István Mészáros’ The Challenge & Burden of Historical Time
Capital cannot tolerate any limitations to its own mode of social metabolic reproduction...not even when the devastating consequences are already glaringly obvious both in the field of production and on the terrain of the ecology. The only modality of time in which capital can be interested is exploitable labor time.
Hegel’s Philosophy of History (1837)
Marx and Engels's own theory of historical materialism was explicitly developed in opposition to Hegel's theory of history.
Hillary Clinton: Born Again Progressive or Architect of Empire?
Doug notes of her review of a book by Henry Kissinger,
he praised his “breadth and acuity” and described him as “a friend,” on whose “counsel” she relied while Secretary of State. Her appreciation of her predecessor seems apt. There’s something reminiscent of Kissinger about Hillary – the ruthlessness, the admiration of toughness and force, the penchant for deception and secrecy, the view of diplomacy as war continued by other means.
Family, Welfare, and the State: Between Progressivism and the New Deal
“Family, Welfare, and The State leaves no doubt that the New Deal was not only the last resort to save capitalism from the danger of working class revolution, but was also in essence a productivity deal that was structured to maintain a patriarchal and racist order.” —Silvia Federici, from the Preface
It’s Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment
This history lives through the words and actions of the men and women who made these revolutions, and the everyday experiences of the millions of people who put new revolutionary ideas into practice under the pressures of enormous internal and external forces.
On Rebel Friendships and Affinity Groups
Benjamin Shepard explores the way friendship infuses social movements with the social capital necessary to move bodies of ideas forward...offering a new take on the ties between friends who are connected through affinity and efforts aimed at social change.
Oil, War and Value Creation: A Marxist Perspective
Understanding the petroleum industry is necessary for any anti-capitalist project. This is the purpose of the course.
What Is Capitalism?
...if we don’t define what capitalism is then what does it means to be ”anti-capitalist”? Don’t we first have to know what something is to know what it is we’re against? Otherwise, how can we ever know if the movement we’re building is based on strategies, tactics, issues and demands that, even if successful, will actually move us beyond capitalism instead of once again simply reinforcing its rule?
Paget Henry’s 70th Year: A Symposium and Celebration
Organized by The Caribbean Philosophical Association Co-sponsors: The Caribbean Philosophical Association and The Marxist Education Project Special tributes by: Donna Edmonds Mitchell First Nation activist, community scholar, poet and creative artist Elaine Olaoye Professor and poet Participants Include: Linda Alcoff, Philosophy, Hunter College & CUNY Karida Brown, Sociology, Brown University Drucilla Cornell, Political Science and ... Read more
Marxism, Science and the Anthropocene
This group will read and discuss classic and contemporary works in the Marxist tradition that address the nexus of capitalism, science, nature, and climate change.
Greece at the Crossroads
The landslide victory of the NO promised a historic confrontation with the EU and the capitalist system in general. But Prime Minister Tsipras overnight repudiated the results of the referendum and negotiated the most onerous agreement yet with the EU. The year ended with a series of general strikes against the Syriza government. Those actions continue in the new year.
Resistance and Solidarity Across the US-Mexican Border
This event will provide essential background information for those who will participate in the Crossing Borders reading group which begins on Thursday, April 28
Spring and Summer Book, Poster and Print Fair
Join AK Press, Autonomedia, Common Notions, Haymarket Books, Interference Archive/Just Seeds, OR Books, PM Press, Verso Books, Zero Books and more to be announced. An opportunity to see many of the new offerings from a wide range of left publishing. For brief moments during the day, there will be readings from selected texts. Food and drink ... Read more
Abe and Julia: Honor and Survival During Hoover’s Reign
Kotelchuck reveals his parents as “persons of great moral courage” who “refused to change their views in the face of governmental persecution.” He also reveals Hoover’s FBI as using dirty tricks, forgeries, illegal wiretaps, and intimidation while “hounding . . . domestic opponents of U.S. policies during the Cold War period, often illegally...