Clog the System, postponed.

I know we need to take care of this terribly unsustainable system asap. But I need to postpone the Clog the System class for a later date. There’s already a few people signed up for this class, so, if you’d like to participate. Please e-mail me and I’ll send you the details! Great. Seeyah. clover56(at)riseup.net

in the meantime, check out CLOG THE SYSTEM

New Term Starting Soon! Stay Tuned…

Our new calendars are done and are being distributed! Look for them everywhere. Thanks to the whole collective for all the efforts that went into making another Freeskool term a possibility and thanks to the teachers, students and supporters who make the Freeskool the grassroots community initiative that it is.

Coming Soon:

Downloadable PDF of new Calendar!

Teacher Orientation Materials!

Freeskool Teacher’s Potluck and Kickoff!

Ithaca Freeskool in Tompkins Weekly

freeskool in tompkins weekly – i’m facilitating the d.i.y. movie-making class

Originally uploaded by Shira Golding

Summer Calendar

Well, with a few hiccups along the way, we have entered the Summer ‘09 Freeskool Session (applause!).

The calendar is ready for download (on the sidebar to the right) and the class descriptions have been updated.

There are 34 classes this session – our biggest ever. We hope you are as excited as we are about our offerings this time around. From Math to Anarchy and from reading groups to bird watching by bike and studying the realities of oppression and resistance on the global scale, the freeskool has great stuff to feed our minds and hearts and bodies. May you find friends, learn skills and take steps towards a just, connected and dignified world.

Enjoy your summer and share what’s in your gardens!

~Dirk
Ithaca Freeskool Collective Member

NEW CALENDAR!

The new session calendar is hot off the press! JUNE JULY AUGUST, Freekool summer session will be posted and downloadable very very soon.

So stay tuned.

We’re Looking for Teachers for the Summer Term!

Hi everybody!

It’s springtime. Forsythia blooms ecstatic in breezes that carry magnolia on their wings and cherry blossoms urge you to look up and see the robins sing. Gardens come out of hibernation. I can’t believe the kale survived that long winter! I feel uplifted by it all even as my mind solemnly ponders the implications of Unconventional natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale and I join with others to protect what I love in this place (http://www.shaleshock.org).

It’s almost May and we need you to know that May 10th is the deadline for new Freeskool class proposals for the Summer term (June/July/August). Just click the “Teach for Freeskool” for info about how to do that. We have had amazing classes and we’ll have more amazing classes. Anyone who wants to help us get flyers out consistently is our hero. This has been our biggest challenge.

Don’t forget to watch the birds. Get off the internet and go in the woods!

Yours for a truly free world,

~Dirk from the Freeskool Collective

Anti-Authoritarian Games Moved to Apr 26

Hey all, due to a scheduling conflict, the Anti-Authoritarian Games class will be moved to April 26th. Lets hope for warm sunny weather and green spring surroundings!

If you have any questions, please contact Dirk at kalewillprevail@riseup.net

Anarchist Reading Group & Tea Time.

currently reading (Last Discussion Feb 15th)
JailBreak out of History (90 pages) by Butch Lee.

This is a new, book form, edition of a text previously published in pamphlet form. This is a major biographical study, which refutes the standard “American” version of Harriet Tubman’s life. At a time when violence against women of color is at the center of world politics, uncovering the censored story of one Amazon points to answers that have nothing to do with government programs, police, or patriarchal politics.    Read this book online: www.kersplebedeb.com

Starting Sunday FEB 15th
Caliban and The Witch (285 pages) By Silvia Federici

Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the struggle against the rebel body and the conflict between body and mind are essential conditions for the development of labor power and self-ownership, two central principles of modern social organization.

Winter/Spring ‘09 Term Has Begun! Regional Permaculture Consulta this Sunday!

Greetings and welcome! The new Freeskool term has begun! We have 31 classes this term!! Last term, we had 16. It feels as though we’ve just hit the upward curve on an exponential graph. As I write this, the first classes of the term have already occurred.  We mark our 2 year anniversary on April 1st. Happy Birthday to us! Sometimes it hardly seems real that we were able to get this project to where it is now and with practically no budget.  Freeskool is a project driven by relationships and creativity.

We apologize for not having the PDF of the new calendar up for download yet. That will be corrected in the coming days. Click on “Class Descriptions”  and check out the stunning array of classes available throughout February, March and April.

We’re very heavy on the permaculture and other “Earth skills” classes this term. Be sure to check out the Permaculture Regional Consulta this Sunday the 8th  (1-5pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension  – 615 Willow Avenue).  A big part of the Freeskool’s mission is to provide access to skills and social situations that will empower folks to face the challenges we face in this day and age. With Climate Change accelerating, fresh water dwindling, financial collapse worldwide and 1,000 other issues equally serious and demanding our focused attention, I can think of no better time to get involved with regenerative paradigms of land use and growing our own food  (besides 50 years ago).

Love and rage,

-Dirk

Freeskool Collective

P.S.,  Our pals over at Silent City Distribution are having a “SciFi vs. Fantasy” dance party celebrating the release of the 2nd issue of their publication, “IthAca Zine.” The fun starts at 7pm at the Worker’s Center, upstairs from Autumn Leaves (115 The Commons)  on Saturday, Feb 7th. $5 with a costume – $7 without.

New Freeskool Term coming up

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The Spring ‘09 calendars are printed and you can find them around town. Class descriptions are also posted here on the blog. Check it out – the biggest freeskool session ever, 31 classes. You’ll be sure to find a class that rings your bell.