Monthly Literature Group Selections
Works read previously in 2026 by the MEP Monthly Literature group July 25The Glass Key, by Dashiell Hammett (various publishers). First published in 1930, Hammett’s novel is a scathing description … Read more
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Planetary Crises Reading List
The MEP’s Ecosocialist Study Group meets monthly to discuss important new works on the science and politics of the climate emergency, the nature of economic and ecological crises, and related … Read more
Chile’s 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
Reflecting upon Chile’s 9/11 September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean … Read more
Summertime … and the Living Ain’t Easy: Black Noir
The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir: the American popular crime genre that investigates the corruption of society. And in these books by Black … Read more
Iran Awakening: Seven Novels by Iranian Women
I speak from the deep end of night. Of end of darkness I speak. I speak of deep night ending. – From “The Gift” by Forugh Farrokhzad The winter 2023 series of … Read more