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 > From: El Chavo! <elchavobeer-A-yahoo.com>
   There's a new series of talks that's starting up soon and one of
the organizers (a volunteer at FyC) asked me to pass this info along
to people that might be interested in attending or participating. He
wants to get people to help out by choosing a topic they are willing
to present, or maybe help finding an appropriate person for the
subject matter. Below is some badly formatted text about the
intentions, but you can check out a better looking version of it at
http://www.florycanto.org/freeuni.htm
If you have any questions or comments, write to FreeUniversityOfLA@yahoo.com
  I'm sure many of you out there have some stuff ideas you can
contribute. See ya around, EL CHAVO!

FREE UNIVERSITY of LA
Series I

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.

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


DAY
TOPIC
Dates/ Possible Speakers

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
PEASANT REBELLIONS,
LUDDITES,
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
FRENCH REVOLUTION,
  etc

1.?
2.?
3.?
4.?
5.?

4
Some of the FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM : section 1
PROUDON,
MAGON,
ZAPATA
BAKUNIN
KROPOTKIN,
GOLDMAN,
MALATESTA
LUCY PARSONS
etc.


1.?
2.?
3.?
4.?
5.?
6.traci
7. Ruckus Roy
8. Candice.
9. ?

5
Some of the FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM: section 2
PROUDON,
MAGON,
ZAPATA
BAKUNIN
KROPOTKIN,
GOLDMAN,
MALATESTA
LUCY PARSONS
etc


1.?
2.?
3.?
4.?
5.?
6. traci
7. Ruckus Roy
8.Candice
9.?

6
Some early 20th Century Revolutions: section 1
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION,
SPANISH REVOLUTION,
LABOR HISTORY, SYNDICALISM
etc

1.?
2.?
3.?
4.?

7
Some early 20th Century Revolutions: section 2
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION,
SPANISH REVOLUTION,
LABOR HISTORY
etc

1.?
2.?
3.?
4.?

8
AMERICAN INDIAN RESISTANCE TO GENOCIDE
?

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

10
ANTI/POST COLONIAL RESISTANCE
IRELAND
CHINA
CUBA
HUNGARY, POLAND, etc, (AGAINST USSR)
etc
   1.      traci 2.      ?  C 3.      ? 4.      ? 5.      ?

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

12
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
BLACK POWER MOVEMENT, 1.      [non bourgi Civil Rights org?] 2.
?                Traci

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

14
US PRISONS
COINTELPRO: THEN AND NOW
1.? [Black Cross?]
2.? [Black Cross?]

15
SITUATIONISTS
?

16
GLOBALIZATION, CAPITALISM TODAY, PROPAGANDA TODAY [Empire??,
Chomsky??]
? [“community money” people.?]

17
HERSTORY AND THEORY:
FEMINISMS: RESISTING GENDER HIERARCHY and other forms of OPPRESSION
of Women/Womyn
? [feminists]
traci

18
ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN LEFT:
?

19
POST-MODERNIST(s): DERRIDA, etc
?

20
POST-STRUCTURALIST(s): 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!


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