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SUMMARY:Reading Science Fiction and Speculative Literature Politically - Spring 2026 Edition
DESCRIPTION:Alternate Mondays\, next on June 15\, 5-6:30 pm ET \nMEP’s alternative literature group begins a new series of novels\, short fiction and non-fiction. Speculative fiction\, reborn from traditional science fiction\, and also known by its alter ego “visionary fiction” and other identities\, including horror\, more than ever offers space for exploration of class\, race\, gender\, freedom struggles and authoritarian repression. Join with us to sample the best of this socially conscious and political literature. We read it to envision the futures we seek and empower our commitments\, enliven our reflection\, and energize our communities. \nIn May\, we read:\nWe Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest\, Resistance\, and Hope\, edited by Malka Older\, Annalee Newitz and Karen Lord \nOther Spring readings have been:\nThe Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist\, Emile Habibi\n“Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience\,” Rebecca Roanhorse\n“Delhi\,” Vandana Singh\nShikasta\, Recolonized Planet 5\, Doris Lessing \n\nConvened by the Science and Speculative Fiction Reading Group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/speculative-fiction-politically-spring-2026/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:_Seasons,American Literature,Class and Gender,Cultural Resistance,Dystopian literature,featured,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Radical Literature,Reading Group,Science Fiction,Speculative fiction,Spring 2026,Visionary Fiction,Visionary Fiction,Women
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ORGANIZER;CN="S Backman":MAILTO:jpchiworks@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:A People's Guide to Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:Summer introductory sessions on the political economy of capitalism\nIn ten weekly sessions starting June 8\, we will read and discuss Hadas Thier’s A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics. This work offers a lively\, accessible\, and timely guide for those who want to understand\, dismantle\, and replace the world of the 1%. Economists regularly promote capitalism as the greatest and most efficient economic and political system ever to grace the planet. Despite the efforts of mainstream commentators to convince us otherwise\, growing numbers have begun to question why this system has produced vast inequality\, recurring war\, and wanton disregard for the destruction of our planet. Hadas Thier’s book develops answers to these questions\, grounded in  key concepts from Marx’s Capital and related works. \n“A People’s Guide to Capitalism is a breath of fresh air on the left. Avoiding the obscure jargon of economics\, Hadas Thier provides a rich\, accessible introduction to how capitalism works. Ranging from exploitation at work to the operations of modern finance\, this book takes the reader through a fine-tuned introduction to Marx’s analysis of the modern economy. Along the way\, Thier combines theoretical explanation with contemporary examples to illuminate the inner workings of capitalism. In addition\, A People’s Guide to Capitalism reminds us of the urgent need for alternatives to a crisis-ridden system.” —David McNally \nFacilitated by Fred Murphy. Fred has led numerous MEP study groups on Marx’s Capital\, political economy\, ecosocialism\, science and technology\, history\, and Latin American politics. He studied and taught historical sociology at the New School for Social Research.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/peoples-guide-to-capitalism-2026/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:_Seasons,Accumulation of Capital,automation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Das Kapital,featured,Globalization,historical materialism,History,Imperialism,Intro to Marxism,Labor Process,Marx,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Neoliberal Authoritarianism,Political Economy,Reading Group,Social Reproduction,Spring 2026,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY:Topics in Strategic Studies - Spring 2026 Series
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 7-9 pm ET\n \nJoin us for a new format for the “Historical Roots…” study\, reworked for 2026 as Topics in Strategic Studies. We will select and read one significant book of political theory or history a month\, focused on understanding the stresses and directions for change in the present moment. Each week\, we will invite one of us or a guest to present a current topic along with optional readings. This new format will enable us to dig into breakthrough studies and analyses while also ensuring continuing new and lively discussions on topics of interest. \nThis month\, we are reading The Choice of Civil War: Neoliberal Strategy and the Politics of the Enemy by Pierre Dardot et al. Alberto Toscano calls this work “a trenchant and provocative study of the symbolic\, legal and material violence that has been deployed over the past half-century to secure the rule of capital across the planet. The Choice of Civil War breaks with antiseptic images of neoliberalism as the production of docile subjects or the marketization of everyday life\, revealing it as the theory and practice of class warfare.” \nAs we confirm additional readings for the spring and summer\, we will add them to a new syllabus which you can request\, while continuing to update our long-term bibliography of supplementary readings.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/political-strategy/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,featured,Multi-session Classes,Political Strategy,Reading Group,Spring 2026
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SUMMARY:Planetary Crises: 'Metabolic Rifts'
DESCRIPTION:Next monthly session June 24\nThe MEP’s Ecosocialist Study Group welcomes new participants as we read and discuss a range of important new works on the science and politics of the climate emergency\, the nature of economic and ecological crises\, and related topics. We are currently meeting on a monthly basis\, reading and discussing one book each month. At our next session on June 24 we will cover Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System\, by Ian Angus. \nLike an autoimmune disease that attacks the body it dwells in\, capitalism is tearing apart the very planet that feeds it. Metabolic Rifts builds on Karl Marx’s insight that while capitalism is dependent on the natural world\, it is also waging war on the natural systems that sustain life on Earth. Focusing on deadly rifts in the most important natural systems\, Ian Angus explains and elaborates on the Marxist view that capitalism is massively disrupting essential exchanges of matter and energy between society and the rest of nature\, putting the entire Earth System in danger. After tracing the long-neglected history of metabolic rift theory in scientific and socialist writing\, Angus draws on a wealth of modern research to extend and deepen the natural science basis of Marxist ecology. \nOther recently published books of interest to this group are listed below. \nPreviously read: \n\nAgainst the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World\, by Ståle Holgersen\nFree Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature\, by Alyssa Battistoni\nExtraction\, by Thea Riofrancos\nThe Alibi of Capital\, by Timothy Mitchell\n\nTo be considered: \n\nAnthropocene Communism: Land and Capital in the Age of Disaster\, by Paul Guillibert\nOvershoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown\, by Wim Carton and Andreas Malm\nThe Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late\, by Carton and Malm\nMore\, More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy\, by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz\nWorking Nature: A History of the Energy Economy\, by Daniela Russ\n\nFacilitated by Fred Murphy. Since 2015 Fred has led numerous MEP study groups on ecosocialism\, science and technology\, political economy\, the history of capitalism\, and Latin American politics. He studied and taught historical sociology at the New School for Social Research and reported from Latin America for several socialist publications.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/planetary-crises-2026/
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CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Agribusiness,Classes/Events,Crisis,Ecosocialism,Extractivism,Imperialism,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Political Strategy,Reading Group,Social Reproduction,Spring 2026
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