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The challenges we face are of a global scale brought about by a social order largely organized by the interests of capitalism and thus require a more massive base of workers made aware of these dynamics in order to combat the harms they perpetuate.

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The forms of resistance to our movement are multifold - structural, intentional, historical . . . we have to understand the many layers of resistance (and understand ourselves and our shortcomings) in order to overcome them.

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Education focuses organizing and make sure organizers are taking into consideration a wide swath of historical precedents and tactics

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Class consciousness! Understanding our shared experience as workers and the power we hold in a capitalist system is key to pinpointing the weak points in the system and organizing effectively.

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Education and organization keeps the movement strong and on track in terms of goals

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By providing political education at many levels, we're allowing an in for people to get involved in our work.

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We need to be able to identify the problems in order to work towards common solutions.

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I became a leftist, because leftists were not only explain the political forces in our lives, but also predict more accurately what those forces might do, and we need to share that analysis with others.

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It's helpful for people to be able to envision clearly the world we're trying to create. A conscious movement against capitalism cannot be just for its abolition, people need to know what the alternatives are

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Civic literacy is necessary for civic engagement

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To build collective power one of the most key components is this idea of an informed people.

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thorough and holistic understanding from people with lived experience

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Education allows me to feel confident in complex discussions

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In order to defeat organized opposition, we need to organize ourselves.

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We have to learn from books not just memes

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Understanding how our personal ideology fits into the ideology of a larger organization will also help us define where to best put our efforts and time

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I think a huge part of what can contribute to understanding the problems that face us is media literacy. Especially with younger folks, it is a part of how they communicate with and process the world around them.

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Progressive political actions are based on knowledge and education of an issue

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It's important to know history because there is a lot that we can learn from our collective socialist/anti-capitalist/communist ancestors

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The way we build that organized, conscious socialist movement is through political education.

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In order to have solutions to our problems, we first must understand what the problem is

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This is a big reason why I'm a teacher. I think education and critical thinking is a key tool to overcome our corrupt and unjust systems

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Showing up to meetings and protests without clear objectives and tactics is a waste of time and energy

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How can you fight against something if you don't know what you're fighting against?

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How does this relate to our own work / out own goals for political education?

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“Resistance [to our movement]  can only be overcome by an organised, politically-conscious socialist movement with a thorough understanding of the problems facing us.” 