community-education

Free Skool Santa Cruz

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes

Free Skool calendar came out quarterly for 10 years

A radically different approach to living and learning, Free Skool Santa Cruz is a grassroots educational project beyond institutional control. It is an opportunity to learn from each other and share what we know, to foster communities of mutual support and autonomy….

Union of Benevolent Electrical Workers

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 24, 2023) by Wes Modes

Tech Community: UBEW provides mutual support to anti-authoritarian groups making radical social change through direct action, community involvement, and education….

Adventure Club

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 11, 2019) by Wes Modes

Adventure Club is post-apocalyptic revolutionary logistics training. Think of Adventure Club as radical skill-share, ranges from rather tame to semi-hardcore direct action. …

Inspiration Comes in the Night

Posted on November 18, 2019 (October 3, 2024) by Wes Modes

A weblog about art, technology, and the creative process…

Police Obsolescence Workgroup

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes

An ongoing workgroup working toward a world without police. Some of the efforts of this workgroup include CopWatch, know your rights, police accountability, alternatives to calling the police, and education about police, courts, and jails….

Demystifying Anarchy

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

Demystifying Anarchy featured a panel of self-identified anarchists who spoke about what anarchy means to them and how they see the world. …

Anarchist Convergence

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

Collective Event: Santa Cruz is a hub of anarchist culture and resistance, with a long history of radical struggle and active anarchist projects spanning decades. A four-day anarchist convergence in May 2009 for community building and sharing radical ideas….

North American Free Skool Conference

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

The first ever North American Free Skool Conference, an amazing opportunity for free skools from all over to get together, exchange ideas, and make ambitious plans….

Free Carpentry

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

A coalition of experienced builders and artists to work on interesting projects that required a combination of building ingenuity and artistic inspiration….

Insurgent Photographers

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes

Collective Project: A regular gathering of radical photographers in 2008 and 2009 to come together to share, discuss, and critique photographs…

Kecak Monkey Chant

Posted on November 9, 2019 (December 4, 2019) by Wes Modes

Kecak is a form of vocal percussion and dance originating in Bali, Indonesia, and inspired by traditional gamelan, performed by a circle of dozens and even hundreds of performers chanting in…

Free Skool for Kids

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes

A discussion, brainstorm, and scheming about creating a local free skool for kids K-12….