Readings, slides, and discussion materials from our study groups and courses.
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Welcome to Organizer School 2026! Organizer school is aimed at people who are interested in organizing or are already organizing and want to have a critical understanding of the...
Study materials: Organizer School (Fall 2026)What is class, and who makes up the different classes in Canada? This biweekly discussion and writing group will work through that question together. Every two weeks, we’ll disc...
Study materials: Canadian Class Structure - Discussion + Writing GroupThis Summer, the People’s University is launching Code Against the Machine, a 13-week course about coding, statistics, and political economy. This summer we’ll be developing our...
Study materials: Code Against the Machine Session 6At our next study we will take a look at contemporary “Culture Wars” and discuss the approach we could take towards them. Join us at Surrey Central Library to learn more Locati...
Study materials: Turn the Culture war into class warThis Summer, the People’s University is launching Code Against the Machine, a 13-week course about coding, statistics, and political economy. This summer we’ll be developing our...
Study materials: Code Against the Machine Session 5This Summer, the People’s University is launching Code Against the Machine, a 13-week course about coding, statistics, and political economy. This summer we’ll be developing our...
Study materials: Code Against the Machine Session 4This Summer, the People’s University is launching Code Against the Machine, a 13-week course about coding, statistics, and political economy. This summer we’ll be developing our...
Study materials: Code Against the Machine Session 3This Summer, the People’s University is launching Code Against the Machine, a 13-week course about coding, statistics, and political economy. This summer we’ll be developing our...
Study materials: Code Against the Machine Session 2This Summer, the People’s University is launching Code Against the Machine, a 13-week course about coding, statistics, and political economy. This summer we’ll be developing our...
Study materials: Code Against the Machine Session 1What is class analysis? What is the mass line? In organizing spaces, many organizations say they are practicing the mass line, but we often lack a shared understanding of what i...
Study materials: Is There Class in Our Analysis?Join us for a discussion on Lenin’s “State and Revolution”. A text which talks about the seizure of state power and socialist construction. No prior reading is required but we e...
Study materials: State & RevolutionWhat is a science? In the organizing space, we often talk about science, without having a concrete definition of what makes something scientific. Additionally, we often posit ou...
Study materials: Is Marxism a Science?(Part 1 & 2)Strategy and tactics go hand in hand, and we need to critically develop both if we’re going to succeed in achieving libration! Join the People’s University crew for a discussion...
Study materials: Stategy for the Liberation of PalestineInterested in building genuinely MASS organizations with the power we need to change the our universities, our cities, and our world? Join the People’s University crew for a tea...
Study materials: Building Mass MovementsTime to talk socialism! 🗣️During this session we’re going to be discussing a pamphlet written by Friedrich Engels called, “Socialism: Utopian or Scientific.” Top of mind, is the...
Study materials: Socialism: Scientific or Utopian?What do we mean when we talk about line struggle, and why does it matter today? Join us for a collective study of the article “Four Main Issues.” We’ll unpack questions of revo...
Study materials: Line Struggle TodayJoin us for a collective study of political economy based on the Shanghai Textbook, exploring how capitalist society develops, how exploitation works, and how capitalism produce...
Study materials: Political Economy 101 (Shanghai Textbook)💰⛓️💥Down with Imperialism 🗣️💥 During this session we’re going to be discussing a book written by V.I. Lenin titled, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. Themes for thi...
Study materials: ImperialismJoin us at the SFPIRG for a political education session on the revolutionary organization! We’re going to be learning about the history of the different forms and models of poli...
Study materials: Malcolm X Didn't Dish Out Free Bean PiesJoin us on Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm in the SFPIRG for a discussion of Marx’s Capital, whether you’ve read it or not. Alongside SA351, the People’s University is going to be holdin...
Study materials: Capital Study GroupHow are capitalism, gender, and violence historically entangled? This workshop centers on Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch, examining primitive accumulation, the witch h...
Study materials: Caliban and the WitchFascism! Let’s talk about it. Come thru on November 20th from 5-7pm at the Khalida Jarrar Library 📚 We’re gonna be taking a look at two different understandings of the term “f...
Study materials: Blood in My Eye X Late FascismThis study session uses the history of Palestinian resistance as a case study for thinking more broadly about how people understand and challenge systems of oppression. It begin...
Study materials: Learning from Palestinian ResistanceHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa is a 1972 book written by Walter Rodney that describes how Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by European colonial regimes. On...
Study materials: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
