Governing From Below

recording of session 1, Sept. 3, 2026

“Unions & Universities”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpF9nYtvEo0

Homework for Session 1, Sept. 3, 2026

“Unions & Universities”

Required:

1. Watch “Survive and Organize: Preserving Nicaragua's Revolution during the Neoliberal Years” webinar with Co-Foreign Minister of Nicaragua Valdrack Jaentschke.

2. Read “The Neoliberal Years” from FSLN Compendium

3. Read “Daniel Ortega: The Heroic Years of the 1990s”

4. Read “Summary of the Struggle for 6% Student Movement”

Optional:

1. Watch Documentary “The 16 Years They Stole From Us” [in Spanish, put on English subtitles in YouTube]

Homework for Session 2, Sept. 10, 2026

“Women’s & Peasants’ movements”

Required:

1. Read “Foundation Among Women Summary” 1 pg

2. Read: “ATC Organizational Profile” 1 pg

3. Read: Speech By Edgardo Garcia “Marcha por la Vida” 25 March 1999

4. Read: “Peasants in the Universities” Peasant Sit-In 1995