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Event Series Degenerate!: Art and the State

Degenerate!: Art and the State

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

...we travel to postwar America, where the elites also held that art should fulfill an ideological (if not overtly political) function, but were politically compelled to denigrate both Nazi and now Soviet control over culture. The CIA worked alongside corporations to install “corporate” non-partisan, inoffensive art that celebrated the individual (i.e. capitalist and not communist) and denigrated anything containing possible, even hinted at, socialist leanings. Abstraction, particularly Abstract Expressionism became their rallying cry.

$75 – $95
Event Series The Universe: Past, Present, Future

The Universe: Past, Present, Future

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

This class is for all who desire to explore together the mysteries and fascinations of our universe. No prior knowledge of astrophysics or mathematics is required. Together we will get to the bottom of a number of concepts that are widely discussed but poorly understood.

$95 – $125
Event Series Revolution in China: 1911-1949

Revolution in China: 1911-1949

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

Of 20th-century revolutions, the upheaval in China that culminated in the declaration in 1949 of the People’s Republic was arguably just as significant as the Russian Revolution of 1917. Beginning this January, the Revolutions Reading Group undertakes an in-depth study of that 40-year struggle, from the overthrow of the monarchy in 1911 to the victory of the Communist Party after World War II.

$85 – $115
Event Series Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, Climate Fiction

Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, Climate Fiction

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

This study group will examine the dire situations ordinary people confront as climate change and related crises accelerate, and the struggles for climate and environmental justice that are arising to meet these challenges. We will look at such cases as Puerto Rico (Irma-Maria), New York (Sandy), and the Mideast (drought, wars, refugees), through lenses provided by Ashley Dawson, Christian Parenti, and others.

$85 – $115
Event Series B. Traven’s Jungle Novels

B. Traven’s Jungle Novels

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

Traven’s purpose in the Jungle Novels is to describe the conditions of a people who are ripe for change, and to trace the beginnings of how consciousness changes and sometimes leads to revolt.

$95 – $125

Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason, Part 2

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

From the book: “...a potential tendency for capital in searching to maximise its monetary profit to be drawn to invest in areas that produce no value or surplus value at all. Taken to extremes, either of these tendencies could be fatal to the reproduction of capital. In combination, and the contemporary evidence is that both trends are discernible, they could be catastrophic” (Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason, David Harvey, Oxford University Press, p.105).

$30 – $60
Event Series A People’s History of the World

A People’s History of the World

Orchard Street, Newark, NJ classroom Orchard Street, Newark, NJ, United States

Convened by Branden Rippey Downtown Newark on Orchard Street Using A People’s History of the World by Chris Harman, this course will study the broad trends in the history of our world, from early human civilization to today. We will complete the book during this term, covering events from 1750 through our present day. The ... Read more

$60 – $80

Politics of the Unconscious and Surrealist Brunch

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

Over brunch, discover some of the grotesque dances by Valeska Gert (Weimar Era), and dance-theater of Pina Bausch and Mats Ek (1970s-80s). Dada and surrealism will not be left behind. We will explore how the aesthetic de-hierarchicalization and commodity culture inform our practices as witnesses and witnessed art makers.

$8 – $12
Event Series Degenerate!: Art and the State

Degenerate!: Art and the State

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

...we travel to postwar America, where the elites also held that art should fulfill an ideological (if not overtly political) function, but were politically compelled to denigrate both Nazi and now Soviet control over culture. The CIA worked alongside corporations to install “corporate” non-partisan, inoffensive art that celebrated the individual (i.e. capitalist and not communist) and denigrated anything containing possible, even hinted at, socialist leanings. Abstraction, particularly Abstract Expressionism became their rallying cry.

$75 – $95
Event Series The Universe: Past, Present, Future

The Universe: Past, Present, Future

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

This class is for all who desire to explore together the mysteries and fascinations of our universe. No prior knowledge of astrophysics or mathematics is required. Together we will get to the bottom of a number of concepts that are widely discussed but poorly understood.

$95 – $125
Event Series Revolution in China: 1911-1949

Revolution in China: 1911-1949

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

Of 20th-century revolutions, the upheaval in China that culminated in the declaration in 1949 of the People’s Republic was arguably just as significant as the Russian Revolution of 1917. Beginning this January, the Revolutions Reading Group undertakes an in-depth study of that 40-year struggle, from the overthrow of the monarchy in 1911 to the victory of the Communist Party after World War II.

$85 – $115

Highlights of Marx’s Capital, Volume 1

2067 Broadway between 71st and 72nd Streets, New York, NY, United States

The course provides a basic grounding for participants to pursue further study on their own or collectively. We’ll refer to new resources such as on-line and visual aids and current articles that illustrate capitalism’s developmental tendencies, which Marx calls its laws of motion. This highlights class is for women only. Everyone who identifies as a woman is welcome.

$85 – $115
Event Series Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, Climate Fiction

Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, Climate Fiction

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

This study group will examine the dire situations ordinary people confront as climate change and related crises accelerate, and the struggles for climate and environmental justice that are arising to meet these challenges. We will look at such cases as Puerto Rico (Irma-Maria), New York (Sandy), and the Mideast (drought, wars, refugees), through lenses provided by Ashley Dawson, Christian Parenti, and others.

$85 – $115