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Feb
4

[WPI GWU + WorcDSA] Long-form reading group (hybrid)

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Join members of the WPI Graduate Workers Union and Worcester DSA for a long-form (book) reading group!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to complete Chapters 4 and 5 (pages 77-111) of The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (book and audiobook) by Vincent Bevins.

Contact us if it’s a tough time and you need assistance getting the book or audiobook — we can help you out!

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together!

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Jan
28

[WPI GWU + WorcDSA] Short-form reading group (hybrid)

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Join members of the WPI Graduate Workers Union and Worcester DSA for a short-form (article) reading group!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to complete “Spirit in Opposition”: Malcolm X and the Question of Palestine.

Contact us if you need assistance getting the reading — we can help you out!

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together!

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Jan
14

[WPI GWU + WorcDSA] Long-form reading group (hybrid)

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Join members of the WPI Graduate Workers Union and Worcester DSA for a long-form (book) reading group!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to complete Chapter 2 and 3 (pages 31-75) of The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (book and audiobook) by Vincent Bevins.

Contact us if it’s a tough time and you need assistance getting the book or audiobook — we can help you out!

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together!

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Jan
7

[WPI GWU + WorcDSA] Short-form reading group (hybrid)

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Join members of the WPI Graduate Workers Union and Worcester DSA for a short-form (article) reading group!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to complete “Labor for Palestine: Challenging US Labor Zionism” (9 pages total).

We will be joined by co-author Michael Letwin of UAW Labor for Palestine!

Contact us if you need assistance getting the reading — we can help you out!

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together!

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Dec
17

[WPI GWU + WorcDSA] Long-form reading group (hybrid)

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Join members of the WPI Graduate Workers Union and Worcester DSA for a long-form (book) reading group!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to complete the Introduction and Chapter 1 (29 pages total) of The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (book and audiobook) by Vincent Bevins.

Contact us if it’s a tough time and you need assistance getting the book or audiobook — we can help you out!

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together!

And if you’re interested and available earlier, join us right beforehand for Worcester DSA’s December General Meeting.

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Nov
26

[WPI GWU + WorcDSA] Reading group (hybrid)

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Join members of the WPI Graduate Workers Union and Worcester DSA for a reading group!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to read “US Colleges and Universities Are Becoming Giant Exploitation Machines,” in Jacobin magazine or listen to the original interview in podcast form (2 hrs, 7 min).

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together!

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Nov
5

[WorcDSA] Discussion group (hybrid)

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Join other members for a discussion group to dive into and discuss a range of works, from short articles to books to movies and podcasts. Feel free to come to as many or as few meetings as you want!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to read excerpts from Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric J. Robinson.

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together on Sunday!

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Aug
20

[WorcDSA] Discussion group (hybrid)

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Join other members for a discussion group to dive into and discuss a range of works, from short articles to books to movies and podcasts. Feel free to come to as many or as few meetings as you want!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to read excerpts from Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric J. Robinson.

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together on Sunday!

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Jul
16

[WorcDSA] Discussion group (hybrid)

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Join other members for a discussion group to dive into and discuss a range of works, from short articles to books to movies and podcasts. Feel free to come to as many or as few meetings as you want!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to read Section II of the pamphlet Socialism Made Easy (starting with “Industrial and Political Unity”) by James Connolly, a trade union organizer, 1916 revolutionary, and outstanding socialist in Irish history.

We also ask attendees to listen to the Gladio Free Europe podcast episode “After The Revolutions,” which discusses the German and Hungarian revolutions, other interwar (post-1917, pre-WWII) revolutions, and the Communist International.

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together on Sunday!

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Jul
9

[WorcDSA] Discussion group (hybrid)

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We’re starting a new discussion group!

We’re aiming to dive into and discuss a range of works, from short articles to books to movies and podcasts. Feel free to come to as many or as few meetings as you want!

In advance of this meeting, we ask attendees to read the pamphlet Socialism Made Easy by James Connolly, a trade union organizer, 1916 revolutionary, and outstanding socialist in Irish history.

We’ll discuss what people think when we get together on Sunday.

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