Hi everyone,
Response: Thanks for the responses to the previous post. Down the line I'm going to look at putting the materials on ProleWiki.
I think for the time being, since I'm taking a different stance on the risks and allowing myself to work on this online, I will use this opportunity to redevelop the curriculum along side all of you.
I will censor some of the topics for the sake of Hexbear, and some blocks within the topics, but I would like to have everyone's insights.
I also won't be sharing the reference material. But I will name the PDFs that can be found on libgen or prolewiki.
I think this will also help me make more consistent and iterative progress on the changes to my existing works.
I will make each draft a post, and string the post to the previous one.
Order of Business: The curriculum, even as it exists now, is a package of books, pdfs, software, manuals, and other materials that can all be used offline.
The goal is that the materials be available on an encrypted USB.
Even in the event of a catastrophic loss of a study group. With just one remaining member and USB, all the theory and knowledge can be remade into a new study group. Everything can be rebuilt from a single person.
Basically, I designed everything for maximal survivability - taking significant inspiration from various movements.
However, even as I see things, that "remaking" is quite difficult, as I wasn't able to form a group at all. I think that with help, I can see the flaws in my organizational framework. But I also think you will be very impressed with what I have designed.
The course is to be remade into this form:
- one core instructors book
- reference material, videos, etc
- tools
All courses, regardless of subject, do much better in the reverse lecture format.
But a problem with reading and lectures is that they are passive. People get the "feeling of learning" but the feeling doesn't actual correspond with the actual learning. So some degree of evaluation (quizes) are needed to induce the bare minimum cognitive effort needed to actually form memory. I expect this part to make you guys uncomfortable (why are we quizzing ourselves!?).
The expectation is that:
- the students do the lectures and readings beforehand.
- the readings and lectures end with summaries and prototypes of the concepts to build associative memory for the patterns being discussed.
- the study group starts in person with a quick short quiz on the materials.
- the study group discusses the results of the quiz.
- the study group is led to discuss concepts and topics and expand on them.
- A quick group assignment is done during the session.
This fundamental pattern covers all topics. Organization, communication, theory, math, opsec, etc.
Let's call this pattern an iteration.
First the course is to start with an iteration on the communist manifesto. Parts 1, 2, 3 each get their own iteration.
Now that we've given a sense of direction, let's look at team forming.
The next iteration covers a modified version of "The Study Group" by Katsfoter.
The next iteration covers the scrum manifesto as a framework of non-hierarchical organizing.
The next iteration covers expanding scrum for inter-team cooperation.
When I compare my framework with others (like the Study Group). Mine is way more... Anarchist? I have no authority and hierarchy, and teams can slip between who is and isn't the vanguard. But I'll leave that for when we get to it. I don't believe centralization neccistates hierarchy.
The next iterations cover communication and cooperation. For instance, we cover the book "conflict is not abuse".
Later I go over various skills and competencies. Critical thinking, understanding psyops, Mil education, opsec, etc.
What do you think? Have any insights? Excited to see what I have? Apprehensive?
The next post will be on the first iteration.
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