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 ... 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 ... 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...
It’s Not Over: Lessons from the Socialist Experiment
The book’s historical focus is on the Russian Revolution, the failed German Revolution, the early years of the Soviet Union, the Prague Spring, the Sandinista Revolution and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Crossing Borders: Novels and other writing on the Southwest Borderlands
Each Thursday we will look at the continually contested terrain and the peoples on both sides of the borders of the U.S. and Mexico,
Some Reflections On The Russian Revolution
We expect to focus on issues of cognitive dissonance in the early years after the Russian Revolution: the impotence of democratic reformism when an old regime disintegrates; the grinding of revolutionary ideals by the realities of civil war and economic collapse; and the heroism of revolutionary optimism in the face of savage resistance. Discussion with three important films during the five week session.
Left Noir 3: “You Talkin’ To Me?”
Cops, Corruption and Capitalism in Crime Fiction: Do police exist solely to enforce order for the ruling capitalist powers and ensure their continual domination?
Solidarity Without Borders
Borderlands Studies: These four essential themes of our times will be discussed: the diversity of new migrant political actors; solidarity and new alliances across borders; avoiding misplaced alliances; and spaces of resistance.
James Connolly Songs of Freedom
From the publication of Songs of Freedom in 1907 to the declaration of the Irish Republic on the steps of the General Post Office in Dublin 1916, Connolly's vision was a beacon in the struggle for liberation. Using Connolly's own songs along with others made famous in Ireland's fight for independence, Callahan and Moore perform a spirited tribute to the rebels of Easter Week.
When Droplets Become Rain
WHEN DROPLETS BECOME RAIN is a celebration of collective values and organization, and offers a message of hope through popular mobilization and love for living beings and mother earth, as summarized in the title.
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit is generally considered the first exposition of and an introduction to Hegel's later work, what is often referred to as Hegel's “system.” Thus, knowledge of the Phenomenology is indispensable for anyone interested in today's world.