Los Angeles Rising Study Group
The purpose of the Los Angeles Rising Study Group is to discuss theory and apply it to our practice, here in Los Angeles.
We wrapped up a nine-session study group — starting on April 20, 2023 and ending on August 10 — reading and discussing Jackson Rising Redux. You can see slideshows and notes from our sessions below.
We will start a new nine-session series to understand the theory of intercommunalism by Huey P. Newton on Sunday, November 5th 2023. We will meet biweekly (skipping holidays) from 4:00 to 5:30 PM PT until March 17th 2024. Our meetings will mostly take place by Zoom with some in person events.
Please sign up using the form below, if you are interested in joining us. You can also view the schedule of our sessions.
Schedule
Each meeting will begin with introductions (15 minutes), followed by a brief presentation on the reading (20 minutes), and then a facilitated discussion using sociocratic rounds (50 minutes). We will end with 5 minutes of announcements.
We welcome anyone to participate, especially if you want to build and fight for a liberated city of Los Angeles. Please try to commit to attending all nine sessions. We will provide you with a copy of the readings by email.
Last, we know that everyone is busy, life during late stage capitalism doesn’t always allow us the luxury of reading 30 pages in two weeks. We encourage you to join us even if you haven’t done the readings. That’s why we will review the readings at the start of each meeting. The purpose of this study group is to grapple with the ideas and translate them into action for Los Angeles.
We are deeply grateful to Delio Vasquez for sharing with us syllabi and readings he assigned for courses on the philosophy of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party. He will be joining our study group for one of our sessions. We highly recommend an introduction Delio wrote for a speech by Newton on intercommunalism published in Viewpoint Magazine.
Notes from our discussion of intercommunalism
Notes from our discussion of Jackson Rising Redux
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