Reading Black Reconstruction, Session 1
March 9, 2017
March 9, 2017
Welcome to the Black Reconstruction Study Group
There are 3 primary goals for this study group:
1. To examine Du Bois’ method of historiography for understanding the role of Black people in the Reconstruction period.
2. To draw lessons from the context of Reconstruction to sharpen our analysis and strategy for today’s fights, including:
developing an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, internationalist analysis of the balance of forces
understanding how capitalism is racialized and motivates private and governmental forces
understanding and applying the concept of abolition democracy
building and maintaining multi-racial coalitions
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Looking the World in the Face: History and Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro
February 24, 2017
By Rachel Herzing and Isaac Ontiveros
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“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history.”
James Baldwin (“Black English: A Dishonest Argument”, 1980, as quoted in I Am Not Your Negro)
Raoul Peck’s filmmaking approach in I Am Not Your Negro, affords us the opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with the dynamism of James Baldwin’s thinking.
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Who’s Got the Power?
February 20, 2017
These resources were shared after CPE’s “Who’s Got the Power: a Workshop for Organizers” (February 20, 2017) on analyzing the balance of forces. The session was facilitated by Rebecca Gordon.
Analyzing the Balance of Forces Exercise by Rebecca Gordon
Interpreting the Crisis: Doreen Massey and Stuart Hall discuss ways of understanding the current crisis.
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People Get Ready: Conference Background Materials
January 19, 2017
While there are many high quality and useful materials circulating in relationship to the 2016 elections, and you likely have your favorites, here are just a few of the things that we reviewed in preparation for People Get Ready: Building Resistance in the Trump Era.
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Reclaiming MLK’s Radical Legacy Study Guide
January 14, 2017
CPE co-facilitated a teach-in on MLK's radical legacy (January 14, 2018) with Haiti Action Committee as part of Anti Police-Terror Project's call for actions to #ReclaimMLK in the Bay Area. CPE created this study guide based on the outline for the teach-in.