Monday
8 April 2024
12:00 (12:00 pm) - Watch Party: NASA’s Live Eclipse Footage w/Joe in Norway
17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
Reading: today
19:00 (7:00 pm) - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nancy M.
Suggested Reading: Total Eclipse by Annie Dillard
Bring any writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writing-workshop channel on the Discord.
20:00 (08:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It
21:00 (09:00 pm) - TAC GameTime Hour w/Gametimers
TAC GameTime Hour is your weekly one-stop destination for all things sports. This dynamic news show offers a comprehensive overview of the most thrilling events, remarkable achievements, and compelling stories from the world of sports over the past week. Check our #game-time on Discord.
Tuesday
9 April 2024
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li
Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.
Reading: An Extremely Condensed Summary of Capital
18:30 (06:30 pm) - Course: Strategies and Tactics, the Science of Class Struggle w/The People’s Forum
Module 4: Strategy and Tactics, the Science of Class Struggle
Class: China’s Long March
Date & Time: Tues, April 9, 6:30-8:30PMIn 1934, after a careful assessment of the situation and the advance of the Nationalist forces, Mao Zedong and the First Red Army evacuated their Jiangxi base, strategically breaking through the weakest point of their encirclement. They began their journey westward, embarking on an arduous 6,000-mile trek across numerous mountain ranges and rivers. By 1935, depleted and scarred by losses, the Red Army, with a fraction of its original strength, reached the Yan’an province. There, they regrouped, recovered and bolstered their strength, took on Japanese imperialist aggression, and ultimately, brought about revolution in 1949. This pivotal retreat became known as the Long March, and marked a critical juncture in China’s revolutionary history, a key moment which established Mao as the leader of the Communist party, and shaped the nature of the Red Army as a people’s army.
19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce M.
It’s National Poetry Month., bring your poems and/or others to read and we will go around and share.
Wednesday
10 April 2024
17/18:00 (05/06:00 pm) - Open Dialogue
Our yammerer-in-cheif is taking a break so there is nothing planned today aside from Texas Tom’s Spirituality & Activism. Zoom opens whenever people show up. If you end up opening the zoom and no one is around, then send a message to #community-announcements on Discord to notify people.
18:30 (06:30 pm) - Course: The Black Belt and Black Liberation w/The People’s Forum
Module 4: Strategy and Tactics, the Science of Class Struggle Class: The Black Belt and Black Liberation Date & Time: Weds, April 10, 6:30-8:30PM
Description: Throughout American history, Black liberation in the U.S. has taken many forms. The Black Belt Thesis adopted by the Comintern and the Communist Party USA in 1928 was foundational to Black liberation consciousness and the Black Liberation movement more broadly, particularly in the USA in the heart of the empire. Marked by debates on national identity, nationhood, race, and the role of the Communist Party, the Black Belt Thesis is critical to understanding the development of a socialist revolution in the United States.
20:30-21:30 (08:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom #spirituality-and-activism
Topic: “The Indigenous View of the World’ — a presentation by Chief Oren Lyons.
Thursday
11 April 2024
17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
Open dialogue, our yammerer-in-cheif is taking a break. Zoom opens whenever people show up. If you end up opening the zoom and no one is around, then send a message to #community-announcements on Discord to notify people to come on in.
18:30 (06:30 pm) - Course: Strategies and Tactics, the Science of Class Struggle w/The People’s Forum
Module 4: Strategy and Tactics, the Science of Class Struggle
Class: The Anti-Patriarchal Front
Date & Time: Thurs, April 11, 6:30-8:30PMDescription: Liberation movements in our history have clearly understood that the struggle against patriarchy is central to the struggle and national oppression, and that this struggle must be a key part of our struggle for the transformation of society. Understanding that patriarchy is exacerbated by capitalism and imperialism, national liberation movements took up the anti-patriarchal front as central, and not just in symbolic representation, but through active engagement – women took up arms, organized , and fought for the liberation of their country and the transformation of society. Women’s liberation is indispensable for the realization of a new, democratic, liberated society, and only through deliberate and principled resistance against both national oppression and patriarchy can this transformation be achieved.
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It
If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.
22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost
Please check #zoom-links channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.
Friday
12 April 2024
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E47
On tonight’s show:
- Ramadan is over yet the starvation continues, Joe in Norway makes thin rice porridge for Kitchen ASMR
- Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
- TAC week in review, week looking forward
20:30 (8:30 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
23:00 (11:00 pm) - Bollywood Hour w/Harsh
A video where a movie guy goes to India to understand bollywood after seeing 1 movie. Cool primer/guide on where to start.
Saturday
13 April 2024
14:00 (2:00 pm) - Free-Form Leader-less Reading, Writing and Whatever Workshop
Bring any writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writing-workshop channel on the Discord.
16:00 (04:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It
If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.
20:00 (08:00 pm) - Bring the Music
Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.
Sunday
14 April 2024
14:00 (02:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom (separate Zoom)
14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle
Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.
15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group
Reading: Lecture 11
17:00 (05:00 pm) - A Colombo Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Columbo) w/Lane
Note: all times are EST.
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