Schedule | Program | Readings | Introduction | Registration | Logistics
Anti-Racism, Communities of Color and the Crisis
History of Race and Racism in the US
- Barbara Fields, “Slavery, Race, and Ideology in the United States of America:” Click here for PDF.
- WEB DuBois, “The Concept of Race:” Click here for PDF.
Capitalism
Workshop:Introduction to Marxist Perspectives on the Economy
- Karl Marx, Value, Price and Profit, Chapters VI-XI https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/ch02.htm. Chapters XII-XIV http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/ch03.htm#c12
- Ernest Mandel, Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory, Parts I and II http://www.marxists.org/archive/mandel/1967/intromet/ch01.htm and http://www.marxists.org/archive/mandel/1967/intromet/ch02.htm
- Charlie Post, “Exploring the Roots of the Crisis,” http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2261
Workshop: The Current Crisis: Its Roots, Social Costs and Resistance
- Johanna Brenner, “Caught in the Whirlwind: Working Class Families Face the Economic Crisis:” Click here for PDF.
- Michael Husson, “Toxic Capitalism:” http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1551
- Fiscal Crisis or Crisis of Distribution: http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1856&var_recherche=economic%20crisis
From 20th Century Socialism to 21st Century Socialism
Radical Democracy & Popular Power: Thinking About New Socialisms for the 21st Century from CSRCproject on Vimeo.
Public Sector Fightback
- History of Opposition to Public Sector Unionism: http://hnn.us/articles/139820.html
- Wisconsin and Beyond: http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/3266
- Public Sector: Public Good: http://labornotes.org/2010/12/public-sector-public-good
Socialist Feminism
Workshop: Reformist/Revolutionary Strategies for LGBT Liberation
- Beyond Same Sex Marriage: PDF Download
- FIERCE Organizing Model: PDF Download
- Youth Fight Displacement — and Win! (FIERCE): PDF Download
- Michelle O’Brien, Stayin’ Alive: Trans Survival and Struggle on the Streets of Philadelphia: PDF Download
- Leslie Feinberg interviews Sylvia Rivera: PDF Download
Workshop on Socialist-Feminism: Theory and Practice
- Andrea Smith, “Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy,” from Color of Violence: the Incite Anthology:
http://www.solidarity-us.org/pdfs/cadreschool/fws.smith.pdf - Dangerous Intersections: Women of Color Live in the Dangerous Intersections of Sexism, Racism, and Other Oppressions: “Historical Context” and “Present Day”.
http://www.incite-national.org/index.php?s=91 - The Revolution Starts at Home:
http://www.incite-national.org/media/docs/0985_revolution-starts-at-home.pdf
• Transforming Communities: Community Based Response to partner Abuse, 58-63
• Taking Risks: Implementing Grassroots Community Accountability and Strategies, 64-79
• If Not Too Much—Femora and Fury on IPV and Disability, 48-52 - Reproductive Justice
Loretta Ross, “Trust Black Women Campaign:” http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2011winter/2011_winter_Ross.php - Selections from the Infertile Revolutionary Blog by Chloe Tribich
Explanation of the blog:
http://infertilerevolutionary.wordpress.com/pre-history/ - Immigration and reproduction:
http://infertilerevolutionary.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/immigration-and-reproduction/ - IVF as a tool of Jewish nationalism
http://infertilerevolutionary.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/ivf-as-a-tool-of-jewish-nationalism/ - On technology and bodies:
http://infertilerevolutionary.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/we-need-a-cyborg-manifesto-for-infertility/
Workshop: Women in the Crisis
- International Women’s Day in Madison:
http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/3219 - International Women’s Day Flyer:
http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/3217 - Johanna Brenner, Gender & Caring Labor: What’s Marxism got to do with it?: PDF Download