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  • Adam Smith and ‘The Wealth of Nations’ Book 2

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    Read 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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  • Social Reproduction Theory with Lisa Maya Knauer

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    Karl Marx only sketched the concept of social reproduction in very broad terms, but it was taken up and expanded upon by Marxist and radical feminists, starting in the 1970s and 1980s. They argued that women’s oppression under capitalism is linked to their role in social (as well as biological) reproduction. This reading group will look at one of the germinal texts of social reproduction theory: Lise Vogel’s groundbreaking 1983 work, Marxism and the Oppression of Women.

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  • Antonio Gramsci Studies: 2026 Series

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    The continuing 2026 Gramsci Study Sessions meets Sundays at 11 am ET and will read and explore from: Selections from the Prison Notebooks Selections from Cultural Writings Selections from Political ... Read more

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  • Marxist Psychology: Vygotsky’s Cultural-Historical Theory

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    A six-week workshop with Carl Ratner, in which we will seek to solve the riddle Marx posed in his first thesis on Feuerbach: "in contradistinction to materialism, the active side was developed abstractly by idealism – which, of course, does not know real, sensuous activity as such." Exploring a materialist theory of subjectivity which does know sensuous activity, we will see how historical materialism can be extended to reveal how it is compatible with psychology and how human psychology is itself a historical-materialist phenomenon.

  • Marx’s Capital, Vol. II – On the Circulation of Capital

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    An 8-session study group covering Marx's Capital, Volume II, The Process of Circulation of Capital. Marx addresses the question: How can the reproduction of society as a whole take place, if there is no conscious social planning that ensures that all needs are met, in the necessary proportions, such that life can persist and the capitalist relations of production be sustained? We discover the answer, but we also learn of new contradictions and sources of crisis inherent to capitalist society.

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  • Thea Riofrancos, 'Extractions'

    Extraction: A Book Talk with Author Thea Riofrancos

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    Thea Riofrancos, author of 'Extractions,' unpacks the challenges of "green capitalism" through the lens of lithium, a so-called "critical mineral" essential for its role in decarbonizing one of the most polluting sectors: transportation.

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  • Hegel for Radicals: The Philosophy of Right

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    The 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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