History
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Reading Marx’s Capital, Volume III
Reading GroupA weekly study group covering Marx's Capital, Volume III, The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole. This work integrates and completes Marx's analysis, enabling us to understand and make sense of how the phenomena we see occurring on the surface of society are related to the underlying system of capitalism.
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Slavery and Capitalism: A Book Talk by David McNally
Recording available on YouTubeA video of this November 29, 2025, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel. A book talk by David McNally on Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. McNally ... Read more
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Marx’s Capital, Volume I – A Short Course on Capitalist Production
Online Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupHave you always wanted to study Marx’s Capital, Vol 1, and hesitated because of the time commitment to read the entire volume from start to finish? Join us for a 12-week study group covering key sections of the book.
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Hegel’s Preface to the ‘Phenomenology’
(ends on December 13) This eight-session course with Alex Steinberg concludes our ongoing studies of Hegel's mysterious work, The Phenomenology of Spirit. We will do a close reading of the ... Read more
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Slavery and Capitalism: A Reading Group
Online Event - Zoom MeetingJoin us for a nine-session reading group on David McNally's recently published Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. McNally's book presents a systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character ... Read more
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The Aesthetics of Resistance: Art and Fascism in the 1930s
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupJoin ongoing weekly sessions of the MEP Literature Group as we read together The Aesthetics of Resistance, the masterwork of German author Peter Weiss. This trilogy of historical novels opens ... Read more
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Adam Smith and ‘The Wealth of Nations’ Book 2
Online Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupRead and discuss the works of Adam Smith in this ongoing study group. The group is currently reading Book 2 of Smith's 'The Wealth of Nations', which takes up the nature and functioning of capital.
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Hegel for Radicals: The Philosophy of Right
Online Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupThe MEP’s recurring series Hegel for Radicals continues this Spring with a ten-session seminar on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. This work is a treatise on the meaning of freedom and the ... Read more
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‘Black History Is for Everyone’ with Brian Jones
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingLongtime educator Brian Jones explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are. In Black History Is ... Read more
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