Day 3, Session 2—Beyond Bernie: The Crisis of Labor & The Left in the United States
What are the prospects and possibilities for independent working class politics in the wake of the Sanders campaign?
Day 3, Session 3: Prometheus in Ruins? Uses and Abuses of the Hero Who Stole Fire
This talk will trace the history of Promethean ideology, beginning with the Godwin/Malthus debates of the 1790s, through its current revival within certain precincts of the left, particularly as it intersects with the ecological crisis and Anthropocene theory today.
Day 3, Session 4—Logistics, Capitalist Circulation, Chokepoints with Charmaine Chua
Can we understand the highway takeover, the port blockade, and the storefront die-in as connected instances of disruption, revealing an arena of struggle that capital’s turn to accumulation through logistical circulation has made available? What do they teach us about the possibilities of disrupting capital’s circuits as a whole? In short, why occupy chokepoints, and why now?
Day 3, Session 5—Devils & Dust: Resisting War in New York, the Pacific, & the Middle East
As capital powers vie for access to ocean routes for trade and military surveillance, peoples of the numerous sectors of the Pacific and Indian Oceans are joining in resistance against the rush to warfare and continuation of war throughout the Middle East.
Day 4, Session 1—It’s Not Over: Lessons for Socialists with Pete Dolack
That the results of uprisings as diverse as the October Revolution, the Prague Spring and the Sandinista Revolution did not meet the revolutionaries’ expectations is a tragedy that requires explanation, but does not require us to deem those revolutionaries as failures.
Day 4, Session 2—Labor in the Global Digital Economy: Ursula Huws
This presentation will tie together disparate economic, cultural, and political phenomena of our last few decades to form a provocative narrative about the shape of the global capitalist economy at present. Ursula will examine the way that advanced information and communications technology has opened up new fields of capital accumulation...
Day 4, Session 3—Sexuality, Gender and Globalization
What role do sex and desire — some of the most intimate aspects of our lives — play in the emergence and evolution of capitalism, and how are they in turn shaped by capital?
Day 4, Session 4—Approaching Science from the Left
This panel aims to open a conversation among scholars and activists about how scientific knowledge and practice can help point the way forward, as well as about how science is abused in efforts to preserve and extend capitalist power over labor and resources.
Ecology, Justice and Revolution in Pope Francis’s ‘Laudato Si’”
We will undertake a close reading of “Laudato Si” supplemented by selected readings in liberation theology, the movement from the Global South combining Christian principles and Marxist praxis that is a major influence on “Laudato Si.”
Revisiting Foucault and the Iranian Revolution
Foucault’s fervent opposition to the Shah and US imperialism and his astute assessment of Iran as a new type of revolution, neither liberal nor leftist, were marred by a surprisingly uncritical stance toward the upsurge of radical Islamism and an untoward silence on the issues of gender and sexuality.
The Young Hegelians (1831-1842)
The course will run for 14 weeks on Friday evenings from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM starting September 16, 2016 and continuing until December 16, 2016. We will be reading the book The Young Hegelians: An Anthology, edited by Lawrence S. Stepelevich.
It Spread Like Wildfire! A Celebration
Historically, this is the first time that capital has locked out an entire teaching body at a university. Please join your fellow workers against this fresh onslaught of capital on our lives and future. There will be report backs from union members, students and local residents along with solidarity messages from comrades. Email your message of solidarity if you cannot attend.
Marxism, Science and The Anthropocene
Our studies address the nexus of capitalism, science, threats to human existence on planet Earth, and the fight for climate justice and ecosocialism.
See Something, Say Something (To Benefit Ramsey Orta)
Verso Books 20 Jay Street #1010, BrooklynTo “bear witness” is to speak truth in the face of power.
This event is a benefit for Ramsey Orta, who videoed the police murder of Eric Garner, and is scheduled to go to jail October 3. Tonight’s proceeds will go to Mr. Orta and his family. Verso Books has been a great partner in putting this event together. Thank you Verso!
Victor Serge Read-In Day
Featuring Mitch Abidor, Mallory Brooks, Silvia Federici, Jenny Greeman, Richard Greeman and Christopher Winks
Complete with a Serge Book Fair and other participation of Serge’s American publishers, Haymarket Books, New York Review Books and PM Press