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  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
    1. Table Of Contents
    2. Title and Authors
    3. Copyright and License
    4. Dedication
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter One - Liberalism and Eurocentrism
    1. Notes on Jean Jacques Rousseau
    2. The Social Contract (excerpts)
    3. Notes on Eurocentrism
    4. Lecture: Liberalism and Eurocentrism, Jean Jacques Rousseau
    5. Main Elements of Liberalism
    6. Liberalism and Eurocentrism Exercises
    7. Shirley Temple A Kid 'in' Africa: An Illustrated Summary and Critique
    8. Readings and Resources
    9. Notes on Angela Davis
  5. Chapter Two - Early Liberal Feminism Contrasted with Black Feminism
    1. Notes on Olympe de Gouges
    2. The Declaration of the Rights of Women
    3. Lecture: Early Liberal Feminism, Olympe De Gouges
    4. Olympe de Gouges Exercises
    5. Main Contributions De Gouges
    6. Readings and Resources
  6. Chapter Three - Communism, Karl Marx
    1. Notes on Karl Marx
    2. The Communist Manifesto
    3. Lecture: Communism, Karl Marx, Part 1
    4. Lecture: Communism, Karl Marx - Part 2
    5. Basic Definitions of Marxian Concepts
    6. Main Elements of Marxism
    7. Marx Exercises
    8. Readings and Resources
  7. Chapter Four - Anarcho-Communism, Pyotr Kropotkin
    1. Notes on Kropotkin
    2. The Conquest of Bread
    3. Lecture: Anarcho-Communism, Pyotr Kropotkin
    4. "The Conquest of Bread" Exercises
    5. Main Elements of Anarcho-Communism
    6. Readings and Resources
  8. Chapter Five - Death of the Western God
    1. Notes on Friedrich Nietzsche
    2. Thus Spoke Zarathustra (excerpt)
    3. Lecture: Death of the Western God, Friedrich Nietzsche
    4. Basic Definitions of Nietzsche's Main Concepts
    5. Nietzsche Exercises
    6. Readings and Resources
  9. Chapter Six - Black Self-Determination and Self-Defense
    1. Notes on Malcolm X
    2. The Ballot or the Bullet Speech
    3. Lecture: Black Self-Determination and Self-Defense, Malcolm X
    4. The 10-Point Program of the Black Panther Party
    5. Malcolm X Exercises
    6. The Ten Point Program and Platform of the Black Student Unions
    7. Readings and Resources
  10. Chapter Seven - Love and Executions
    1. Notes on The Cuban Revolution
    2. Notes on Che Guevara
    3. Lecture: Love and Guns, Che Guevara
    4. Love and Guns (Che Guevara) Exercises
    5. Readings and Resources
    6. Che Guevara Basic Definitions of Main Concepts
  11. Chapter Eight - Feminism is for Everybody
    1. Notes on bell hooks
    2. Lecture: Feminism is for Everybody, bell hooks
    3. Trayvon Martin news video
    4. bell hooks Exercises
    5. bell hooks Takeaway
    6. Readings and Resources
  12. Chapter Nine - Cultures, Queerness, and Ethnicity
    1. Notes on Gloria Anzaldúa
    2. Lecture: Cultures, Queerness, and Ethnicity, Gloria Anzaldúa
    3. La Conciencia de la Mestiza Exercises
    4. Gloria Anzaldua Takeaways
    5. Readings and Resources
  13. Chapter Ten - Postmodern, Postcolonial Revolution
    1. Notes on the Zapatistas
    2. Lecture: Postmodern, Postcolonial Revolution, The Zapatistas
    3. The Zapatistas Exercise
    4. Zapatistas Takeaways
    5. Readings and Resources
  14. Chapter Eleven: Final Exercises
    1. Final Exercise #1: "The diverse"
    2. Final Exercise #2: "Somos Una Gente: Sisterhood and Brotherhood"
    3. Final Exercise #3: Contrasting Power Structures
    4. Final Exercise #4: "Symbolism: Communicating Outside the Box"
    5. Final Exercise #5: "Marxism, Feminism, and Black Liberation"
    6. Final Exercise #6: "Creating and Becoming"
    7. Final Exercise #7: "Feminisms"
    8. Final Exercise #8: "Born in Chains: 'Freedom' in Liberalism and Marxism"
    9. Final Exercise #9: "Changing the History of Change"
    10. Final Exercise #10: "Future Feminisms"
    11. Final Exercise #11: "Self-Defense, Automony, and Revolution"
  15. Angela Davis Notes

Readings and Resources

  • Marx, Kark and Frederick Engels [1848] 2008 The Communist Manifesto. London: Pluto Press.
  • Das Kapital in 1 Minute
  • Crisis in capitalism, animation of a lecture by David Harvey’s.
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Advanced, recommended reading 
  • Marx at the Margins: On Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Non-Western Societies by Kevin B. Anderson (book)
    Anderson analyzes the later Marx. During his last years, Marx changed his views on the non-Western World and its development.

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