Spring 2005' Anarchist Classes at CCSF

Anarchist Classes for the Spring Semester are as Follows:

INTRODUCTION TO ANARCHISM
taught by Barry Pateman
bi-weekly class
Wed. 4:00 - 5:30
class begins Feb. 2nd
room 208 Upper Level Student Union, Phelan Campus,CCSF


This will be a course of seven fortnightly sessions that will take a
historical look
as to what is anarchism and how its has developed in the last 150 or so
years.The
course will look at original texts giving everyone a chance to be able to
think
about just what this most complex of words mean.At the same time we will
be looking
at attempts to bring about anarchy and how these attempts affected theory
and vice
versa.There will be a small charge for materials duplicated. .It is hoped
that
people will be able to come to all seven sessions.It is also hoped that
during the
week between each session the class can meet for further discussions on the
various texts they have been reading.At the end of the class we plan to
print any
thoughts and writings from class members in response to what we have
studied.Class
size will be around fifteen and will be operated on a first come first served
basis.A detailed syllabus will be available at the first session but we
plan to
cover writings by
Josiah Warren
Proudhon
Bakunin
Max Stirner
Albert Parsons
Lucy Parson
Pittsburgh Manifesto of the IWPA
Benjamin Tucker
Voltairine de Cleyre
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Louise Michel
Kropotkin
Jean Grave
Luigi Galleani
Gregory Maximov
Jaime Balius
Federica Montseny
Marie louise Berneri
and a host of others up to the present day.We will especially concentrate
on those
who were less "prominent" in the movement( or were perceived so by
"historians" of
anarchism).The writings of David Nichol,Ethel Macdonald,S E Parker, Renzo
Novatore
etc are all worthy of thought and consideration.Come if you can.Your
thoughts and
ideas will add much to the class.

ANARCHIST ECONOMICS CLASS
bi-weekly class
Wed. 7:00 - 9:00 PM
class begins Feb. 2nd
room 208 Upper Level Student Union, Phelan Campus, CCSF



What type of economic systems will exist in an egalitarian,
self-managed society? What have anarchism and libertarian socialism
had to say about the structure and function of such an economy? The
purpose of this class is to provide a forum for discussion in an
attempt to answer these questions. We will start by defining
capitalism and with an overview of economic theory from an anarchist
perspective. We will then discuss one such economic framework,
participatory economics (parecon), in considerable detail. Once we
have a good grasp on the parecon model, we will discuss some of the
specific criticisms levelled against it, as well as other visions for
an egalitarian society such as libertarian communism and libertarian
municipalism.
Along with several provided articles, we will be reading "Parecon" by
Michael Albert. The book will be made available for purchase, but the
entire text is also available for free on the internet.
This will be a bi-weekly discussion class beginning Wednesday,
February 2nd (7pm to 9pm), and lasting throughout the Spring semester.

AS ALWAYS YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ENROLLED AS A STUDENT AT CCSF TO ATTEND
EITHER OF THESE CLASSES.