Center for Political Education

News and Updates

Weekly PSAs (Palestinian Solidarity Announcements)

As a mass movement works tirelessly to end the genocide in Gaza, CPE, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Bay Resistance and the Anti-Police Terror Project are hosting weekly “PSAs”–Palestine Solidarity Announcements. These calls are a space to provide weekly updates on what’s happening in Palestine, the most recent calls to action, and ways organizers, activists and other community members can join the ongoing solidarity work for Palestine in the Bay Area and beyond.
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Marxism 101 – Spring 2024 Cohort

MARXISM 101 – Introduction to Marxist Theory and Practice Have you ever felt that Marxist theory was a kind of secret knowledge? Have you read, talked with, listened to Marxist thinkers but never studied Marx’s ideas for yourself? This course will introduce you to key writings by Marx and other revolutionary theorists, help ground you in Marxism as a set of tools for making change, and briefly explore how Marxists have waged anticapitalist, anticolonial, and antiracist struggles throughout the world.
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JOB OPENING: CO-DIRECTOR

Center for Political Education seeks a co-director to lead our political education work and manage the day-to-day operations of the organization. The new co-director will work collaboratively with CPE’s current co-director and under the advisement of our community advisors. A complete job description can be found here.
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NEW CPE STUDY HALLS!

We have a new set of CPE Study Halls on our YouTube channel, including conversations with Josh MacPhee and Melanie Cervantes; Ejeris Dixon and Che-Johnson-Long; and Emily K. Hobson and Dan Berger. CPE Study Hall: Celebrate People’s History with Josh MacPhee and Melanie Cervantes Check out this segment where we talk with Josh MacPhee and Melanie Cervantes of justseeds about the new edition of Celebrate People’s History, which includes over 275 artists, writers, and organizations from around the globe paying tribute to revolution, racial justice, women’s rights, queer liberation, labor struggles, and creative activism and organizing.
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Welcome Thomas!

We’re excited to welcome Thomas Mariadason as CPE’s interim executive director. Learn more about him below. Eighteen years ago or so, I walked into a third-floor office above a salon and saree shop in Jackson Heights, Queens. It was my first day volunteering with the Youth Power program at DRUM, a small base-building organization of immigrants resisting the xenophobic backlash and imperialist expansion of the “war on terror.”
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