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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Part II\, Surveys From Exile
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group is reading and discussing original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system. That class has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings\, three volumes in one\, recently published by Verso. \nThis group began in fall 2022 and completed part 1 of the text\, covering the Communist Manifesto and Marx’s commentary on the 1848 revolutions in Europe as they unfolded. In this part 2\, we will be reading the “Surveys From Exile” section\, which begins with “The Class Struggles in France 1848-1850” and takes us through Marx’s articles on the Civil War in the United States. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of The Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-part-ii-surveys-from-exile/2023-03-05/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Capital vs. Labor,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Crisis,Emancipation,Engels,England,France,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Marxist Method,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Socialism,State Formation,US History,Working Class History
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Part II\, Surveys From Exile
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group is reading and discussing original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system. That class has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings\, three volumes in one\, recently published by Verso. \nThis group began in fall 2022 and completed part 1 of the text\, covering the Communist Manifesto and Marx’s commentary on the 1848 revolutions in Europe as they unfolded. In this part 2\, we will be reading the “Surveys From Exile” section\, which begins with “The Class Struggles in France 1848-1850” and takes us through Marx’s articles on the Civil War in the United States. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of The Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-part-ii-surveys-from-exile/2023-02-26/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Capital vs. Labor,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Crisis,Emancipation,Engels,England,France,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Marxist Method,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Socialism,State Formation,US History,Working Class History
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Part II\, Surveys From Exile
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group is reading and discussing original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system. That class has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings\, three volumes in one\, recently published by Verso. \nThis group began in fall 2022 and completed part 1 of the text\, covering the Communist Manifesto and Marx’s commentary on the 1848 revolutions in Europe as they unfolded. In this part 2\, we will be reading the “Surveys From Exile” section\, which begins with “The Class Struggles in France 1848-1850” and takes us through Marx’s articles on the Civil War in the United States. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of The Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-part-ii-surveys-from-exile/2023-02-19/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Capital vs. Labor,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Crisis,Emancipation,Engels,England,France,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Marxist Method,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Socialism,State Formation,US History,Working Class History
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Part II\, Surveys From Exile
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group is reading and discussing original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system. That class has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings\, three volumes in one\, recently published by Verso. \nThis group began in fall 2022 and completed part 1 of the text\, covering the Communist Manifesto and Marx’s commentary on the 1848 revolutions in Europe as they unfolded. In this part 2\, we will be reading the “Surveys From Exile” section\, which begins with “The Class Struggles in France 1848-1850” and takes us through Marx’s articles on the Civil War in the United States. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of The Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-part-ii-surveys-from-exile/2023-02-12/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Capital vs. Labor,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Crisis,Emancipation,Engels,England,France,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Marxist Method,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Socialism,State Formation,US History,Working Class History
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Part II\, Surveys From Exile
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group is reading and discussing original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system. That class has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings\, three volumes in one\, recently published by Verso. \nThis group began in fall 2022 and completed part 1 of the text\, covering the Communist Manifesto and Marx’s commentary on the 1848 revolutions in Europe as they unfolded. In this part 2\, we will be reading the “Surveys From Exile” section\, which begins with “The Class Struggles in France 1848-1850” and takes us through Marx’s articles on the Civil War in the United States. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of The Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-part-ii-surveys-from-exile/2023-02-05/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Capital vs. Labor,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Crisis,Emancipation,Engels,England,France,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Marxist Method,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Socialism,State Formation,US History,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Part II\, Surveys From Exile
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group is reading and discussing original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system. That class has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings\, three volumes in one\, recently published by Verso. \nThis group began in fall 2022 and completed part 1 of the text\, covering the Communist Manifesto and Marx’s commentary on the 1848 revolutions in Europe as they unfolded. In this part 2\, we will be reading the “Surveys From Exile” section\, which begins with “The Class Struggles in France 1848-1850” and takes us through Marx’s articles on the Civil War in the United States. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of The Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-part-ii-surveys-from-exile/2023-01-29/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Capital vs. Labor,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Crisis,Emancipation,Engels,England,France,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Marxist Method,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Socialism,State Formation,US History,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Part II\, Surveys From Exile
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group is reading and discussing original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system. That class has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings\, three volumes in one\, recently published by Verso. \nThis group began in fall 2022 and completed part 1 of the text\, covering the Communist Manifesto and Marx’s commentary on the 1848 revolutions in Europe as they unfolded. In this part 2\, we will be reading the “Surveys From Exile” section\, which begins with “The Class Struggles in France 1848-1850” and takes us through Marx’s articles on the Civil War in the United States. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of The Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-part-ii-surveys-from-exile/2023-01-22/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Capital vs. Labor,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Crisis,Emancipation,Engels,England,France,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Marxist Method,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Socialism,State Formation,US History,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-12-18/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-12-15/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221211T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221211T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-12-11/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221208T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
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SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-12-08/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221204T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221204T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-12-04/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221201T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
CREATED:20220830T013323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T160017Z
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SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-12-01/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221127T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221127T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
UID:10006474-1669546800-1669554000@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-11-27/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221124T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
CREATED:20220830T013323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T160017Z
UID:10007164-1669316400-1669323600@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-11-24/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221120T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221120T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
UID:10006473-1668942000-1668949200@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-11-20/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221117T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
CREATED:20220830T013323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T160017Z
UID:10007163-1668711600-1668718800@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-11-17/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221113T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221113T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
UID:10006472-1668337200-1668344400@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-11-13/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221110T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
CREATED:20220830T013323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T160017Z
UID:10007162-1668106800-1668114000@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-11-10/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221106T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221106T160000
DTSTAMP:20221107T165634Z
CREATED:20221019T184615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T165634Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Justice and Socialist Strategy with Jason W. Moore
DESCRIPTION:King’s Triple Evils\, Modern Environmentalism\, and the ‘World Revolution’ of 1968\nA video of this November 6\, 2022\, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel.\n\nOn April 4\, 1967\, Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, came out publicly against the Vietnam War in a speech entitled “Beyond Vietnam.” Beyond\, in that title\, meant everything. King not only broke with the liberal establishment\, which viewed the war as a separate issue from racism and as an aberration in American foreign policy. King simultaneously presented a radical critique that linked racism and exploitation at home and abroad and began to elaborate a vision of an American socialism animated by a searing indictment of capitalism’s “triple evils” (racism\, militarism\, and class exploitation). Such a socialism would be grounded in a triple alliance encompassing the antiwar\, civil rights\, and labor movements. In this talk\, Jason W. Moore addresses the missed opportunity for a program of planetary justice as the “Environmentalism of the Rich” came to the fore after 1968 and overshadowed King’s appeal for a radical turn. As King underscored in his final months\, justice cannot be effectively pursued piece by piece. The “whole society” with and within the web of life must be reinvented\, inasmuch as we are “all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality\, tied into a single garment of destiny.” At the end of the Capitalocene and the beginning of the planetary inferno\, climate justice – and socialist strategy – must proceed as if “all life were interrelated.”\nJason W. Moore\nJason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University\, where he is Professor of Sociology. His books include Capitalism in the Web of Life (2015)\, Anthropocene or Capitalocene? (2016)\, and (with Raj Patel)\, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things (2017). Moore’s books and essays on environmental history\, capitalism\, and social theory – translated into over 20 languages – have been recognized with numerous academic awards. He co-coordinates the World-Ecology Research Network.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/moore-climate-justice/
LOCATION:Recording available on YouTube
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,American Imperialism,Anti-colonialism,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Crisis,Ecosocialism,Extractivism,Food and politics,historical materialism,Modernity,Political Economy,Race and Class,Seminars and Talks,Social Democracy,Socialism,Solidarity,Transition from Capitalism
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221106T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221106T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
UID:10006471-1667732400-1667739600@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-11-06/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221103T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
CREATED:20220830T013323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T160017Z
UID:10007161-1667502000-1667509200@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-11-03/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221030T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221030T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
UID:10006470-1667127600-1667134800@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-10-30/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221027T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
CREATED:20220830T013323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T160017Z
UID:10007160-1666897200-1666904400@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-10-27/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221023T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221023T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
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SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-10-23/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221020T210000
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SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-10-20/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221016T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221016T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
UID:10006468-1665918000-1665925200@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-10-16/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221013T210000
DTSTAMP:20221110T160017Z
CREATED:20220830T013323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T160017Z
UID:10007158-1665687600-1665694800@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Novels of Nanni Balestrini with the MEP Literature Group
DESCRIPTION:The MEP Literature Group resumes this fall/winter and continues its tradition of reading international political fiction. We will read several works by the Italian author Nanni Balestrini\, including We Want Everything and The Unseen. These selections are in honor of Michael Lardner\, an enthusiast of Balestrini’s writing and the convener of the MEP’s literature group for many years. Balestrini\, born in 1935\, had by the early 1960s an active literary career in Gruppo 63\, edited journals\, and participated in computer experiments. From literary spats\, he moved to political involvement during Italy’s Years of Lead (ca. 1968-1988). Upon being charged with membership in a guerrilla group he fled to Paris and later to Germany. We Want Everything chronicles a rebellion centered at the Fiat Mirafiori factory in Turin; The Unseen continues the story of Italy’s explosive 1970s when the young and unemployed of cities joined workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its “politics of refusal” called forth draconian repression from the employers and the state. We will begin with selections of Balestrini’s poetry.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-novels-of-nanni-balestrini-with-the-mep-literature-group/2022-10-13/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Cultural Resistance,Fordism,Insurgency,Italian history,Labor History,Labor Organizing,Late Capital and Fascism,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Poetry,Radical Literature,Solidarity,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="MEP Literature Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221009T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221009T130000
DTSTAMP:20221021T170224Z
CREATED:20220830T011900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T170224Z
UID:10006467-1665313200-1665320400@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:The Political Writings of Marx and Engels: Social Classes\, Revolution\, and Human Freedom
DESCRIPTION:At Karl Marx’s burial\, his lifelong friend Frederick Engels said that he was “above all\, a revolutionist.” Yet\, after 150 years\, his critique of political economy is arguably better understood and respected than his political theory of working-class revolution. This is ironic since Marx intended his critique of capitalist economies to be the intellectual buttress for his theory of revolution. Marx never wrote a work on political theory comparable to Capital. Perhaps because of this\, his ideas about the state\, governments\, political struggles\, and social revolutions have been propounded and interpreted in many ways by many different parties. This group will read and discuss original texts by Marx and Engels about their theory of class struggles as the motive force of human social evolution and the modern working class as the political antagonist of the capitalist system – the class that has the power\, by abolishing itself\, to usher in a society beyond class exploitation. The primary text is the recently published anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings with introduction by David Fernbach (Verso – 3 volumes in one\, in paperback and e-book). We will also read extensively from Hal Draper’s Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution\, vol. 2\, The Politics of Social Classes (MR Press; paper-back and e-book). Note that the Marx writings are available in many other places. \nModerated by David Worley\, a member of the executive committee of the Marxist Education Project and a longtime associate of the Brecht Forum\, where he served a term as co-chair of the Board of Directors. David is a nonsectarian socialist\, active since the 1960s in support of a wide range of peace and social justice causes.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-political-writings-of-marx-and-engels-social-classes-revolution-and-human-freedom/2022-10-09/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,communism,Engels,England,French Revolution,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Socialism,State Formation,Transition from Capitalism,Working Class History
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220829T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220829T183000
DTSTAMP:20220727T213221Z
CREATED:20220303T042328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220727T213221Z
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SUMMARY:A close reading of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation
DESCRIPTION:with the Capital Studies Group\nMany authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have  primarily based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology\, however\, Marcello Musto focuses in on Marx’s later economic works\, in which his thoughts on alienation were elaborated rather differently than in his philosophical manuscripts. Additionally\, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism\, but also his suggestions about communist society. This wide-ranging collection of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an important critical tool both for understanding the past and for building a critique of contemporary society. \nThis group will read and discuss the Introduction to this collection and then the selections from Marx’s writings on alienation\, beginning with the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. From there we move on to key passages from Grundrisse and Capital\, Volumes One and Three. We will read and discuss the book in its entirety. We welcome those who are new to Marxist ideas as well as those who have read broadly in the works of Marx and others on these topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/a-close-reading-of-karl-marxs-writings-on-alienation/2022-08-29/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Critical Theory,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Precarity,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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