GROUNDWORK
CONCEPTS
Socialist Consciousness
Consensus Decision-Making
Critical Relationships
Criticism, Self Criticism, and Praise
Clearness
Responsibility and Residual Responsibility
Day Coordinator
Disciplined Withdrawal
GROUNDWORK
POLITICS
Anti-Exploitation
Socialist Consciousness
Struggle-Unity
Responsibility for our own Politics
Leaders and Followers
Guidelines, not Rules
Theory and Practice
WORK
Responsibility
Becoming a Designated Person Responsible (DPR)
Requests for Help with Work
STRUCTURE
The Collective Problem
Designated Person Responsible
New People
Collective Members
Fellow Travelers
So Who Makes Decisions?
The Groundwork Organization
CRITICISM/SELF
CRITICISM AND PRAISE
What to Criticize
Formulation of the Criticism
Making the Initial Statement
Understanding the Criticism
Struggle
Problems Which May Hold Up the Struggle
Techniques for Hard Struggle
Outcomes
Guides for Making Criticism
Receiving Criticism
Guides for Receiving Criticism
Self Criticism
Flowchart – Half-Life of a Criticism
Excerpts from Constructive Criticism by Gracie Lyons
CLEARNESS
Preparation by Focus Person
Preparation by Others
Clearness Session