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Counseling Communism Study Circle
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A study circle formed in 2020 that has covered the Dutch/German Radical Left, Johnson-Forest Tendency, the value form, and more! Always open to new members!

Website: https://counselingcommunism.com/about/
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All are welcome to join! Checkout our discord and/or our website if you need the texts. We hope to see you on October 19th!

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Our next meeting is this Sunday! Reading part 2 of Ignatiev’s Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity.
All are welcome to join! Checkout our discord and/or our website if you need the texts. We hope to see you on October 19th!

#Books #Reading #Leftist
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Our next meeting is this Sunday! Reading part 2 of Ignatiev’s Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity.
All are welcome to join! Checkout our discord and/or our website if you need the texts. We hope to see you on October 19th!

#Books #Reading #Leftist
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Anarchists around the country participated in the No Kings rallies, sharing proposals and in some cases leading marches through the streets.

In this selection of report-backs, the participants share their experiences and conclusions.

crimethinc.com/Anarchistsat...
Anarchists at the No Kings Rallies
Following the call to establish an anti-authoritarian presence at the October 18 "No Kings" rallies, we reached out to anarchists in a dozen cities to hear how it went.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Meeting now! Starting our discussion on Noel Ignatiev’s Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity!
All are welcome to join! Checkout our discord and/or our website if you need the texts. We hope to see you on October 19th!

#Books #Reading #Leftist
October 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Earlier this month we wrapped up Sam Chambers’ “Money Has No Value” and discussed our next readings! See reply for our upcoming schedule (subject to change) 👇
September 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Update to our schedule! It’s a movie night! Great opportunity for new/interested folks!

On 6/15: we’re reading "The Bonfires of Autonomy In Cherán" by Scott Campbell from the collection Deciding For Ourselves. AND then watching the documentary Union!

The American Revolution we will start on 7/20.
We’re excited for 2025! 📚✊
May 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
An excerpt from The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933) by Wilhelm Reich.

Tonight we meet to talk about the end of this book, see you there!
May 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy 4/20. We’re meeting (and blazing) to discuss Chapters 8 and 9 of the Mass Psychology of Fascism tonight!
April 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our next meeting is this Sunday! See you then.
March 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Tonight we have our meeting!
Our next meeting is on 2/16! We’ll be discussing the preface and chapters 1-2 of The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich. Yup, very topical!
We’re excited for 2025! 📚✊
February 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just a little under a week and a half from our next session!
Our next meeting is on 2/16! We’ll be discussing the preface and chapters 1-2 of The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich. Yup, very topical!
We’re excited for 2025! 📚✊
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“In its pure form fascism is the sum total of all the irrational reactions of the average human character," - Wilhelm Reich, The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1942)
January 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our next meeting is on 2/16! We’ll be discussing the preface and chapters 1-2 of The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich. Yup, very topical!
We’re excited for 2025! 📚✊
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Our next meeting is this Sunday! Covering “A Cyborg Manifesto,” hope to see you there! 🤖

We plan to meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday at 6:30pm EST.

We intend to alternate shorter and longer readings. Maybe some movie nights too.
We will plan to meet on Zoom.

1/19: A Cyborg Manifesto by Donna Haraway
January 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What were the first zines you printed in 2025?
January 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We’re excited for 2025! 📚✊
December 31, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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We need your help: we have too many books.

From now until the end of the year, all in-stock books are 20% off, in the store and at https://redemmas.org/books with promo code BOOKSARECOOL
December 26, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Great meeting last night discussing the ending of Hannah Proctor’s Burnout!

We also decided on the next readings for the start of 2025! 🧵
December 23, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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Check out new printable zine:

Sam Chambers -Money

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December 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM
“It’s hard to change, but change, understood as an ongoing process rather than a completable project, need not result in hardness,” - Hannah Proctor from Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat (2024)
December 19, 2024 at 1:25 AM
1 week away!
Howdy everyone! First post here it goes 🫡 :

Our last meeting for the year is 12/22 at 6:30 PM ET, we’ll be discussing the last chapters of Hannah Proctor’s Burnout and then deciding future readings for 2025. 📖

We’d love to have you there!
Here is our discord for more details: discord.gg/x4DaChSz
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Check out the Counseling Communism - CCSC community on Discord - hang out with 86 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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December 15, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Can’t believe it’s already December!

Which means we’re a couple weekends away from our last meeting of the year!
Howdy everyone! First post here it goes 🫡 :

Our last meeting for the year is 12/22 at 6:30 PM ET, we’ll be discussing the last chapters of Hannah Proctor’s Burnout and then deciding future readings for 2025. 📖

We’d love to have you there!
Here is our discord for more details: discord.gg/x4DaChSz
Join the Counseling Communism - CCSC Discord Server!
Check out the Counseling Communism - CCSC community on Discord - hang out with 86 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
December 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Interested in workers councils but don’t know where to start?

Then check out our study guide of the Dutch/German Radical Left: counselingcommunism.com/dutchgerman/
The Dutch/German Communist Left. Counseling Communism Discussion Guide #1:
A project of the Baltimore Libertarian Socialist Caucus, the Council Communism Study Circle met every two weeks from August 2020 until April 2021, brought together by an interest in exploring the idea...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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Four books on Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War:

- Lessons of the Spanish Revolution by Vernon Richards

- Anarchism & Workers’ Self Management in Revolutionary Spain by Frank Mintz

- Revolution & the State by Danny Evans

- Ready for Revolution by Agustin Guillamón
November 17, 2024 at 3:55 PM