Solidarity College (or SolCol – tongue in cheek, we promise), was formed as the University of Cambridge’s 32nd college by the occupiers of the Old Schools management buildings in Lent 2020, who occupied in support of striking university staff, to put pressure on management to meet their demands. SolCol was born from a radical, non-hierarchical, liberatory space of mutual learning that turned the competitive, hierarchical, marketised nature of a normal Cambridge education on its head.

The SolCol Critical Theory group is primarily a space for facilitating conversations about bits and pieces of critical theory and other radical scholarship, as well as discussing so-called ‘foundational concepts’ in collectivist and revolutionary thought.

We don’t have any particular doctrinal agenda and participants should feel free to suggest texts or discussion topics from across different traditions.

SolCol is open to all – you can join *whether or not* you’re a real life student, go/went to Cambridge, live in Cambridge, etc. The only requirements of the SolCol student body are mutual respect and active solidarity (aka be nice, value everyone’s input, don’t be a dick!). We mostly organise on Facebook – you can join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2914199165308394. Read and agree to the rules when joining!

Ground rules:
> we are all always learning. assume good faith, disagree productively, change any dodgy language if asked to do so, don’t be judgemental.
> it’s chill to make niche academic jokes, references, etc but please always approach this group in an open way – i.e. ask for clarification on anything you don’t understand and are interested in understanding, and provide clarification when you are asked to do so.
> this group is not a space for racism, misogyny, disablism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, or discrimination on the basis of religion, nationality, asylum status, or language ability.
> be aware of the privileges you carry in the space and how they might make your experience (educational and otherwise!) different to those who don’t share those privileges.
> don’t assume anyone will have read or watched a certain thing or heard of a certain writer or theory or xyz, and don’t look down on anyone for not having read or watched a certain thing or heard of a certain writer or theory or xyz.