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Small Is Necessary

New Perspectives Theatre 456-458 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

This new book advocates not only for smaller dwellings in compact settlements but for shared spaces and facilities. Anitra presents a range of practical options from co-living in a household to co-housing and eco-villages. DUE TO A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION, THIS IS NOW A FREE EVENT!

Free
Event Series Styron’s Confessions of Nat Turner

Styron’s Confessions of Nat Turner

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

In Styron's novel and in the response from 10 African-American writers, numerous questions concerning race, class, the rendering of historical presentation, claims on sectors of our shared history, etc. are raised. We will discuss as many of these questions as possible including having a careful read of James Baldwin’s essay concerning the work and subsequent controversy.

$45 – $65
Event Series The Political Economy of Money and Finance

The Political Economy of Money and Finance

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

This reading group will undertake a close reading (over 10 weeks) of Costas Lapavitsas and Makoto Itoh’s book Political Economy of Money and Finance. The book attempts to offer a systematic theoretical examination of money and finance by re-examining the classical foundations of political economy and the creator of money and assessing all of the important theoretical schools since then, including Marxist, Keynesian, post-Keynesian and monetarist thinkers.

$95 – $125

Event Series The Chinese Revolution: 1930-1949

The Chinese Revolution: 1930-1949

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

We begin with the Chinese Revolution in 1930, after the nationalist party led by Chiang Kai Shek turned on the mass movement, slaughtered militant workers and peasants, and declared war on Communists. After the war, the struggle between the armies of Chiang Kai Shek and the Communists resumed, ending with Chiang's fleeing to Taiwan and the final victory of the Communist army in 1949.

$95 – $125

Climate Leviathan

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

How will anthropogenic climate disruption transform alter the world’s basic political arrangements? In their new book Climate Leviathan, Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright warn that global warming will push capitalist elites toward an authoritarian imposition of “planetary sovereignty” to confront the crisis.

$35 – $55
Event Series The Political Economy of Money and Finance

The Political Economy of Money and Finance

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

This reading group will undertake a close reading (over 10 weeks) of Costas Lapavitsas and Makoto Itoh’s book Political Economy of Money and Finance. The book attempts to offer a systematic theoretical examination of money and finance by re-examining the classical foundations of political economy and the creator of money and assessing all of the important theoretical schools since then, including Marxist, Keynesian, post-Keynesian and monetarist thinkers.

$95 – $125
Event Series Capital, Volume I

Capital, Volume I

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity, intertwined with growing inequality and misery, alienation, stunting of human potential, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way, Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments.

$95 – $125
Event Series The Chinese Revolution: 1930-1949

The Chinese Revolution: 1930-1949

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

We begin with the Chinese Revolution in 1930, after the nationalist party led by Chiang Kai Shek turned on the mass movement, slaughtered militant workers and peasants, and declared war on Communists. After the war, the struggle between the armies of Chiang Kai Shek and the Communists resumed, ending with Chiang's fleeing to Taiwan and the final victory of the Communist army in 1949.

$95 – $125

Nicaragua in Crisis

St Peters Church 619 Lexington Avenue, New York

What is the source of Nicaragua’s crisis today? And what are the roots of the problem in the experience of the last forty years? What stand should progressive Americans take on the Nicaraguan crisis?

Free
Event Series Capital, Volume I

Capital, Volume I

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity, intertwined with growing inequality and misery, alienation, stunting of human potential, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way, Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments.

$95 – $125

Fighting for Space

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompting many to rethink the war on drugs. There were more than 60,000 opiod overdose deaths in the United States in 2016—an annual death toll that increases yearly. This is mass murder. While deaths across the continent continue to climb, Travis Lupick’s work explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of a city’s response to the drug crisis.

Free – $15
Event Series Capital, Volume I

Capital, Volume I

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity, intertwined with growing inequality and misery, alienation, stunting of human potential, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way, Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments.

$95 – $125

Capital’s 21st Century Endgame

On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NY

The conditions capital is making for all life on earth is playing out like a science fiction endgame. An international movement with profound social force that absolutely brings an end to this game is imperative. This critical reading/study is a beginning. Other related sessions will happen over the next few years.

$95 – $125