This Sunday we're reading Nancy Fraser's short article 'Behind Marx's Hidden Abode.' In the article Fraser develops an expanded understanding of capitalism; looking at the links between capitalism as an economic system and gendered relations, nationalism and ecology. If you're interested in left wing thought, the article serves as a great starting place, providing theoretical tools for systematising different strands of left activism the Fraser can be found here: libs.uga.edu/reserves/docs/scanner%20pc%20shelter/ill%20scans/harris_behindmarxs.pdf As usual, the event is open to all, regardless of whether you have attended events before and whether you have a background knowledge of theory. There will be a brief…

MEETING LINK: https://meet.google.com/qfr-jvyf-tct Since its formation, the students of Cambridge have been pushing to make changes in the University the same way they are today. The history of protests, occupations, strikes and student organising informs the ways that we campaign in 2020. Come and learn about the huge strives in social change won by campaign groups and how this can propel us forward into future organising within the University. Political Freshers’ Week is an event run collaboratively by different campaigns from the Cambridge Student Union. It will be two weeks of talks, workshops and skillshares about how to make a…

MEETING LINK: https://meet.google.com/tai-tpca-fyn Campaigning within student groups can foster a brilliant community but it’s also important to treat our organising spaces carefully and understand the different power dynamics that affect our personal relationships. No campaign can prosper without a safe organising environment in which everyone is constantly assessing how their own privileges affect their campaigning and their relationships with others. Come and discuss how we understand our power/privileges and can use this to make all organising environments safe and welcoming. Political Freshers’ Week is an event run collaboratively by different campaigns from the Cambridge Student Union. It will be two…

MEETING LINK: https://meet.google.com/rew-hsqy-bwq The incredible momentum built up by the Black Lives Matter campaign over the last few years means that real change is possible but only if every campaign group recognises the importance of racial justice in their own goals. The BME Campaign will be talking through all the different goals of the other SU campaigns and brainstorming how to keep racial justice at the centre of every student organising network. Political Freshers’ Week is an event run collaboratively by different campaigns from the Cambridge Student Union. It will be two weeks of talks, workshops and skillshares about how…

MEETING LINK: https://meet.google.com/ost-spho-yzc When pushing for change in the University, having solidarity between students and staff is essential. We’ve invited members from different Unions in Cambridge, as well as student organising groups to talk through the best ways for students to support workers’ struggle through supporting the UCU strikes and beyond. Only together can we envision a university that provides a safe learning and working environment for all. Political Freshers’ Week is an event run collaboratively by different campaigns from the Cambridge Student Union. It will be two weeks of talks, workshops and skillshares about how to make a difference…

Join us for our second meeting of the term! We're running this during political frehsers' week, and it should be a good opportunity to new members to join in and find out more about the campaign. Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/enu-yngu-txo You do not have to use the video/audio functions and there will be live minuting and closed captions. Feel free to message the page with any questions!

Join us for our first open meeting of this year! We'll be discussing how we can continue to fight for better pay and rights for staff across the university, as well other possible directions of our organising this year, such as anti-prevent organising and alternative forms of education. Anybody is welcome, and new members are encouraged! Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/doi-kfnz-kty You do not have to use the video/audio functions and there will be live minuting and closed captions. Feel free to message the page with any questions!

DISCUSSION LINK: https://meet.google.com/dai-hsmg-rqj Solidarity College was founded during the 2020 Old Schools Occupation, called in support of the ongoing struggle of UCU striking staff against a University Management that continues to restructure the University for profit and power at the expense of its staff and students. Here we planted some seeds for what we hoped would become a radical, non-hierarchical, liberatory space of mutual learning. The reading and discussion groups which have flourished over lockdown and then summer since the occupation have been a step in this direction - but we want to take a moment to look ahead. What…

***this event is online**** We'll be reading excerpts from Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Karen and Barbara Fields. Link to the text here: (Cn for text: racism, slavery) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YPyE-QFLPXnSbCfuR6RzvywCc04_G3TS/view?usp=sharing Everyone is welcome, regardless of if you've been to a Solcol event before. We'll do a short summary of the text at the start, so no worries if you don't get through it/don't have a chance to read it. (it's a little long page-lengthwise but there's a lot of footnotes!) A meeting link will go out day of so keep an eye out for that. Feel free…

Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82022990440 Science for the People is kicking off in Cambridge this year - come to our first open meeting to find out about the societal implications of scientific work and what you can do about it! Originally an offshoot of the anti-war movement of the 1970s, Science for the People is a non-hierarchical activist and research group which tackles issues from the militarisation of scientific research to the political implications of scientific theories. This year the group is kicking off it’s first non-US chapter in Cambridge, starting with this first open meeting. We’ll be joined by a member…

Discussion Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87343078685 Demilitarise Cambridge will be hosting Andrew Feinstein to talk about the Global Arms Trade and its links with Cambridge University. Andrew is the author of “The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade”, which has been made into a documentary. A link to watch the documentary on Vimeo will be available for 24 hours on Monday, in which time we highly encourage you to watch it (but also don’t worry if you don’t find the time!) - we will then discuss this and the implications for Cambridge’s ties with the military industrial complex. At the end we'll…