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Adam Smith and ‘The Wealth of Nations’ Book 2
Online Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupRead and discuss the works of Adam Smith in this ongoing study group. The group is currently reading Book 3 of Smith's 'The Wealth of Nations'.
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Antonio Gramsci Studies: 2026 Series
Online Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupThe ongoing 2026 Gramsci Study Sessions meet on Sundays at 11 am ET. We are reading and exploring 'Selections from the Prison Notebooks', 'Selections from Cultural Writings', 'Selections from Political Writings', and Gramsci’s writings on international politics, as they relate to contemporary issues and conflicts.
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Marx and the Body with Søren Mau
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingIn this talk, Søren Mau will argue that Marx's writings on the body have been underestimated and that a critical reconstruction of his analysis contains the basis for a theory ... Read more
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A People’s Guide to Capitalism
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupSummer introductory sessions on the political economy of capitalism: In ten weekly sessions starting June 8, we will read and discuss Hadas Thier's A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics. This work offers a lively, accessible, and timely guide for those who want to understand, dismantle, and replace the world of the 1%.
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Planetary Crises: ‘Metabolic Rifts’
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupThe MEP's Ecosocialist Study Group welcomes new participants as we read and discuss a range of important new works on the science and politics of the climate emergency, the nature of economic and ecological crises, and related topics. We are moving to a monthly format and will be covering one book each month. At our next session on June 24 we will discuss Metabolic Rifts by Ian Angus.
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Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingA panel celebrating the 2026 edition of Socialist Register. The newly published 2026 volume of Socialist Register - entitled "Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins" - interrogates anew the notion that global capitalism is in its end time (a recurring theme among Marxists since 1848). At the heart of this concept are indications that capital accumulation is running up against some inherent limits. just as the hucksters of private capital are crowing that so-called Artificial Intelligence will usher in a capitalist utopia of unlimited prosperity (for whom?).
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Reading Science Fiction Politically – Midterms Edition
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupNext on June 29, 5-6:30 pm ET Reading Science Fiction Politically, Midterms edition explores climate crisis, artificial intelligence in politics, a reawakened Klan, and more by way of four recent ... Read more
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Porn & Gambling with Dennis Broe
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingNovelist and film critic Dennis Broe takes a critical look at the pornography and gambling industries - the new bread and circuses, only without the bread. With the American empire ... Read more
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Monthly Literature Group: Hammett’s ‘The Glass Key’
Online Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupThe MEP Literature Group's new monthly series meets on or about the last Saturday of each month. Our July selection is 'The Glass Key' by Dashiell Hammett - a scathing description of small-town corruption.
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