A-Infos (en) US, Free University Of LA - Series I

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we WILL have our own schools that are NOT designed to re-produce ignorance,
obedience, helpless docility, fear, and hate Too often we try to reinvent the
wheel and too often we have difficulty communicating with one another due to
a lack of understanding of the cornerstones of other people’s ideas (e.g.
“indigenous sovereignty,” “positive power,” “The Commune”, “internal colonialism”,
“praxis”, ‘liberation’ vs. ‘rights,’ “direct democracy”, etc). This series of
talks is intended for ALL NON-AUTHORITARIAN people of LA who would like to
have a general overview of SOME of the most significant
instances, movements, theories, and languages of liberation.

Generally, the topics will be presented by people who use the
presented ideas and lessons in their own struggles (praxis!). In
addition to being educational, this will also give the presenters
and the people of our communities the much-needed opportunity to
get to know one another, build links, and fight against the
ghettoization of our city.

The point of the university is to provide a space for various
non-authoritarian people of LA to teach/explain/share/discuss/etc
the roots of their inspirations and then explain how some of those
ideas are being applied into their existing ideas and, most
importantly - actions.

For example, if it was learning about the Chinese peasant
rebellions that initially motivated you to start a community garden
project, then it would be great if you could come and teach us
about (1) the Peasant Rebellions that you know about, (2) what
you found to be the most inspiring/enlightening elements of it
(here you will have a chance to more explicitly express your
current way of seeing the world), and (3) how that inspiration is
translated into the way in which you go about building the
gardens. (This is only an example of one of the ways in which this
can be done. The actual presentations are completely up the
speakers.)

This way we will get to learn some relevant history and theory,
understand where others are coming from, and see how we can
help one another.

Currently we are trying to line-up the speakers. By early
December we will start promoting the Free University of LA to
the greater public of LA.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

Contact relevant organizations to line up speakers and have them
help us promote and provide links to other potential speakers. We
are trying to get speakers from organizations that are active in the
particular field (e.g. Casa De Pueblo, American Indian Youth,
Black Cross, etc.).

Each speaker will be asked to provide an outline of their talk 10
days in advance so that it can be shared with other speakers who
might be presenting on the same topic.

Each session is going to be run by the speakers of that session!

Since we are very ghettoized and know very little about one
another, then it should probably be a broad intro thing, but again,
it’s up to the presenters to determine how they would like to
run their session. At the end of the session if the people want to
get into the topic in any more depth, then, on the spot, they can
agree to meet again, hopefully even branching out. The location of
the particular talks will be up to the speakers for that week,
however, if they don't have a space or don't care, we can provide a
space.

CONTACT: FreeUniversityOfLA@yahoo.com (please send us
your phone # if you are thinking on presenting on any topics)

check out www.FlorYCanto.org for updates
http://florycanto.org/freeuni.htm

DAY TOPIC Date

1 INTRO TO MARX, HISTORICAL MATERIALISM,
SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM, etc. section 1 1/24/04 at Flor Y Canto
(check out FlorYCanto.org)

2 INTRO TO MARX, HISTORICAL MATERIALISM,
SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM, etc. section 2 1/31/04 at Flor Y Canto
(check out FlorYCanto.org)

3 Some PRE-20TH CENTURY REVOLUTIONS 1. PEASANT
REBELLIONS, 2. LUDDITES, 3. AMERICAN REVOLUTION 4.
FRENCH REVOLUTION, 5. etc

4 Some of the FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN
ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM: section 1 1. PROUDON, 2.
MAGON, 3. ZAPATA 4. BAKUNIN 5. KROPOTKIN, 6.
GOLDMAN (traci), 7. MALATESTA (roy) 8. etc.

5 Some of the FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN
ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM: section 2 1. PROUDON, 2.
MAGON, 3. ZAPATA 4. BAKUNIN 5. KROPOTKIN, 6.
GOLDMAN (traci), 7. MALATESTA (roy) 8. etc.

6 Some 20th Century Revolutions: section 1 1.RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION, 2. SPANISH REVOLUTION, 3. LABOR
HISTORY, SYNDICALISM 4. etc

7 Some 20th Century Revolutions: section 2 1. RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION, 2. SPANISH REVOLUTION, 3. LABOR
HISTORY 4.etc

8 AMERICAN INDIAN RESISTANCE TO GENOCIDE

9 1. AFRICAN RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY 2. “RACE”:
PRODUCTION OF “RACES”

10 ANTI/POST COLONIAL RESISTANCE 1.IRELAND (traci)
2.CHINA 3.CUBA 4.Hungary, Poland, etc,- AGAINST USSR
5.etc

11 ANTI/POST COLONIAL RESISTANCE 1. AFRICA
2.PALESTINE/Middle East, 3. LATIN AMERICA 4. ETC.

12 1. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 2. BLACK POWER
MOVEMENT,

13 1. BROWN POWER MOVEMENT 2. ASIAN RADICAL
MOVEMENTS 3.GAY LIBERATION 4.etc

14 1. US PRISONS 2. COINTELPRO: THEN AND NOW

15 STIUATIONISTS

16 GLOBALIZATION, CAPITALISM TODAY, PROPAGANDA
TODAY

17 HERSTORY AND THEORY: FEMINISMS - RESISTING
GENDER HIERARCHY and other forms of OPPRESSION of
Women/Womyn

18 The ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN LEFT

19 POST-MODERNISTS: DERRIDA, etc

20 POST-STRUCTURALISTS: FOUCAULT, etc

21 ZAPATIZMO

22 QUESTIONING CIVILIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY,
GREEN @

23 RESISTING THE DESTRUCTION OF EARTH AND
ANIMALS

If your sources of inspiration come from a place that is not listed
above PLEASE contact us as soon as possible and we will try to
add that topic somewhere in this listing where it makes some
chronological sense. THANK YOU!

Source: http://florycanto.org/freeuni.htm


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