Occupy Movement Political Education Workshops

The Occupy Movement is growing every day. In addition to being out in the streets, there is a lot of work we need to do in our communities to get even more folks involved. We are beginning to compile a list of curriculum and resources that might be helpful to use for political education. If you have things to share, please upload them to this site or email curriculum to info@buildthewheel.org

NO WAR, NO WARMING, BUILD AN ECONOMY FOR PEOPLE & THE PLANET!
BUILD GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONALISM!
GET ORGANIZED, STAY ORGANIZED, DECOLONIZE!!

-Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

Curricula and Resources

Who is the 99%

by School of Unity & Liberation (SOUL)

A short introductory workshop that explores participants’ experience of the economic crisis and the current potential of the 99% to build a movement that directly confronts the root causes of economic injustice.

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Capitalism

Capitalism Workshop description: This SOUL workshop is filled with interactive exercises that break down economics in an easy-to-understand way. The activities are based on the participants’ daily experiences, and include an understanding of how wealth is distributed in the United States, and how economic inequality happens. It is included in Building Power, Sharpening Minds, SOUL's Political Education Workshop Manual.

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The Growing Divide: Inequality and the Roots of Economic Insecurity

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Bankers, Brokers, Bubbles & Bailouts: The Causes & Consequences of the Financial Crisis

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Organizing & Movement Building 101 (updated Dec 2011)

by School of Unity & Liberation (SOUL)

This training helps participants to think about their organizational work in terms of building a broader movement, using visuals and the metaphor of a bus to develop an understanding of the different components of a social movement. Updated December 2011.

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From Capitalist Crisis to Alternatives

by Grassroots Global Justice

2 DAY TRAINING

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Organizing & Movement-Building

This training is excerpted from SOUL’s Youth Organizing for Community Power Manual. It is designed to help participants to think about their organizational work in terms of building a broader movement by using visuals and the metaphor of a car to develop an understanding of the different components of a social movement. An alternative metqaphor of a boat is also provided.

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Colorful Mamas of the 99% Creative Family Action Toolkit

by Colorful Mamas of the 99%

Colorful Mamas of the 99% did a creative family action called Big Bank TIme Out - Colorful Mamas and Children Teach Big Banks to Share! The action went down on November 4th and we want to share our process and tools with you! We urge all who identify with the 99% to stand up and take actions to make our world more just and equitable. We wanted to echo Occupy Wallstreet messages to an audience of families, especially communities of color, as well as show folks a variety of ways to be involved in the movement of the 99% (not only encamping).

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Media Coverage: Tea Party versus Occupy Wall Street

by The Daily Show

Jon Stewart: How Is Occupy Wall Street Not Like The Tea Party?

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The Other 98% Website

Collection of facts, images and resources related to reclaiming democracy.

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USSF Starter Kit - Neoliberalism in our Communities

by School of Unity and Liberation

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Inside the Meltdown

Inside the Meltdown investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. It also examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see and couldn't stop.

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The Truth About Our Economy

Robert Reich, the Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, breaks down how the economy went from great to horrific in six simple steps.

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Occupy Tactic Star

by Jonathan Matthew Smucker, #occupyWINNING

Download this post as a printable PDF

Occupation of a space is itself a tactic. It is an action intended to help us build momentum and to move us a step closer toward our goals. And it's been wildly successful so far!

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You Have More Money in Your Wallet Than Bank of America Pays in Taxes

In an interview with In These Times, Carl Gibson, the founder of US Uncut, which is organizing some of today’s UK-inspired massive demonstrations against tax dodgers, explains that while ordinary Americans are being asked to sacrifice, major corporations continue to use the rigged tax code to avoid paying any federal taxes at all. As he says, if you have “one dollar” in your wallet, you’re paying more than the “combined income tax liability of GE, ExxonMobil, Citibank, and the Bank of America“:

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Close to Home by PBS Frontline

Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles how the middle class is faring in this recession through the stories of the people who she's come to know at the hair salon she's frequented for the past twenty years. The film reveals the struggles of a small business owner to stay afloat, her sister's risk of imminent foreclosure on her Florida home, and the various clients whose lives intersect at this New York City salon--from well-to-do bankers to struggling actors, each with a story to tell about how they're getting by in these turbulent times.

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