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
The German Revolution 1918-1924
In it’s beginnings, the revolution in Germany appears very similar to the events in Russia the year before. Why was the outcome so different? We will try to answer many questions in the course of this reading group, but that is the essential question.
Highlights of Marx’s Capital, Volume I
A 9 Session Class and Discussion with Juliet Ucelli Thursdays, 5:30 to 7:30 pm Over the past 40 years, many of us have needed to work longer and longer hours—and ... Read more
Contemporary Native American Fiction
Join the Indigenous Studies Literature and History Group for a 10-week study of three award-winning contemporary Native American novelists—Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich’s and Sherman Alexie.
Capital, Volume 3: A Reading Group
"The process of capitalist production as a whole," this volume is concerned primarily with issues such as the internal differentiation of the capitalist class, the division of surplus value among individual capitals, and the definition and role of merchants' capital, interest-bearing capital, and landed capital. In Part 3 Marx analyzes the tendency of the rate of profit to fall.
Victor Serge: The Novels of Resistance
From Victor Serge's arrest by the GPU in 1933 through his experience of the fall of France in 1941, he wrote the three novels we will examine this term. No prior knowledge of Victor Serge or his work in required.
Transnational Feminism
In this talk, writer and researcher Basuli Deb will discuss some of the issues addressed in her book, Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Terror in Literature and Culture, which offers a transnational feminist response to the gender politics of torture and terror from the viewpoint of populations of color who have come to be associated with acts of terror.
We Make Our Own History: On Marxism and Social Movements
We live in the twilight of neoliberalism: the ruling classes can no longer rule as before, and ordinary people are no longer willing to be ruled in the old way.
Black Marxism
As always, capitalism has crises. Again, a new generation turns toward Marxism. How do we apply this wide ranging and controversial revolutionary tradition to our current times? Writer and professor, Cedric Robinson’s magnum opus, Black Marxism will be our lodestar for this class.
Heavy Radicals
As a result of research conducted by author and historian Aaron Leonard and Conor Gallagher, including systematic filings of Freedom of Information Act requests, we now know that this “investigation” included: office break-ins, poison-pen letters, ‘bad-jacketing’ (claiming dedicated members were police agents), deportations, firings, setting organizations and individuals against one another through rumor and provocation, and informant penetration into the very top of the group’s leadership.