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This site is a way station for The Autonomous Collective and it’s related Discord and Zoom community.

You’ll find the latest After Hours schedule and details about the Weekly Marx reading group, in addition to who knows what else at this point.

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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

24 Hour Office Hours and Hours #61, 4-5th June 2021

Friday, 4 June 2021

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

21:00 (09:00 pm) - OH Guidelines: Ratification + Feedback

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Ideology: Democratic Socialism w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Tales from Toads w/Prof. Pamela

Saturday, 5 June 2021

00:00 (00:00 am) - Planting for Pollinators w/Sarah and Andy

We will talk about different pollinators we can attract to our gardens (probably with a focus on native bees), different plants that attract them, and other gardening practices we can use to help those populations.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Wounded Knee w/Walter Kiriaka

Share a couple of vids, one from a person who was in the residential school and ghost dance at Wounded Knee.

02:00 (02:00 am) - Getting out of yourself to find yourself w/Lane

03:00 (03:00 am) - Streaming live from the nearest mountaintop w/Joe in Norway

Midsummer night is coming up soon. I will hike up a mountain and talk about the towering bonfire that is being built here. For a sneak peak go here, here and here.

04:00 (04:00 am) - Available

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06:00 (06:00 am) - Available

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11:00 (11:00 am) - Available

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Dave in PA and Andy Brown

Shop-talk/Mutual aid/make/fix/create/hack/scrounge. Solidarity with Solidity!!!

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Farm and Sickle w/Falco, DPA and Sarah

Farming and Gardening

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Prof. Adnan Husain

History Seminar: reading premodern texts. Some history, some literary analysis, some theory.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Prof. Ann Li

Something, something Marx probably, perhaps on the Grundrisse

16:00 (04:00 pm) - Socialism @weeklymark @morningmarx w/Roriki

17:00 (05:00 pm) - 1st OH General Assembly

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Arjun from Deep into History pod

The Original Pyrrhic Victories. Pyrrhus of Epirus vs. Rome & Carthage. Podcast: episode Patreon: donate

19:00 (07:00 pm) - Cancel Culture… Mauve w/Davey Mammal

Examining a critique of cancel culture from a leftist perspective with Jay and Clementine from the “Fucking Cancelled” podcast.

20:00 (08:00 pm) - The Wind Down with David Feldman

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #60, 28-29th May 2021

Friday, 28 May 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings and convocation with David

20:30 (08:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

21:30 (09:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/“Texas” Tom Webber

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Socialism @weeklymark @morningmarx w/Roriki

22:30 (10:30 pm) - Ideology: finish liberalism w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Prof. Jon pushing more ideology

23:30 (11:30 pm) - Bruce Malm

The mysticism of the triode vacuum tube

Saturday, 29 May 2021

00:00 (12:00 am) - The Early Universe w/Saul Youssef

00:30 (12:30 am) - Available

01:00 (01:00 am) - The Wind down and up with David

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

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

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Office Hours #59, 21-22th May 2021

Friday, 21 May 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings and convocation with David

20:30 (08:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

21:30 (10:00 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/“Texas Tom” Webber

Spirituality And Activisn: Part two continued of a dialogue between Tom Webber and Professor Jon on atheism versus Christianity / religion.

22:30 (10:30 pm) - Stories from Snakes: Self-defense w/Prof. Pamela

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Why Orwell Matters w/Saul Youssef

23:30 (11:30 pm) - Socialism @weeklymark @morningmarx w/Roriki

Saturday, 22 May 2021

00:00 (12:00 am) - Available

00:30 (12:30 am) - Available

01:00 (01:00 am) - The Wind down and up with David

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

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Office Hours #58, 14-15th May 2021

Friday, 14 May 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings and convocation with David

20:30 (08:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

21:30 (09:30 pm) - OH Guidelines: Feedback and Discussion

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/“Texas Tom” Webber

Bring your thoughts and questions.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Socialism @morningmarx @weeklymarx w/Roriki

23:30 (11:30 pm) - Ideology w/Saul Youssef

Saturday, 15 May 2021

00:00 (12:00 am) - Contacting you reps w/Chloe in PA

00:30 (12:30 am) - Walter Kiriaka

What Americans get wrong about the ordinary Canadian wanting Keystone. We don’t. Quick discussion about Colonial pipe leak and ransomeware attack. Lets talk about Michigan pipeline.

01:00 (01:00 am) - The Wind down and up with David

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

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

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14:30 (02:30 pm) - Available

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Office Hours #57, 7-8th May 2021

Friday, 7 May 2021

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings and convocation with David

20:30 (08:30 pm) - The Vanguard lays down the #rules

21:00 (09:00 pm) - The Fast Lane

21:30 (09:30 pm) - @morningmarx @weeklymarx socialism w/Roriki

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/“Texas Tom” Webber

Tom will be hosting an hour long discussion with Brett O’Shea, host of the RevLeft podcast, about his personal understanding of the relationship between spirituality and activism. Time will be allotted for questions from the community.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Cryptography, AI, Social Media, Politics w/Saul

23:30 (11:30 pm) - Why Barney Miller is the only “good” cop show w/Nick Chaney

Saturday, 8 May 2021

00:00 (12:00 am) - Dan (dhegertz)

BOOK REPORT: Dan will give a general summary of the 3 essays that comprise Achieving Our Country by Richard Rorty. Select passages will be read to provoke discussion.

00:30 (12:30 am) - Anatomy of a fart joke: ghost protocol w/Hannah Feldman

01:00 (01:00 am) - The Wind down and up with David

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

10:00 (10:00 am) - Available

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