Ideas for future meetings:

MEETING PLANS

Stuff to use during meeting

Relevant media

November 2

  • Complete Principles

The Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels

October 26

  • Say hi to new people if there are any
  • Principles of Communism slides and discussion; questions 1-12
  • Prepare discussion questions beforehand
  • Make sure to contextualize Principles in history; acknowledge and explain antiquated/eurocentric language

The Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels

Background Information - Principles of Communism slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jaEAoZ1Ic6Ns4531bz2JrY21rkArR1P91P-qZjWXvzQ/edit#slide=id.p 

Find resources to refute/contextualize point 7 in the Principles

October 19: first meeting

  • introductions
  • Gauge what attendees would like to do; how much reading per week? What topics? How much does everyone already know about socialism? (written survey would be cool)
  • Background information, etc. to prepare for Principles reading
  • Go over basic vocabulary and concepts

Survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1m_XXMFAniJhIC1A0KySsUVIdHfiWJ5jVQi04SNa9XUE/edit

Socialism 101 Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1znoHX-xQpz-fg1K16rnJrTmSYjdn2g_GNYkuygyUvRY/edit#slide=id.g290e7be5a16_1_2 

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socialism/#Expl