BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Marxist Education Project - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Marxist Education Project X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://marxedproject.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Marxist Education Project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20220313T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20221106T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20230312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20231105T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20240310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20241103T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230618T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230618T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006591-1687086000-1687091400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-06-18/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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/New_York:20230613T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T143000 DTSTAMP:20230825T172657Z CREATED:20230419T155557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T172657Z UID:10007312-1686661200-1686666600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx in the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:An eight-week reading group centered on Kohei Saito’s newly published Marx in the Anthropocene: Toward the Idea of Degrowth Communism\, with side glances at Saito’s critics and further elaborations of the notion of “degrowth communism.” Saito’s book\, says Gareth Dale\, offers us “the next step in a transformation of our understanding of ‘Marx’s ecology.’ For his Marx\, human society arises from nature: it is simultaneously of it and against it\, in that humans are conscious of their relationship to nature and consciously shape it\, in a relationship that develops historically. The term that captures this is metabolism\, referring to humanity’s interaction with nature through social labor—a relationship that becomes increasingly riven the more it is subsumed under capital.” Through a close examination of Marx’s unpublished notes on natural science and anthropology from the 1870s\, Saito uncovers Marx’s late recognition that the productive forces “do not automatically prepare the material foundation for new post-capitalist society but rather exacerbate the robbery of nature.” Thus he presents us with a Marx who in his final years was effectively advocating “degrowth communism.” \nFacilitated by Fred Murphy\, who has led numerous MEP study groups on Marxism\, ecosocialism\, science and technology\, and Latin American history and politics. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/marx-anthropocene/2023-06-13/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Das Kapital,Ecosocialism,Engels,historical materialism,History,Marx,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Science and Technology,Socialism,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marx-Greenery2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006590-1686481200-1686486600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-06-11/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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/New_York:20230606T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T143000 DTSTAMP:20230825T172657Z CREATED:20230419T155557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T172657Z UID:10007311-1686056400-1686061800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx in the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:An eight-week reading group centered on Kohei Saito’s newly published Marx in the Anthropocene: Toward the Idea of Degrowth Communism\, with side glances at Saito’s critics and further elaborations of the notion of “degrowth communism.” Saito’s book\, says Gareth Dale\, offers us “the next step in a transformation of our understanding of ‘Marx’s ecology.’ For his Marx\, human society arises from nature: it is simultaneously of it and against it\, in that humans are conscious of their relationship to nature and consciously shape it\, in a relationship that develops historically. The term that captures this is metabolism\, referring to humanity’s interaction with nature through social labor—a relationship that becomes increasingly riven the more it is subsumed under capital.” Through a close examination of Marx’s unpublished notes on natural science and anthropology from the 1870s\, Saito uncovers Marx’s late recognition that the productive forces “do not automatically prepare the material foundation for new post-capitalist society but rather exacerbate the robbery of nature.” Thus he presents us with a Marx who in his final years was effectively advocating “degrowth communism.” \nFacilitated by Fred Murphy\, who has led numerous MEP study groups on Marxism\, ecosocialism\, science and technology\, and Latin American history and politics. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/marx-anthropocene/2023-06-06/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Das Kapital,Ecosocialism,Engels,historical materialism,History,Marx,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Science and Technology,Socialism,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marx-Greenery2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230604T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006589-1685876400-1685881800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-06-04/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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/New_York:20230530T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230530T143000 DTSTAMP:20230825T172657Z CREATED:20230419T155557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T172657Z UID:10007310-1685451600-1685457000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx in the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:An eight-week reading group centered on Kohei Saito’s newly published Marx in the Anthropocene: Toward the Idea of Degrowth Communism\, with side glances at Saito’s critics and further elaborations of the notion of “degrowth communism.” Saito’s book\, says Gareth Dale\, offers us “the next step in a transformation of our understanding of ‘Marx’s ecology.’ For his Marx\, human society arises from nature: it is simultaneously of it and against it\, in that humans are conscious of their relationship to nature and consciously shape it\, in a relationship that develops historically. The term that captures this is metabolism\, referring to humanity’s interaction with nature through social labor—a relationship that becomes increasingly riven the more it is subsumed under capital.” Through a close examination of Marx’s unpublished notes on natural science and anthropology from the 1870s\, Saito uncovers Marx’s late recognition that the productive forces “do not automatically prepare the material foundation for new post-capitalist society but rather exacerbate the robbery of nature.” Thus he presents us with a Marx who in his final years was effectively advocating “degrowth communism.” \nFacilitated by Fred Murphy\, who has led numerous MEP study groups on Marxism\, ecosocialism\, science and technology\, and Latin American history and politics. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/marx-anthropocene/2023-05-30/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Das Kapital,Ecosocialism,Engels,historical materialism,History,Marx,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Science and Technology,Socialism,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marx-Greenery2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230528T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230528T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006588-1685271600-1685277000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-05-28/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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/New_York:20230523T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T143000 DTSTAMP:20230825T172657Z CREATED:20230419T155557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T172657Z UID:10007309-1684846800-1684852200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx in the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:An eight-week reading group centered on Kohei Saito’s newly published Marx in the Anthropocene: Toward the Idea of Degrowth Communism\, with side glances at Saito’s critics and further elaborations of the notion of “degrowth communism.” Saito’s book\, says Gareth Dale\, offers us “the next step in a transformation of our understanding of ‘Marx’s ecology.’ For his Marx\, human society arises from nature: it is simultaneously of it and against it\, in that humans are conscious of their relationship to nature and consciously shape it\, in a relationship that develops historically. The term that captures this is metabolism\, referring to humanity’s interaction with nature through social labor—a relationship that becomes increasingly riven the more it is subsumed under capital.” Through a close examination of Marx’s unpublished notes on natural science and anthropology from the 1870s\, Saito uncovers Marx’s late recognition that the productive forces “do not automatically prepare the material foundation for new post-capitalist society but rather exacerbate the robbery of nature.” Thus he presents us with a Marx who in his final years was effectively advocating “degrowth communism.” \nFacilitated by Fred Murphy\, who has led numerous MEP study groups on Marxism\, ecosocialism\, science and technology\, and Latin American history and politics. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/marx-anthropocene/2023-05-23/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Das Kapital,Ecosocialism,Engels,historical materialism,History,Marx,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Science and Technology,Socialism,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marx-Greenery2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006587-1684666800-1684672200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-05-21/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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/New_York:20230516T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T143000 DTSTAMP:20230825T172657Z CREATED:20230419T155557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T172657Z UID:10007308-1684242000-1684247400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx in the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:An eight-week reading group centered on Kohei Saito’s newly published Marx in the Anthropocene: Toward the Idea of Degrowth Communism\, with side glances at Saito’s critics and further elaborations of the notion of “degrowth communism.” Saito’s book\, says Gareth Dale\, offers us “the next step in a transformation of our understanding of ‘Marx’s ecology.’ For his Marx\, human society arises from nature: it is simultaneously of it and against it\, in that humans are conscious of their relationship to nature and consciously shape it\, in a relationship that develops historically. The term that captures this is metabolism\, referring to humanity’s interaction with nature through social labor—a relationship that becomes increasingly riven the more it is subsumed under capital.” Through a close examination of Marx’s unpublished notes on natural science and anthropology from the 1870s\, Saito uncovers Marx’s late recognition that the productive forces “do not automatically prepare the material foundation for new post-capitalist society but rather exacerbate the robbery of nature.” Thus he presents us with a Marx who in his final years was effectively advocating “degrowth communism.” \nFacilitated by Fred Murphy\, who has led numerous MEP study groups on Marxism\, ecosocialism\, science and technology\, and Latin American history and politics. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/marx-anthropocene/2023-05-16/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Das Kapital,Ecosocialism,Engels,historical materialism,History,Marx,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Science and Technology,Socialism,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marx-Greenery2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230514T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230514T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006586-1684062000-1684067400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-05-14/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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:20230513T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230513T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007137-1683975600-1683982800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-05-13/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T143000 DTSTAMP:20230825T172657Z CREATED:20230419T155557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T172657Z UID:10007307-1683637200-1683642600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx in the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:An eight-week reading group centered on Kohei Saito’s newly published Marx in the Anthropocene: Toward the Idea of Degrowth Communism\, with side glances at Saito’s critics and further elaborations of the notion of “degrowth communism.” Saito’s book\, says Gareth Dale\, offers us “the next step in a transformation of our understanding of ‘Marx’s ecology.’ For his Marx\, human society arises from nature: it is simultaneously of it and against it\, in that humans are conscious of their relationship to nature and consciously shape it\, in a relationship that develops historically. The term that captures this is metabolism\, referring to humanity’s interaction with nature through social labor—a relationship that becomes increasingly riven the more it is subsumed under capital.” Through a close examination of Marx’s unpublished notes on natural science and anthropology from the 1870s\, Saito uncovers Marx’s late recognition that the productive forces “do not automatically prepare the material foundation for new post-capitalist society but rather exacerbate the robbery of nature.” Thus he presents us with a Marx who in his final years was effectively advocating “degrowth communism.” \nFacilitated by Fred Murphy\, who has led numerous MEP study groups on Marxism\, ecosocialism\, science and technology\, and Latin American history and politics. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/marx-anthropocene/2023-05-09/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Das Kapital,Ecosocialism,Engels,historical materialism,History,Marx,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Science and Technology,Socialism,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marx-Greenery2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006585-1683457200-1683462600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-05-07/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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:20230506T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230506T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007136-1683370800-1683378000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-05-06/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230430T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230430T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006584-1682852400-1682857800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-04-30/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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:20230429T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230429T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007135-1682766000-1682773200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-04-29/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T123000 DTSTAMP:20230402T142617Z CREATED:20230402T142430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T142617Z UID:10006583-1682247600-1682253000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Political Writings of Marx and Engels III DESCRIPTION: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. This third and final series takes up articles 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. \nAll readings are available in the Verso Press anthology Karl Marx: The Political Writings. These writings are also available from many other sources in book form and online. \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/political-writings-iii/2023-04-23/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Anarchism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,British Imperialism,Capital vs. Labor,China,Civil War,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,communism,Engels,England,France,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Intro to Marxism,Labor History,Marx,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Revolutions,Revolutions Study Group,Social Democracy,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:20230422T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230422T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007134-1682161200-1682168400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-04-22/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230415T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007133-1681556400-1681563600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-04-15/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230408T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230408T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007132-1680951600-1680958800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-04-08/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230402T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230402T153000 DTSTAMP:20230323T182706Z CREATED:20221209T231124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T182706Z UID:10007243-1680442200-1680449400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx's Capital\, Volume I DESCRIPTION:“Scornful neglect and intemperate hostility\, haughty dismissal…\, selective co-optation and … bowdlerization”: this is how Marcello Musto\, author of The Marx Revival\, describes responses to the ideas of Karl Marx by respectable pundits over the past century. To truly appreciate Marx’s thinking\, there is no substitute for a close reading of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy\, Marx’s sustained effort to describe and explain the origin and trajectory of modern society: of “capitalism\,” a system of production that now dominates the most remote corners of the globe. Marx was arguably the first writer on the subject to immerse himself not only in theories of political economy but in concrete economic and sociological data (such as it was at the time). The study of Capital is at the core of the Marxist Education Project. \nParticipants in this class will closely read and discuss Marx’s Capital\, volume 1\, guided by Lisa Maya Knauer and other experienced students of Marx from the MEP. We will use a hybrid approach to cover the entire book. For key chapters or sections\, we will do a line-by-line reading with commentary and occasional supplemental materials. Participants will read other sections on their own\, and we will summarize and discuss when we meet. The course is offered in 11-week segments\, recurring until we have read the entire book (however long that takes). \nLisa Maya Knauer has been involved with Marxist education in New York for her entire adult life\, and has taught a variety of classes at the MEP and its predecessors. Her current activist work focuses on immigrant workers’ rights and indigenous struggles for land and water. In her day job\, she is a tenured radical at a public university. \n  \nReview the MEP’s Privacy Policy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/reading-marxs-capital-volume-i/2023-04-02/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Class,Classes/Events,Crisis,Das Kapital,Enclosures,England,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Labor Process,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Modernity,Money,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Social Reproduction,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Banksy-Capitalism-edit.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230401T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230401T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007131-1680346800-1680354000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-04-01/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230326T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230326T153000 DTSTAMP:20230323T182706Z CREATED:20221209T231124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T182706Z UID:10007242-1679837400-1679844600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx's Capital\, Volume I DESCRIPTION:“Scornful neglect and intemperate hostility\, haughty dismissal…\, selective co-optation and … bowdlerization”: this is how Marcello Musto\, author of The Marx Revival\, describes responses to the ideas of Karl Marx by respectable pundits over the past century. To truly appreciate Marx’s thinking\, there is no substitute for a close reading of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy\, Marx’s sustained effort to describe and explain the origin and trajectory of modern society: of “capitalism\,” a system of production that now dominates the most remote corners of the globe. Marx was arguably the first writer on the subject to immerse himself not only in theories of political economy but in concrete economic and sociological data (such as it was at the time). The study of Capital is at the core of the Marxist Education Project. \nParticipants in this class will closely read and discuss Marx’s Capital\, volume 1\, guided by Lisa Maya Knauer and other experienced students of Marx from the MEP. We will use a hybrid approach to cover the entire book. For key chapters or sections\, we will do a line-by-line reading with commentary and occasional supplemental materials. Participants will read other sections on their own\, and we will summarize and discuss when we meet. The course is offered in 11-week segments\, recurring until we have read the entire book (however long that takes). \nLisa Maya Knauer has been involved with Marxist education in New York for her entire adult life\, and has taught a variety of classes at the MEP and its predecessors. Her current activist work focuses on immigrant workers’ rights and indigenous struggles for land and water. In her day job\, she is a tenured radical at a public university. \n  \nReview the MEP’s Privacy Policy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/reading-marxs-capital-volume-i/2023-03-26/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Class,Classes/Events,Crisis,Das Kapital,Enclosures,England,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Labor Process,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Modernity,Money,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Social Reproduction,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Banksy-Capitalism-edit.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230325T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230325T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007130-1679742000-1679749200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-03-25/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230319T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230319T153000 DTSTAMP:20230323T182706Z CREATED:20221209T231124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T182706Z UID:10007241-1679232600-1679239800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx's Capital\, Volume I DESCRIPTION:“Scornful neglect and intemperate hostility\, haughty dismissal…\, selective co-optation and … bowdlerization”: this is how Marcello Musto\, author of The Marx Revival\, describes responses to the ideas of Karl Marx by respectable pundits over the past century. To truly appreciate Marx’s thinking\, there is no substitute for a close reading of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy\, Marx’s sustained effort to describe and explain the origin and trajectory of modern society: of “capitalism\,” a system of production that now dominates the most remote corners of the globe. Marx was arguably the first writer on the subject to immerse himself not only in theories of political economy but in concrete economic and sociological data (such as it was at the time). The study of Capital is at the core of the Marxist Education Project. \nParticipants in this class will closely read and discuss Marx’s Capital\, volume 1\, guided by Lisa Maya Knauer and other experienced students of Marx from the MEP. We will use a hybrid approach to cover the entire book. For key chapters or sections\, we will do a line-by-line reading with commentary and occasional supplemental materials. Participants will read other sections on their own\, and we will summarize and discuss when we meet. The course is offered in 11-week segments\, recurring until we have read the entire book (however long that takes). \nLisa Maya Knauer has been involved with Marxist education in New York for her entire adult life\, and has taught a variety of classes at the MEP and its predecessors. Her current activist work focuses on immigrant workers’ rights and indigenous struggles for land and water. In her day job\, she is a tenured radical at a public university. \n  \nReview the MEP’s Privacy Policy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/reading-marxs-capital-volume-i/2023-03-19/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Class,Classes/Events,Crisis,Das Kapital,Enclosures,England,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Labor Process,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Modernity,Money,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Social Reproduction,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Banksy-Capitalism-edit.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230318T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007129-1679137200-1679144400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-03-18/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230312T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230312T153000 DTSTAMP:20230323T182706Z CREATED:20221209T231124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T182706Z UID:10007240-1678627800-1678635000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx's Capital\, Volume I DESCRIPTION:“Scornful neglect and intemperate hostility\, haughty dismissal…\, selective co-optation and … bowdlerization”: this is how Marcello Musto\, author of The Marx Revival\, describes responses to the ideas of Karl Marx by respectable pundits over the past century. To truly appreciate Marx’s thinking\, there is no substitute for a close reading of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy\, Marx’s sustained effort to describe and explain the origin and trajectory of modern society: of “capitalism\,” a system of production that now dominates the most remote corners of the globe. Marx was arguably the first writer on the subject to immerse himself not only in theories of political economy but in concrete economic and sociological data (such as it was at the time). The study of Capital is at the core of the Marxist Education Project. \nParticipants in this class will closely read and discuss Marx’s Capital\, volume 1\, guided by Lisa Maya Knauer and other experienced students of Marx from the MEP. We will use a hybrid approach to cover the entire book. For key chapters or sections\, we will do a line-by-line reading with commentary and occasional supplemental materials. Participants will read other sections on their own\, and we will summarize and discuss when we meet. The course is offered in 11-week segments\, recurring until we have read the entire book (however long that takes). \nLisa Maya Knauer has been involved with Marxist education in New York for her entire adult life\, and has taught a variety of classes at the MEP and its predecessors. Her current activist work focuses on immigrant workers’ rights and indigenous struggles for land and water. In her day job\, she is a tenured radical at a public university. \n  \nReview the MEP’s Privacy Policy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/reading-marxs-capital-volume-i/2023-03-12/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Class,Classes/Events,Crisis,Das Kapital,Enclosures,England,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Labor Process,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Modernity,Money,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Social Reproduction,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Banksy-Capitalism-edit.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230311T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230311T130000 DTSTAMP:20230109T195246Z CREATED:20220403T022414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T195246Z UID:10007128-1678532400-1678539600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Marx's Grundrisse: Notebook VII DESCRIPTION:“Forces of production and social relations – two different sides of the development of the social individual – appear to capital as mere means\, and are merely means for it to produce on its limited foundation. In fact\, however\, they are the material conditions to blow this foundation sky-high…” —Karl Marx\, Grundrisse \nKarl Marx developed his foundational thought and research for Capital in the notes of 1857-58\, published posthumously as the Grundrisse (approximately translated as “rough draft”). Written during the first global economic crisis but undiscovered for nearly 50 years\, only a few copies reached the West from a limited 1939-40 USSR edition. The work was finally published in English in 1973 as Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. \n“The enormous manuscript should be taken for what it is: a frenetic\, and genial\, intellectual note-taking…. The Grundrisse can be seen as a veritable ‘laboratory’ in which we can observe Marx in the very process of unfolding his dialectical investigation of the movement of capitalist social and economic forms. It is thus an ideal text for stimulating a discussion about the articulation and development of the Marxian critique of political economy.”  —Ricardo Bellofiore et al.\, In Marx’s Laboratory \nWe meet weekly to conduct a careful\, page by page reading of the text\, with a view to understanding the concepts that evolve within it. During the winter and spring 2023 we will be reading the final notebook\, number VII\, which begins with the widely discussed “Fragment on Machines.” \nThe MEP’s CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP have been reading together for six years. Newcomers are encouraged to join – prior knowledge of Capital and related works is helpful but not required. A complete video archive of prior Grundrisse sessions is available for review by participants. For more information email info@marxedproject.org \n  \n  \n  URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/grundrisse-notebook7/2023-03-11/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Alienation,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Crisis,Critical Theory,Das Kapital,Grundrisse,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Money,Multi-session Classes,Science and Method,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/machinery.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230305T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230305T153000 DTSTAMP:20230323T182706Z CREATED:20221209T231124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T182706Z UID:10007239-1678023000-1678030200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Reading Marx's Capital\, Volume I DESCRIPTION:“Scornful neglect and intemperate hostility\, haughty dismissal…\, selective co-optation and … bowdlerization”: this is how Marcello Musto\, author of The Marx Revival\, describes responses to the ideas of Karl Marx by respectable pundits over the past century. To truly appreciate Marx’s thinking\, there is no substitute for a close reading of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy\, Marx’s sustained effort to describe and explain the origin and trajectory of modern society: of “capitalism\,” a system of production that now dominates the most remote corners of the globe. Marx was arguably the first writer on the subject to immerse himself not only in theories of political economy but in concrete economic and sociological data (such as it was at the time). The study of Capital is at the core of the Marxist Education Project. \nParticipants in this class will closely read and discuss Marx’s Capital\, volume 1\, guided by Lisa Maya Knauer and other experienced students of Marx from the MEP. We will use a hybrid approach to cover the entire book. For key chapters or sections\, we will do a line-by-line reading with commentary and occasional supplemental materials. Participants will read other sections on their own\, and we will summarize and discuss when we meet. The course is offered in 11-week segments\, recurring until we have read the entire book (however long that takes). \nLisa Maya Knauer has been involved with Marxist education in New York for her entire adult life\, and has taught a variety of classes at the MEP and its predecessors. Her current activist work focuses on immigrant workers’ rights and indigenous struggles for land and water. In her day job\, she is a tenured radical at a public university. \n  \nReview the MEP’s Privacy Policy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/reading-marxs-capital-volume-i/2023-03-05/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Capital Studies,Class,Classes/Events,Crisis,Das Kapital,Enclosures,England,historical materialism,Intro to Marxism,Labor Process,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Modernity,Money,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Science and Method,Social Reproduction,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Banksy-Capitalism-edit.png ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR