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After Hours Schedules

Reading Groups

  • Monday at 7:00 pm EST: The Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Tuesday at 7:00 pm EST: The Read Hour
  • Saturday at 3:00 pm EST: The Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Sunday at 3:00 pm EST: Weekly Marx

Office Hours #86, 25-26 Nov 2021

Friday, 25 November 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - A Guided Tour into The Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon – Love and Power Cells

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Be prepared for multiple zones w/Saul

  1. A Guided Tour into the Thanksgiving Zone
  2. Stemophobia

Saturday, 26 November 2021

00:00 (00:00 am) - Great Peace of Montreal, 1701 w/Walter Kiriaku

To finish with environmental concerns.

01:00 (01:00 am) - More Old News for Andy Brown w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

06:00 am (06:00) - Book reading: The world according to Tyrone w/Bruce Malm

Bruce continues reading Gravity’s Rainbow and attempt to explain it.

08:00 (08:00 am) - Book reading w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Beginning Ibn Tufayl’s philosophical tale, Hayy b. Yaqzan from Medieval Spain.

10:00 (10:00 am) - Book reading: The Great Class War 1914-1918 w/Falco

This weeks' reading, Chapter 4: Nationalism and “Social Imperialism”

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Advanced Economics and Politics discussion w/Warren

I hope to have an open discussion with everyone in the community.

Sunday, 27 November 2021

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #85, 19-20 Nov 2021

Friday, 19 November 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - The Twilight Zone: What is human? w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Betraying my class w/Warren Ellis

Talking about all the books that I have read. Trying to save our race from extinction.

Saturday, 20 November 2021

00:00 (00:00 am) - Athens Polytechnic uprising w/Falco

01:00 (01:00 am) - Rodrigo shows weeks old content to Andy Brown

02:00 (02:00 am) - Rodrigo shows more weeks old content to Andy Brown

03:00 (03:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

08:00 (08:00 am) - Book reading w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Adnan continues reading from The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma Indiebound. This week chapter 10 “The Final Adventure”.

09:00 am (09:00) - Book reading: The world according to Tyrone w/Bruce Malm

Bruce continues reading Gravity’s Rainbow and attempt to explain it.

10:00 (10:00 am) - Book reading: The Great Class War 1914-1918 w/Falco

Sunday, 21 November 2021

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #84, 12-13 Nov 2021

Friday, 12 November 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Twilight Zone Viewing and Discussion w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Armistice Commemoration w/Falco

Remembering the soldiers who refused to fight. The Christmas Truce, 1917 French Army mutinies and the Kiel Uprising.

Saturday, 13 November 2021

00:00 (00:00 am) - Local Gov’t: Study County Committees w/Gerald

01:00 (01:00 am) - Drawing w/“Texas Tom” Webber

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

06:30 (06:30 am) - Tour the Casbah w/Josélito en España

Let’s set the mood for Adnan’s upcoming reading by taking a guided tour around the old medinah of Valencía focusing on the Islamic-era casbah walls. Map of the old city.

A Tour of the old Arab wall of Valencía

Valencía, Spain is rich with nearly 2000 years of continuous occupation by the Romans, Visigoths, Muslims and Christians. In this tour, we will explore the remaining vestiges of the Muslim era and Arab wall located in the El Carmen neighborhood of Valencía. The Spanish Muslims, or Moors, occupied Valencía for almost 900 years: ruling the land for over 500 years (718-1238AD) and living as a subjugated people for nearly 400 years (1238-1609AD). This tour will provide a very, very brief summary of Muslim occupation that lasted for nearly a millennium.

We will start the tour at the outskirts of the ancient city, located in present-day El Carmen, and learn about the importance of the River Turia and the irrigation ditches that channel water from the river. We will talk about the organization of the Arab city, known then as Balansiya, and the impact that Muslim social structure had on the labyrinth of streets and alleyways that exists today. We will continue our tour along the remaining portions of the massive wall that measures more than 2.25 meters in depth and interspersed with lookout towers that measure more than 14 meters in height. Finally, we will enter the area known as the Morería or the Muslim ghetto where, after the Christian conquest by Jaime I of Aragon in 1238 AD, the Valencían Moors lived for over three centuries until their expulsion from Spain in 1609.

Donations to cover the costs of the guides and bandwidth are be greatly appreciated. Donate to Joe’s Paypal.

08:00 (08:00 am) - Book reading w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Adnan continues reading from The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma Indiebound. This week’s chapter “The Story of Nura” (part two).

09:00 am (09:00) - Book reading: The world according to Tyrone w/Bruce Malm

Bruce continues reading Gravity’s Rainbow and attempt to explain it.

10:00 (10:00 am) - Book reading: The Great Class War 1914-1918 w/Falco

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Gratitude Month w/Valley Vox Theatre

Valley Vox Theatre honors Gratitude Month (trailer) by celebrating solidarity with a screening of the 1954 film Salt of the Earth with special guest Professor Mary Anne Cummings. In the film, Mexican-American workers at New Mexico’s Empire Zinc mine protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home. IMDB, Rotten Tomaters (100%)

Contact us at valleyvoxtheatre@gmail.com, or @ValleyVox on Twitter and on Patreon.

Sunday, 14 November 2021

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #83, 5-6 Nov 2021

Friday, 5 November 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Past and Present - The Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - The Great War Documentary w/Falco

Viewing of They shall Not Grow Old directed and produced by Peter Jackson.

Saturday, 6 November 2021

00:00 (00:00 am) - The Great War Documentary Cont’d.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

02:00 (02:00 am) - Available

03:00 (03:00 am) - Available

04:00 (04:00 am) - Available

05:00 (05:00 am) - Available

06:00 (06:00 am) - Available

07:00 (07:00 am) - Available

08:00 (08:00 am) - Book reading w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Adnan continues reading from “The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma” Penguin Books. This week’s chapter “The Story of Nura” (part one).

09:00 (09:00 am) - Valencía en bici c/Josélito en España

Let’s take bicycle ride around and through the old city of Valencía. We will be in search of Roman, Moorish and Fascist “recuerdos”. Along the way we’ll see some pretty extensive street art, keep your eyes peeled for the ninjas and keep count of them.

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

11:00 (11:00 am) - Discussion w/Emil Guillermo

UC Berkeley’s colonial sins, Filipino American History, and racism in journalism. If there’s time I will lead a meditation.

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

13:00 (01:00 pm) - More Hammer and Sickle

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Left Book Union w/Andy Brown

Andy presents Virtue Hoarders by Catherine Liu.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Socialism @morningmarx @weeklymarx w/Roriki

We discuss The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral, marxists.org from the tri-continental conference in Cuba 1966.

See #marxism under "Groups" on the Discord and @morningmarx @weeklymarx on the Twitters.

16:00 (04:00 pm) - All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace w/Lane

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre Underground: Frankie, Projectionist-triss of the Night

Contact us at valleyvoxtheatre@gmail.com, or @ValleyVox on Twitter and on Patreon. Zoom link will be posted here on the day of the show.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Guerilla History, Live Stream Podcast

Special guest Prof. Gerald Horne. If you would like to pose a question please post to the Revolutionary Left Radio YouTube channel.

Celebrating the one year anniversary of Guerrilla History podcast. Support Guerrilla History on Patreon.

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The Wind Down with David Feldman

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #82, 29-30 Oct 2021

Friday, 29 October 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - More on Dave Chappelle and Transphobia w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Oxi day commemoration w/Falco Devogelaer

Oxi Day commemorates the rejection by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on 28 October 1940, the Hellenic counterattack against the invading Italian forces at the mountains of Pindus during the Greco-Italian War, and the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation.

Saturday, 30 October 2021

00:00 (00:00 am) - Tio Bernie talkes about the damn bill w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

01:00 (01:00 am) - Something Halloween-y w/John Hays

The general theme is intended to be something Halloween-related. It might include a combination of photos, drawings, videos, music, stories, poetry, and discussion of the topic.

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

08:00 (07:00/08:00 am) - Book reading w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Adnan continues reading from “The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma” Penguin Books. This week’s chapter “Like Mother, Like Son.”

Sunday, DAY October 2021

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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