The Steering Committee meets twice a month on Zoom. The second meeting focuses on setting the Agenda for the next Chapter Meeting. Typically, the Wednesday one-and-a-half weeks before the next Chapter Meeting.
You do not need to be on the Steering Committee to attend.
October 5, 202412:00 pm - 2:30 pm The DAAC, 1553 Plainfield Ave NE #4, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, USA
The GRDSA meets the first Saturday each month to join in community with our comrades and discuss chapter business. The meeting is proceeded by Social Hour, 12-1 pm. The meeting starts at 1 pm.
RSVP: grdsa.org/rsvp Zoom is available for folks who cannot make it in person.
The Steering Committee meets twice a month on Zoom. The first meeting focuses on member engagement. Typically, the first Wednesday following the Chapter Meeting.
You do not need to be on the Steering Committee to attend.
October 10, 20247:00 pm - 8:45 pm The Stray, 4253 Division Ave S Suite A, Grand Rapids, MI 49548, USA
*Thursday night is trivia night at The Stray, so we'll be meeting outside on the patio. --
The Political Education Reading Group meets every other Thursday for discussion. -- A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey (Digital Copies) A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey is an exploration of the rise of "neo-liberalism" as the economic machine that dominates our current historical period. The text explores historical cases from the earliest period of neoliberal experimentation; beginning with the U.S. backed military coup in Chile in 1972. The books is meant to introduce new readers to the historical conditions, through which, we find ourselves bound to an ideology that appears more authoritarian with each iteration.
Harvey is a geographer, Marxian economist, author, and activist. His most famous works are centered around urbanization and its relation to capitalism. He also has a great YouTube channel where he publishes his lectures on Marx's work, including Capital and The Grundrisse.
September 12: Chapters 1 & 2 September 26:Chapters 3, 4, & 5 October 10: Chapters 6 & 7
The Steering Committee meets twice a month on Zoom. The second meeting focuses on setting the Agenda for the next Chapter Meeting. Typically, the Wednesday one-and-a-half weeks before the next Chapter Meeting.
You do not need to be on the Steering Committee to attend.
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