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50 Years of Anti-Imperialist Writing: Galeano, Rodney, and Ghosh

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

A reading group to celebrate and reflect on two classic works of anti-imperialist writing first published fifty years ago but with an ongoing worldwide impact: Eduardo Galeano’s OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA (1971) and Walter Rodney’s HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA (1972). Extending our scope to Asia and bringing matters up to the present day, we will conclude by reading Amitav Ghosh’s just-published THE NUTMEG’S CURSE: PARABLES FOR A PLANET IN CRISIS.

$25.00 – $55.00

50 Years of Anti-Imperialist Writing: Galeano, Rodney, and Ghosh

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

A reading group to celebrate and reflect on two classic works of anti-imperialist writing first published fifty years ago but with an ongoing worldwide impact: Eduardo Galeano’s OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA (1971) and Walter Rodney’s HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA (1972). Extending our scope to Asia and bringing matters up to the present day, we will conclude by reading Amitav Ghosh’s just-published THE NUTMEG’S CURSE: PARABLES FOR A PLANET IN CRISIS.

$25.00 – $55.00

Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire

Video available on YouTube

Video available: https://youtu.be/C5YAw174E7s
Palm oil, found in half of supermarket products, has shaped our world. Max Haiven uncovers how the gears of capitalism are literally and metaphorically lubricated by this ubiquitous elixir.

$5 – $12

Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90
Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90

Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90
Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90
Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90
Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90

Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90
Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90
Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90
Event Series Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Political Writings of Marx and Engels III

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

Discussion of texts by Marx and Engels on India, China, and European colonialism; essays on the Civil War in the United States; documents related to the International Workingmen's Association; Marx's classic The Civil War in France and related essays; polemics against Bakunin; and Marx's correspondence about the rise of the workers' political party in Germany, including his Critique of the Gotha Program.

Free – $90

Imperialism: The Long View and the Big Picture

Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants

In eight weekly sessions guided by Dan La Botz, we will look at imperialism in the long view, from the ancient world to today. We will examine the experience of imperialism and the theoretical justifications for it, as well as anti-imperialist movements and their arguments. We will look at imperialism as economic phenomenon, as political strategy, as cultural experience, and as psychological affect. We will discuss imperialism and gender and imperialism and the environment.

Free – $80