CA/Continuations/Discussion Group
<section begin=intro />The Anti-Austerity Discussion Group is a series of discussions about how people locally and around the world are resisting austerity and building strong coalitions to protect access to public services, education, and a basic social safety net. Our goals are to educate ourselves, strengthen our relationships, and develop a shared analysis of austerity and a shared orientation to strategies that work.<section end=intro />
Discussion Questions
To be determined. Initial proposal: European austerity crisis.
- Greece
- Spain
- Portugal
- Italy
- Ireland
- Iceland
- France
Upcoming Study Group Event
Facebook Invite Page: Anti-Austerity Study Group
When: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Time: 10:00am
Where: 214 NE Thompson Street (map)
Topic: TBA (Tentatively the "European Austerity Crisis.")
Study Assignments
- Euro Crisis
Lots of good material at the following resources:
Previous Topics
Notes of previous discussions located here: Discussion Group Archive
Discussion Notes
Related Events
- Portland Student Organizing Meeting #2
- Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 7:00pm
- WHY ORGANIZE?
- Student loan debt is a looming disaster that concerns all of us. As a trend that continues to fuel the creation of a generation of indentured servants, the growing debt will follow us as long as we live, or only as long as we let it.