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Radical Social Theory: An Appraisal, A Critique, and an Overcoming: "The Conquest of Bread" Exercises

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"The Conquest of Bread" Exercises
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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

"The Conquest of Bread" Exercises

The Conquest of Bread

Part One

Keeping it Anarcho-Communist

Kropotkin claims that the poor did not sign the social contract, that they were forced into “civilization,” in his view, to become slaves to the state that protects the private property of the bourgeois (corporations). How does his view of how civilization, the state, and capitalism came to be connect with his argument that an anarcho-communist society will be able to avoid the resurgence of greed and capitalism by abolishing poverty? How does his concept of the warehouse connect with the abolition of poverty and the resurgence of capitalism?

Part Two

Explain the concept of expropriation

a. What should be expropriated?
b. Why?
c. How does “expropriation” connect with “surplus value”?

Part Three

Are there any elements of Eurocentrism in Kropotkin’s text? If so, cite them.

Part Four

Kropotkin asserts that humanity evolved through cooperation, rather than competition. This is quite different from Marx, who asserted that history progressed through class struggle, the eternal fight between those who owned the means of production (the bourgeois) and those who worked for the bourgeois (the proletariat). Produce examples of recent events that emphasize cooperation among humans, not state led or corporate funded, leading to a better world.

Part Five

Check out these examples of work places or communities where there is no appropriation of surplus value by individuals.  Summarize how they are organized around issues of decision-making, salaries paid, etc.

Recovered Factories in Argentina
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/argentina-recovered-factory-movement

Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives
http://valleyworker.coop/our-co-op-identity/

Cooperation Jackson
https://cooperationjackson.org/

Twin Oaks Community
https://www.twinoaks.org/

Landless Workers’ Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landless_Workers%27_Movement

The Okupa Movement
http://suitelife.com/blog/barcelona-real-estate/okupa-movement-barcelona/

The ZAD (Zone to Defend)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_to_Defend

Omni Commons
https://omnicommons.org/

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