wage workers. See also capitalism (capitalist-wage earner society); working class
artists as, 6:101–6:102
liberation movement needing, 5:297, 15:169
value of production versus wages received, 8:412–8:413
wants, will versus, 13:126–13:128
war
assumptions unchecked and, 6:28
atrocities of, 7:302–7:304
capitalism and, 6:617, 12:12, 13:37–13:39, 14:94, 16:133, 16:149
class societies and, 6:468–6:469, 7:303–7:305, 12:2
Co-Counselors preventing, 7:6
danger of, 7:301–7:306
funding other things after elimination of armaments, 11:133
inevitability of, 7:301–7:302
irrationality and, 3:29–3:30
Korean War, 8:160
Mao on, 7:349
nationalism and, 13:75, 15:172
no longer tolerated, 14:153–14:154
nuclear weapons and. See nuclear weapons/war
peace movement and, 13:39, 13:90
Persian Gulf War, 14:94
responsibility of each of us for, 3:56
risk of in 1980’s, 8:105
slavery and, 13:57–13:58
truth about, 4:77
Viet Nam War, 8:160–8:161
world war risk lower, 14:80
World War Three, 7:301–7:302
World War Two, 7:301
Was (Is?) the Past Completely Good? (Jackins), 14:63–14:65
water
as rational need, 5:126
supply of in future society, 15:174
The Way We Develop (Jackins), 3:201–3:202
wealth disparity, 13:307, 14:150, 16:132. See also capitalism (capitalist-wage earner society); class societies
Welcome Home! (Jackins), 16:95–16:96
welcome to RC letter, 7:141–7:146
welfare, problems caused by, 6:537–6:539
Welsh people, commitment for, 10:211, 15:App8
What “Counseling with Supervision” and “Training Your Counselor” Mean (Jackins), 8:225–8:227
What Do We Know? What Have We Learned? (1975) (Jackins), 5:53–5:68
What Do We Mean When We Say “RC” or “RCers”? (Jackins), 13:171–13:173
What Does “Policy” Mean in RC? (Jackins), 10:63–10:65
What Has Re-evaluation Counseling to Do with Religion? (Jackins), 7:391–7:394
What is Our Present Position? What Do We Know? What Are We Doing and About to Do? A Summary (Jackins), 7:121–7:137
What Is Our Responsibility to People “Targeted for Destruction by the Society”? (Jackins), 16:201–16:203
What is the Job of a Regional Reference Person? (Jackins), 8:267
What to Do in a Concrete Situation (Jackins), 6:245–6:257
What We Think We Know That Would Be Good for the Rest of the World to Understand (Jackins), 16:61–16:73
white collar workers, within class society, 8:413. See also middle class; working class
white liberation as term, 16:107–16:108
white people
as allies for Black people, 11:240–11:242
anti-racism and. See anti-racism
friendships with people of color, 11:20–11:24, 11:222–11:227, 11:232–11:234, 11:240, 11:242, 11:250–11:251, 11:445, 13:24–13:25
International Liberation Reference Person for, discussion about, 16:117–16:124
listening to rage of people of color not hurting, 11:236–11:240
needing to be told what to do to help Third World people, 6:93–6:95, 6:517–6:521
not oppressed for being white, 16:108–16:109
organization by people of color of, 16:182–16:183
putting attention on people of color, 11:224–11:226, 11:241–11:244, 11:250–11:251
racism of. See racism
restimulation of Third World people by, 5:335–5:336
as struggling, 11:88–11:90
Who is in Charge of a Session? (Jackins), 10:39–10:44, 11:154
Who’s in Charge (Jackins), 3:49–3:58, 7:77
why do you love me, counselor? See Repeated Question technique
Why Leaders of RC Can Expect to Be Attacked and What to Do About Such Attacks (Jackins), 7:247–7:256
Why Not “Unlearning” Racism (Jackins & Sherover-Marcuse), 7:205–7:206
wide world
expanding RC knowledge in, 7:119–7:120, 16:168–16:169
leadership in, 6:284, 6:382, 7:118–7:119, 9:17–9:18, 10:240, 13:315, 13:318–13:319, 14:275–14:279, 15:133
leadership needs of, 6:380–6:381, 6:622–6:630, 7:38–7:39, 7:118–7:119, 13:315, 13:318–13:319, 15:133
notebooks for, 11:354
RC Community as subset of, 8:52, 10:286
RCers in non-RC organizations, 7:299, 8:47, 13:23–13:24, 13:102–13:108, 14:275–14:279, 15:105, 15:181
support groups for, 7:119–7:120
wide world changing. See also classless future society; Mao Tse-Tung; October Revolution (1917); Paris Commune
overview of, 15:163–15:164, 16:72
cherishing RC Community while changing, 6:323–6:328
commitment for, 10:204, 11:416, 15:App12
defined, 12:4
elimination of exploitation of one group by another, 15:165
fresh approaches to, 6:648–6:649
Gentiles against oppression of Jews, 14:195
integrating rest of life with, 8:15–8:16
internationalism and, 6:601, 6:621–6:622, 12:17
leadership in each country for, 6:622–6:630
literature and, 6:603–6:604, 6:645–6:646, 12:41–12:42
No-Socializing Guideline and, 14:276–14:279
patterns eliminated to achieve, 15:165
policy about, 6:378
as possible, 12:13–12:14
present conditions, 1979, 12:11–12:69
present conditions, 1981, 6:599–6:609, 6:615–6:619
present conditions, 1992, 13:3–13:6
pseudo-reality and, 15:8
Reality Agreement technique and, 14:41
reclaiming of power and, 7:10
role of RC in, 6:606–6:609, 6:661–6:672, 8:65, 12:7–12:8, 12:14, 12:33–12:34, 12:58–12:64, 15:164
self-care needed for, 15:51
short-range versus long-range viewpoint of, 7:157–7:159
social activist organizations and, 6:402–6:403, 6:672
strategy for, 6:600–6:601, 6:619–6:630
tactics for, 6:602–6:604, 6:630–6:647, 6:664, 12:25–12:45, 15:164
theory, role in, 6:607–6:608, 6:637–6:638, 6:661–6:672, 8:65, 12:7–12:8, 12:59–12:64
trade unions and, 6:670, 12:34–12:36, 12:66
unity and, 6:621, 12:16–12:17
unsolved questions about, 6:605–6:606, 6:649–6:661, 12:45–12:58
viewpoints and, 7:157–7:159
working class and, 6:601, 8:421–8:422, 12:16
Wide World Changing magazine, 6:366, 6:612–6:613
Wider Use of One-to-One Teaching (Jackins), 5:255–5:257
The Wind in the Tower (Suyin), 6:669
winning. See success
wisdom, age and, 3:131
wishing, as contradiction, 15:60
withdrawal from addiction
as discharge, 15:110
patterns creating, 7:52–7:53
RC to help during, 1:43
at workshops, 10:147
young people and, 14:76
witnesses, of distress hurt by, 8:366–8:367, 10:142, 10:143, 11:358, 11:360, 15:151
wittiness, learning, 8:7
women. See also sexism
abortion rights of, 6:179
allies and, 7:152, 14:187
anti-male comments by, handling, 8:495–8:498
Arabs, equality and, 7:287
attractiveness beliefs of, 7:164
City-wide Coordinators for, 13:318
commitment for, 7:9, 7:152, 7:185–7:186, 8:236, 10:202, 11:104–11:105, 11:409, 15:App9
conferences for women leaders, 11:450
equality with men, 6:558–6:559, 7:287
equality with women, 11:257
fear of men, 11:213–11:214
friendships with men, 1:55, 7:103, 7:161–7:169
helping men, 7:163, 14:13–14:14, 15:123–15:124
housewives as working class members, 10:110–10:111
internalized oppression of, 6:402, 6:416, 6:417–6:418, 13:316–13:317
intuition and logic of, 7:339–7:343
as leaders, 5:235, 8:347, 13:315
leading way in overcoming internalized oppression, 6:417–6:418
liberation of, 6:378, 11:256–11:257, 13:315–13:321
medical field, encouraging entry into, 7:295
men counseling, 15:123–15:124
men not the enemy of, 8:334–8:337, 8:353, 8:359, 13:320–13:321
men to counter internalized oppression of, 6:402, 6:416
menstrual cycles, 15:148
no limits on, 15:13, 15:123–15:124
as oppressed, 5:330, 11:253–11:257
organization of men by, 16:182
outreach to, 8:128
panels for, 15:100
planning for 1984 International Women’s Liberation Conference, 8:423–8:427
policy for liberation, 6:378
precinct organization for, 8:453–8:456
rejection of men by, 7:163, 7:167
sexism impacting, 11:256
sexuality inherently led by, 14:230–14:232
spelling out relationship between men and women, 7:166–7:167
steps for liberation of, 13:316–13:321
unaware of men’s situation, 11:212–11:213
women’s movement, 7:152–7:153, 8:122–8:123
workshops for, 15:124
Women Working in Wide-World Organizations (Jackins), 13:99–13:108
word from outside. See also commitments; contradiction; directions
for chronic patterns, 5:49, 5:92, 6:341–6:342
client in charge of process and, 5:48–5:49, 8:154, 8:157
effectiveness for contradiction, 7:90–7:92
Jewish people needing, 10:302
racism and, 6:515
rehearsal and, 15:35
self-estimation and, 8:222–8:223
work
change over time of types of, 8:337–8:338
defined, 8:338
exclusion of groups from as oppression, 6:461–6:462
in future society, 14:166–14:167
goals for, 6:462–6:463
overwork as damaging, 11:288–11:289, 15:51, 15:109–15:110
parenting as unpaid work, 8:414, 11:49–11:50
play as work people are no longer required to do, 6:160
positive nature of, 6:459–6:461, 8:337, 15:207, 16:155–16:156
thinking benefitting from, 6:54
unemployed people, 8:414–8:415, 8:503–8:507, 10:113–10:114
what constitutes, 6:460, 15:126, 16:155
worry not substitute for, 15:170
work parties. See gather-ins
Workers’ Alliance of Washington, 10:114
working class. See also capitalism (capitalist-wage earner society); class societies; trade unions
all for one and one for all and, 15:85
allies for, 7:152, 14:152–14:153
artists as, 6:101–6:102, 11:74–11:75, 11:259–11:260, 15:126
Black people, unity with, 5:320–5:321
broader view of members of, 10:110–10:111
categories of members in, 8:412–8:417
climbing out of, 6:476, 6:481–6:482
commitment for, 8:237, 10:203, 11:412, 13:115, 15:App11
cooperation among, 6:480, 6:497
defined, 6:538, 14:227, 15:202
demonstration with member of, 6:245–6:257
distress patterns maintaining oppression of, 6:484–6:486
education of, 6:620–6:621
goals for, 6:505–6:506
goodness of, 8:337–8:338
housewives as working class members, 10:110–10:111
importance of, 6:478
inclusion of, 5:150
increasing membership in RC by, 6:491, 6:495–6:500
industrial group, emphasis on, 10:110–10:111
inferiority beliefs of, 5:299, 6:475–6:478
intelligence of, 6:478–6:480
in Israel, 16:153
leadership by, 6:402, 6:604, 6:646–6:647, 10:53–10:55, 12:42–12:43, 16:97–16:100
liberation of, 8:419–8:422
membership by, 6:491, 6:495–6:500
middle class as, 11:277–11:278, 11:365, 14:151–14:152, 16:87–16:89
numbers of, 14:153
oppression of, 1:49, 6:4–6:5, 6:477–6:478, 7:70, 11:363–11:366, 15:153
organization of middle and owning class by, 16:183
organizing of, 6:620–6:621, 11:387–11:389, 13:20–13:21, 14:157–14:159
outreach to, 8:129
owning class and, 5:303, 14:152–14:153, 16:95–16:96, 16:183
patterns of oppression of, 6:475–6:484, 13:309–13:310
people not realizing they are in, 8:13
poor people compared with, 5:306–5:307
power and, 6:167, 6:480–6:482, 6:496, 11:130–11:131, 12:16
powerlessness feelings of, 5:306
as productive majority of society, 5:299–5:307
readiness for RC, 5:57–5:58
Reference Persons for, 6:503–6:504
role of in collapsing society, 14:154–14:156
role of RCers, 14:156–14:157
self-estimation and, 6:636, 12:31–12:32
support groups for, 10:54, 11:323, 14:158
tailoring workshops so they can attend without subsidies, 14:109
theory, attitude towards, 5:29
unawareness that most people belong to, 8:349
unemployment by, 10:113–10:114
value produced by, 6:469–6:471
welcoming owning class into, 16:95–16:96
wide world changing and, 6:601, 8:421–8:422, 12:16
workshops for, 6:505–6:506, 11:387–11:389
Wygelian leaders' groups for, 10:54
The Working Class, the World, and RC (Jackins), 6:459–6:506
Working Effectively in the Wide World (1981) (Jackins), 6:611–6:672
Working for a Living, finances and, 6:498
Working on Commitment (Jackins), 6:221–6:223
Working-Class Liberation (Jackins), 8:419–8:422
workshops. See also specific topics or groups
overview of, 10:359, 10:364, 15:95–15:96
activities at, 8:523–8:527, 15:96–15:97
anti-racism, 6:305, 11:17–11:24, 11:218–11:219, 11:444–11:446
approval of, 5:17, 14:269–14:270, 15:96
benefits of, 15:95–15:96
common interests or goals as basis of, 5:58
common projects versus common problems, 5:223–5:230
as communication tool, 5:44
Community Service Fund from, 14:141
content to include in, 6:272–6:273
creativity at, 15:97
disabilities, people with, 7:375
disruptions by people in, 6:337–6:346, 10:145–10:147
division of income from, 14:271–14:272, 15:96
economic crisis/recession impacting, 11:134
for families, 15:103
getting lost in distress at, how to manage, 15:41
growth of, 5:20–5:21, 8:127–8:128
inspiration from, 8:376
International Workshops, 5:16–5:17, 5:20, 5:236
leadership for, 5:16–5:17, 5:57, 5:63, 14:270–14:271
momentum of helping with discharge, 5:217–5:218
Outreach Funds from, 8:309–8:310, 14:141, 15:181
panels improving, 13:326
for particular liberations, 15:162
patterns threatening to disrupt, 6:337–6:346
Publications Fund from, 14:141, 15:181
rules for, 14:269–14:273
screening workshops for classes, 5:202
section workshops, 5:62–5:63
sports at, 15:96
tailoring so everyone can attend, 14:109
themes for, 5:221–5:222
tuition/fees, 6:308–6:309, 14:109, 14:140, 14:271–14:272, 15:95–15:96
for women, 15:124
working class, 6:505–6:506, 11:387–11:389
Wygelian leaders' groups, 8:149–8:150, 8:184–8:185
The World Conference (Jackins), 10:213
World Conferences. See also Continental Conferences; reports by title
1977, for people and against patterns, 6:587–6:596
1977, main decision at enacted, 7:37
1977, planning for, 6:350–6:351
1979, effectiveness of Co-Counseling, 7:37
1979, frontiers of Co-Counseling, 6:77–6:95
1979, fundamentals of Co-Counseling, 6:57–6:75
1979, policy adoption, 6:420
1979, spreading RC to general population, 6:486–6:487
1979, summary of, 6:419–6:422
1979, thinking about thinking, 6:17–6:55
1981, attacks during, 8:116–8:117
1981, individual empowerment report to, 7:73–7:83
1981, key concepts report to, 7:47–7:61
1981, oppression insights report to, 7:63–7:72
1981, preliminary report to, 7:37–7:45
1981, recent discoveries report to, 7:85–7:110
1981, reminders from, 7:197–7:203
1985, decisive counseling and leadership, 10:251–10:254
1985, frontiers of RC theory, 10:247–10:250
1985, fundamentals of Co-Counseling, 10:243–10:246
1985, graduation day, 10:255–10:276
1985, organizational report, 10:239–10:241
1985, overview, 10:213
1985, planning for, 8:117–8:118, 8:128
1985, state of the world report, 10:215–10:217
1985, taking our bearings report to, 10:219–10:238
1993, prospects for RC report, 14:245–14:252
1995, Worldwide Leaders’ Meeting, 16:159–16:186
1997, challenges to, 16:209–16:214
1997, opening, 16:143–16:147
attacks on leadership at, 7:244–7:245
Continental Conferences instead, 11:455
diverse representation at, 6:143, 6:302–6:303
The World is Round (Jackins), 8:519–8:522
World Meetings
First Report to the World Meeting (1978), 6:357–6:375
Second Report to the World Meeting (1980), 6:377–6:397
World War Three, 7:301–7:302
World War Two, 7:301
world-class community building by individuals
as challenge to every experienced Co-Counselor, 11:53, 11:187–11:190
encouragement of, 15:132, 15:181
instructions for, 10:260–10:276, 10:355–10:356, 11:193–11:196
paying attention to others when with them, 11:195–11:198, 11:243–11:244
permission granted for, 11:192
RC Community overlap with, 11:191
time management for, 11:197–11:199
wrestling, 15:58, 15:71, 15:93
writing. See also literature/publications
articles based on letters, 5:43
between Co-Counselors, 15:98
editing as separate job from, 6:437
as mode of RC, 15:90
soliciting of, 6:443–6:444
Wygelian groups. See also Liberation Reference Persons (LRPs)
composition of, 8:171–8:172
defined, 6:290, 6:511, 7:113, 8:141
importance of, 8:447–8:448
internalized oppression. See internalized oppression
organizing for, 6:294–6:300
self-sustaining, importance of, 6:308–6:313
size of, 6:291–6:292, 7:229–7:230
Wygelian leaders’ groups
overview of, 3:160–3:162, 10:358–10:359, 11:204–11:206, 15:178
agenda for, 7:114, 8:143–8:144, 8:181–8:183, 9:33–9:34, 10:58–10:59, 10:281–10:282, 10:358, 11:204–11:206
application to leadership within RC Community, 10:57–10:61
for Areas, 10:58–10:59, 14:268
benefits of, 8:107
casual version of, 10:293–10:295
categories of members in, 8:178–8:179
characteristics of, 8:178–8:183
Communities compared, 8:185
Consultants and, 3:161, 8:141–8:142, 8:146, 8:180–8:181, 8:183, 9:33, 10:59, 11:205
Convenors and, 3:161, 8:142–8:143, 8:180, 9:33
creation of, 8:536–8:537
defined, 8:141, 9:33
discharge label not needed for, 10:284
goals of, 8:182, 11:205
growth of, 8:145–8:146
history of, 8:174–8:178
improvement of, key points for, 7:113–7:114
internalized oppression. See internalized oppression
leadership development and, 8:185–8:186, 10:293–10:295
membership of, 8:148, 8:190, 15:178
for men. See leaders’ groups
organizing for, 8:186–8:187
organizing/organization and, 8:186–8:187
for Puerto Rican people, 8:451
qualifications for, 7:114
recruitment and, 8:186–8:187
for Regions, 14:267–14:268
representative communities possible, 8:139
safety and, 8:186–8:187, 10:152–10:153
schedule meetings only as needed, 8:177, 8:179–8:180, 9:34, 10:282–10:283
specific and narrow membership of, 8:148, 8:190
support groups separate from, 8:188
types of leaders in, 8:142–8:143
for working class, 10:54
workshops and conferences, 8:127–8:128, 8:149–8:150, 8:184–8:185
for young people, 8:301–8:303
Wygelian Leading of RC Areas (Jackins), 10:57–10:61
Wygelian RC Communities. See also Wygelian leaders’ groups
overview of, 8:62–8:63
composition of, 8:141–8:143
functioning of, 8:143–8:145
geographical RC and, 8:146–8:148
as not segregation, 8:149
number of, 8:124
preliminary separations helping to create unity. See under unity
simplicity in, 8:146
The “Wygelian” RC Communities (Jackins), 8:141–8:150
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