SYLLABUS
*Week 1,2,&4 readings are confirmed. All others are subject to change. The final selections will be announced over email and signal before each week.
Week 1 (10/18): Marx’s Economic Doctrine
Communist Manifesto (Preamble and Section 1; pgs. 14-21)
Lenin’s Exposition on Marxism (Marx's Economic Doctrine; pgs. 16-25),
Black Liberation Army (BLA) Study Guide (Marxian Political Economy & subsections; pgs. 77-89),
Short Video on Exploitation (5 min,
link)
(link to all readings)
Week 2 (10/25): Dialectical Materialism
Cohosted with
PALAVER
Mao’s On Contradiction (entire pdf; pgs. 1-28)
BLA Study Guide (“Dialectical Materialism at a Glance” & subsections; pgs. 37-47)
Suggested: Guest,
A Text Book of Dialectical Materialism (Chapter 3; pgs 37-49)
(link to all readings)
Week 3 (11/1): The State and Revolution
Lenin’s
State and Revolution (Chapter 1: pgs 7-17; Excerpt from Chapter 4: "Controversies with the Anarchist:" pg 43-46; and Chapter 5: pg 59-71)
BLA Study Guide (“Democratic Centralism”)
Suggested listening: Rev Left Radio on State and Revolution (
link)
(link to all readings)
Week 4 (11/8): Imperialism and Colonialism
Lenin’s
Imperialism (Chapters 3, 6, and 8; pgs. 33-44, 57-65, and 75-81)
Nkrumah’s
Neo-colonialism ("Obstacles to economic progress" and "The mechanisms of neocolonialism;” pgs. 23-38 and 185-197)
(link to all readings)
Week 5 (11/15): National Oppression and the Prison Industrial Complex
Cohosted with
PALAVER
Readings: TBA
Week 6 (11/22): Gender and Sexual Oppression
Cohosted with TBA
Readings: TBA
Week 7 (11/29): Liberalism and the Necessity of Violence
Readings: Fanon’s
Wretched of the Eath, Mao’s Combat Liberalism, Kwame Ture Speech (video) (pages TBA)