AI versus Labor: Luddism and Beyond
Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants8 weekly sessions starting Oct 1. Is Artificial Intelligence (AI, sic) really the dire threat to the future of humanity as even some of its proponents claim, or is it a more mundane and familiar threat to working people who face loss of their livelihoods and/or further speed-up and alienation? The entire history of industrial capitalism is punctuated by recurring waves of automation to reduce labor costs and turnover time, each time provoking strong resistance by the affected workforce. This reading group will probe the history both of AI and computer technology specifically and of working-class resistance to capitalist automation in general.
Historical Roots of American Fascism and Political Strategy Today
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYThe Political Strategy reading group will take a sweeping look at the history and political significance of six major waves of struggle and counter-revolution in the United States, from the ... Read more
A Prime Competitor: Understanding Amazon’s Market Power
Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participantsStephen Maher and Scott Aquanno present an innovative analysis of Amazon's market power, drawing on major themes from Marx's Capital, volume 2. In a recent contribution published by Canada's Socialist Project, they challenge understandings of "monopoly" common in mainstream economics as well as among sections of the left.
Annual Pass
This pass constitutes an annual donation to help sustain the Marxist Education Project's classes and events during an entire year from the month of purchase. (For example, a pass purchased on October 7, 2024, will be valid until October 31, 2025.)
Reading Science Fiction Politically: Envision the Future We Seek
Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participants"To build a better future, we have to envision it first." Reading science fiction, discussing it together, and reading it politically, offers one tool for "envisioning" a future worth building. This fall, we continue our explorations of diverse points of view of social conflict and resolution, possible and imagined just worlds, here on Earth and perhaps afar.