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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">The FSU is an on-site learning community. Topics vary from fun-and-games to politics and revolution. Our goal is to form an autonomous zone and share skills needed to maintain that, to entertain educate and enliven visitors and Occupiers. Our purpose is to provide support and space for skill sharing and sharing basic info regarding Occupy Boston and to encourage self-organization, teaching, and learning opportunities.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">The FSU is an on-site learning community. Topics vary from fun-and-games to politics and revolution. Our goal is to form an autonomous zone and share skills needed to maintain that, to entertain educate and enliven visitors and Occupiers. Our purpose is to provide support and space for skill sharing and sharing basic info regarding Occupy Boston and to encourage self-organization, teaching, and learning opportunities.</span></span>


<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">To schedule a teach-in, submit a</span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span>'''title, brief description, and short bio, along with the day(s) and time(s) you are available to'''<span class="Apple-style-span">: </span>[mailto:rachel@freeschooluniversity.org rachel@freeschooluniversity.org]<span class="Apple-style-span">.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">If you have questions, or would like to be added to our volunteers email list, please contact: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[mailto:fsu@occupyboston.org fsu@occupyboston.org].</span>
 
 
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">To schedule a teach-in, submit a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span>'''title, brief description, and short bio, along with the day(s) and time(s) you are available to'''<span class="Apple-style-span">: </span>[mailto:rachel@freeschooluniversity.org rachel@freeschooluniversity.org]<span class="Apple-style-span">.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">If you have questions, or would like to be added to our volunteers email list, please contact: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[mailto:fsu@occupyboston.org fsu@occupyboston.org].</span>




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*<div>'''Noel Ignatiev''', "Race and Occupy" ([http://youtu.be/BFj63NShxsw VIDEO 1] /&nbsp;[http://youtu.be/DSegN9I9y3Q VIDEO 2])<br/></div>
*<div>'''Noel Ignatiev''', "Race and Occupy" ([http://youtu.be/BFj63NShxsw VIDEO 1] /&nbsp;[http://youtu.be/DSegN9I9y3Q VIDEO 2])<br/></div>
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= <span style="font-size:x-large;">'''<span style="font-family: georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:#ff8c00;">&nbsp;TEACH-INS &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span>'''</span> =
= <span style="font-size:x-large;">'''<span style="font-family: georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:#ff8c00;">&nbsp;TEACH-INS &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span>'''</span> =


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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''3:30pm - 4-30pm <span style="color:#ff8c00;">(Rescheduled from Tuesday)</span>'''<br/>[https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286396334714408 Fight for Our Basic Property Rights: The Big Bank's Fraud at Registries of Deeds], presented by John O'Brien</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''3:30pm - 4-30pm <span style="color:#ff8c00;">(Rescheduled from Tuesday)</span>'''<br/>[https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286396334714408 Fight for Our Basic Property Rights: The Big Bank's Fraud at Registries of Deeds], presented by John O'Brien</span>
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== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">'''THURSDAY, November 17'''</span></span></span></span> ==
== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">'''THURSDAY, November 17'''</span></span></span></span> ==


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'''1:00pm - 2:00pm'''<br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"P</span>olitical Policing in the United States: Historical Perspectives on the Challenges Confronting the Occupy Movement" with&nbsp;Brendan McQuade
'''1:00pm - 2:00pm'''<br/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"P</span>olitical Policing in the United States: Historical Perspectives on the Challenges Confronting the Occupy Movement" with&nbsp;Brendan McQuade


'''2:00pm - 3:00pm'''<br/>[https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?eid=MGg1ZWUzdDhidWw5cm9raTE5bnZuYjd0MGsgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml Power & Visibility]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">: “The Means of Correct Training,” from Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish*</span>


*copies of the book are available at the Library, in the FSU box
'''2:00pm - 3:00pm<span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0); ">*</span>'''<br/>[https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?eid=MGg1ZWUzdDhidWw5cm9raTE5bnZuYjd0MGsgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml Power & Visibility]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">: “The Means of Correct Training,” from Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(255, 165, 0); ">'''<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">*</span>copies of the book are available at the Library, in the FSU box'''</span>
 
 
'''5:00pm - 6:00pm'''<br/>[https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134607646640426 The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">: Paul Le Blanc,&nbsp;</span>Associate Professor of History at La Roche College




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== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">'''SATURDAY, November 19'''</span></span></span></span> ==
== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">'''SATURDAY, November 19'''</span></span></span></span> ==


<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''1:00pm - 2:00pm'''<br/>Teach-In: Globalization and How it Affects Us, an interactive presentation with&nbsp;Madeleine Cousineau</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''1:00pm - 2:00pm'''<br/>Teach-In: Globalization and How it Affects Us, an interactive presentation with&nbsp;Madeleine Cousineau</span>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''4:00pm - 5:00pm'''<br/>The Case Against America's Militarized "Pacific Century" - Real Economic Security and Preventing Another War, with Joseph Gerson</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''4:00pm - 5:00pm'''<br/>The Case Against America's Militarized "Pacific Century" - Real Economic Security and Preventing Another War, with Joseph Gerson</span>


'''5:00pm - 6:00pm'''<br/>[https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134607646640426 The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">: The Culture of Debt, Mike Denning</span>
'''5:00pm - 6:00pm'''<br/>[https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134607646640426 The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">: The Culture of Debt, Mike Denning</span>


== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;">'''SUNDAY, November 27'''</span></span></span></span> ==
== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;">'''SUNDAY, November 27'''</span></span></span></span> ==


<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''1:00pm - 2:00pm'''<br/></span>"Corporations--the 1 Percent--Own and Rig the Elections of the 99 Percent"&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">with Sheila Parks</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''1:00pm - 2:00pm'''</span><br/>"Corporations--the 1 Percent--Own and Rig the Elections of the 99 Percent"&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">with Sheila Parks</span>


== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">'''TUESDAY, November 29'''</span></span></span></span> ==
== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif">'''TUESDAY, November 29'''</span></span></span></span> ==

Revision as of 12:56, 16 November 2011

 Free School University at Occupy Boston                                                             


The FSU is an on-site learning community. Topics vary from fun-and-games to politics and revolution. Our goal is to form an autonomous zone and share skills needed to maintain that, to entertain educate and enliven visitors and Occupiers. Our purpose is to provide support and space for skill sharing and sharing basic info regarding Occupy Boston and to encourage self-organization, teaching, and learning opportunities.


To schedule a teach-in, submit a title, brief description, and short bio, along with the day(s) and time(s) you are available to: rachel@freeschooluniversity.orgIf you have questions, or would like to be added to our volunteers email list, please contact: fsu@occupyboston.org.


 ON THE WEB                                                                                                                     

 RESOURCES                                                                                                                      

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Economics Forum

  • Arjun Jayadev, "The False Doctrine of Austerity" (VIDEO)


The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series


 TEACH-INS                                                                                               

WEDNESDAY, November 16

3:30pm - 4-30pm (Rescheduled from Tuesday)
Fight for Our Basic Property Rights: The Big Bank's Fraud at Registries of Deeds, presented by John O'Brien

THURSDAY, November 17

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Martin Luther King Jr, Stokely Carmichael, American Democracy, and the Search for Economic Justice: From the Civil Rights Movement to the Occupy Movement 

6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: "Economic Crisis and System Change" with Richard Wolf


FRIDAY, November 18

1:00pm - 2:00pm
"Political Policing in the United States: Historical Perspectives on the Challenges Confronting the Occupy Movement" with Brendan McQuade


2:00pm - 3:00pm*
Power & Visibility: “The Means of Correct Training,” from Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish

*copies of the book are available at the Library, in the FSU box


5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Paul Le Blanc, Associate Professor of History at La Roche College


SATURDAY, November 19

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Teach-In: Globalization and How it Affects Us, an interactive presentation with Madeleine Cousineau

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Occupy The Economy, with Kerry Power (followed by Q&A)

4:00pm - 5:00pm
"How “Free” Trade Kills Jobs, Reduces Wages, Wrecks the Environment & Destroys Democracy" with Steve D’Amico

SUNDAY, November 20

12:00pm - 1:30pm
Speaker: Harvey Wassermann 

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Reproductive Justice and Economic Justice with Marlene Fried

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Unemployment: Why Jobs Are Hard to Find and How We Can Create Many More, with Juliet Schor

TUESDAY, November 22

4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Case Against America's Militarized "Pacific Century" - Real Economic Security and Preventing Another War, with Joseph Gerson

5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: The Culture of Debt, Mike Denning

SUNDAY, November 27

1:00pm - 2:00pm
"Corporations--the 1 Percent--Own and Rig the Elections of the 99 Percent" with Sheila Parks

TUESDAY, November 29

5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Bruno Bosteels

WEDNESDAY, November 30

5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Norman Finkelstein

SATURDAY, December 3

12:00pm - 2:00pm
"Corporate Negligence and Bhopal, India: An Ongoing Disaster" with The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal