks in NYC are organizing around with healthcare workers around hospital closures and mergers. See their fliers and updates here A few years ago, some of us in were doing work in nursing homes and organizing around staffing ratios … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Immigration, Labor, Race, Study Group, Theory
Tagged Capitalism, Class struggle, Domestic, feminism, Healthcare, Labor, reproductive labor, Union, women
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Reading for Revolution (Parts 1 and 2)
This is a three- part series of short articles on collective learning and the struggle for a new society. The first two parts are included in this post, and the third will be published later. The first article is called … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Education struggles, Gender, Labor, Organizational Practice, Race, Study Group, Theory, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Black liberation, Capitalism, Class struggle, Emancipation, gender, History, Labor, Occupy Seattle, Organization, race, recognize and record, reproductive labor, Revolution, Seattle, slavery, tendency-building, Youth
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“We are not machines!” Chinese class struggle reading/film series
Please join our friends and us for a 5-week reading/film series on Chinese class struggle. We are organizing this collective study group leading up to a talk in mid May by a member of the gongchao collective, who has conducted … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Colonialism, Ecology, Labor, Study Group, What's up in Seattle
Tagged Capitalism, China, Class struggle, Labor
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Resource Sharing
A friend here in Seattle scanned and uploaded a couple of texts that have been very influential on BOC. We are reading (re-reading for some) Caliban and the Witch currently and will post up our discussion questions and notes soon. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Colonialism, Communism, Gender, Immigration, Labor, Latin America, Middle East, Race, Study Group, Theory
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Anti-Repression, Anti-Fascist Strategizing Suggestions
With the rise of the Golden Dawn fascist group in Greece, and their attempts to build a base here in the U.S. (link) , anti-fascist strategies are becoming more and more crucial. Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if the police continue … Continue reading
What you can do to support Grand Jury Resistance in Seattle and Portland
Please spread this widely. Many thanks to friends who have organized around this. The website is here Grand Jury Resistors Speak: “Our Passion for Freedom is Stronger than the State’s Prisons” Portland, Oregon – At 8am this morning, surrounded by supporters, … Continue reading
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Between the Leninists and the Clowns: Avoiding recklessness and professionalism in revolutionary struggle
This piece reflects on the current strengths and weaknesses of the revolutionary networks that have emerged out of the Decolonize/ Occupy movement in Seattle. In particular, I critique some of the problems that arise because of lack of organization, and … Continue reading
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