Pandemics and Capital
Events
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Disputing the Deluge with Darko Suvin joined by Editor Hugh O’Connell and special guests
Online Event - Zoom MeetingDarko Suvin’s writings from the early 2000s investigate the function of literary genres and reconsider the relationship between science fiction and fantasy, the essays collected here highlight the value of science fiction for grappling with the key events and transformations of recent years. Suvin’s interrogations show how speculative fiction has responded to 9/11, the global war on terror, the 2008economic collapse, and the rise of conservative populism, along with contemporary critical utopian analyses of the Capitalocene, the climate crisis,COVID19, and the decline of democracy. This collection allows new generations of students and scholars to engage directly with his work and its continuing importance and timeliness.
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Global Political Struggles of the Working Class
The Double Consciousness of Capital with author DAVID HARVEY
Social Sources of Political Polarization in Russia with authors ILYA MATVEEV and OLEG ZHURAVLEV
The Far Right, Corporate Power, and Social Struggles in Brazil with authors VIRGINIA FONTES, ANA GARCIA and REJANE HOEVELER$3 – $11 -
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Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic
FeaturedVideo available: https://youtu.be/FlJYh3VDWNU
William I. Robinson's new book Global Civil War provides a big-picture account of how the coronavirus pandemic and new digital technologies have drastically transformed capitalism and the entire global economy and society. Analyzing the concentration of power and control in the hands of corporate conglomerates, tech giants, megabanks, and the military-industrial complex, the book documents the extent of unprecedented global inequalities as the mass of humanity faces violent dispossession and uncertain survival. The book issues a dire warning against the emergence of a dystopic digitalized dictatorship but also finds great hope and inspiration in the burgeoning social movements of the poor and the dispossessed as humanity descends into global civil war.$5.00 – $12 -
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Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
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Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
Mutant Ecologies in the Age of Genomic Capital
Online Event - Zoom MeetingIn their new book Mutant Ecologies: Manufacturing Life in the Age of Genomic Capital, Erica Borg and Amedeo Policante assess recent developments in genomic science, genome editing and the biotech industry, presenting a critical cartography of the shifting landscapes of capital accumulation conjured by such innovations. Discussants: Ariel Salleh and Stuart Newman.
Free – $12.00 -
Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
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Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
Reading Mike Davis: Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Online Event - Zoom MeetingA 10-week series of readings to commemorate, celebrate, and learn from the ecological/Marxist works of Mike Davis (1946-2022).
Free – $90.00 -
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Animals, Capitalism, Marxism: A Conversation
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingDinesh Joseph Wadiwel and Alex Blanchette explore the potential and limits of Marxist theory for addressing the roles and fates of nonhuman animals, as well as ways to connect anticapitalist struggles to animal liberation and environmental justice. Wadiwel is the author of Animals and Capital and Blanchette is the author of Porkopolis: American Animality, Standardized Life, and the Factory Farm.
Free – $12.00