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SUMMARY:The Necessity of Social Control by István Mészáros
DESCRIPTION:Presented with The Capital Studies Group\n“We are living in a time of unprecedented historical crisis\, which affects all forms of the capital system\, not just capitalism. It is easy to understand\, then\, that the only thing that could produce a viable solution to the contradictions that we have to face would be a radical socialist alternative to capital’s mode of social metabolic control.”   István Mészáros \nThese sessions are devoted to a close reading of Mészáros’ The Necessity of Social Control (Monthly Review Press). We read in order to better understand the fundamental contradictions of capitalism\, the forms of domination and exploitation inherent in its logic\, historical efforts to develop an alternative economy and society\, and the challenge of sustainable development and substantive equality. We aim to develop our own knowledge of the necessary conditions for emancipation and discuss the relevance of the text for our lives today. \nDaniel Singer writes that the most important lesson from Mészáros “is the confrontation between two fundamentally opposed “metabolisms.” The rule of capital is presented as an integrated system… The socialist project must be equally comprehensive… How do you mobilize people within the framework of the existing society\, while providing answers that take you beyond its confines?” \nThe Capital Studies Group has been meeting from the beginning of The Marxist Education Project during the fall of 2014. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers from all corners of the world who have dedicated ourselves to the reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital and related works to such a study. \nAll events are sliding scale—choose the level at which you choose to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission to any event or class because of an inability to pay. Send an email to info@marxedproject.org to obtain an entry url to any. event or class presented by The Marxist Education Project.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-necessity-of-social-control-by-istvan-meszaros-2/2022-07-20/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Das Kapital,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-07-24/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
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SUMMARY:A close reading of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation
DESCRIPTION:with the Capital Studies Group\nMany authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have  primarily based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology\, however\, Marcello Musto focuses in on Marx’s later economic works\, in which his thoughts on alienation were elaborated rather differently than in his philosophical manuscripts. Additionally\, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism\, but also his suggestions about communist society. This wide-ranging collection of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an important critical tool both for understanding the past and for building a critique of contemporary society. \nThis group will read and discuss the Introduction to this collection and then the selections from Marx’s writings on alienation\, beginning with the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. From there we move on to key passages from Grundrisse and Capital\, Volumes One and Three. We will read and discuss the book in its entirety. We welcome those who are new to Marxist ideas as well as those who have read broadly in the works of Marx and others on these topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/a-close-reading-of-karl-marxs-writings-on-alienation/2022-07-25/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Critical Theory,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Precarity,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:The Necessity of Social Control by István Mészáros
DESCRIPTION:Presented with The Capital Studies Group\n“We are living in a time of unprecedented historical crisis\, which affects all forms of the capital system\, not just capitalism. It is easy to understand\, then\, that the only thing that could produce a viable solution to the contradictions that we have to face would be a radical socialist alternative to capital’s mode of social metabolic control.”   István Mészáros \nThese sessions are devoted to a close reading of Mészáros’ The Necessity of Social Control (Monthly Review Press). We read in order to better understand the fundamental contradictions of capitalism\, the forms of domination and exploitation inherent in its logic\, historical efforts to develop an alternative economy and society\, and the challenge of sustainable development and substantive equality. We aim to develop our own knowledge of the necessary conditions for emancipation and discuss the relevance of the text for our lives today. \nDaniel Singer writes that the most important lesson from Mészáros “is the confrontation between two fundamentally opposed “metabolisms.” The rule of capital is presented as an integrated system… The socialist project must be equally comprehensive… How do you mobilize people within the framework of the existing society\, while providing answers that take you beyond its confines?” \nThe Capital Studies Group has been meeting from the beginning of The Marxist Education Project during the fall of 2014. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers from all corners of the world who have dedicated ourselves to the reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital and related works to such a study. \nAll events are sliding scale—choose the level at which you choose to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission to any event or class because of an inability to pay. Send an email to info@marxedproject.org to obtain an entry url to any. event or class presented by The Marxist Education Project.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-necessity-of-social-control-by-istvan-meszaros-2/2022-07-27/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Das Kapital,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-07-31/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
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SUMMARY:Annual Pass
DESCRIPTION:This pass entitles the purchaser to attend any or all Marxist Education Project classes and events during an entire year from the month of purchase. (For example\, a pass purchased on January 7\, 2023\, will be valid until January 31\, 2024.)
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/annual-pass/2022-08-01/
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:A close reading of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation
DESCRIPTION:with the Capital Studies Group\nMany authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have  primarily based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology\, however\, Marcello Musto focuses in on Marx’s later economic works\, in which his thoughts on alienation were elaborated rather differently than in his philosophical manuscripts. Additionally\, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism\, but also his suggestions about communist society. This wide-ranging collection of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an important critical tool both for understanding the past and for building a critique of contemporary society. \nThis group will read and discuss the Introduction to this collection and then the selections from Marx’s writings on alienation\, beginning with the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. From there we move on to key passages from Grundrisse and Capital\, Volumes One and Three. We will read and discuss the book in its entirety. We welcome those who are new to Marxist ideas as well as those who have read broadly in the works of Marx and others on these topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/a-close-reading-of-karl-marxs-writings-on-alienation/2022-08-01/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Critical Theory,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Precarity,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:The Necessity of Social Control by István Mészáros
DESCRIPTION:Presented with The Capital Studies Group\n“We are living in a time of unprecedented historical crisis\, which affects all forms of the capital system\, not just capitalism. It is easy to understand\, then\, that the only thing that could produce a viable solution to the contradictions that we have to face would be a radical socialist alternative to capital’s mode of social metabolic control.”   István Mészáros \nThese sessions are devoted to a close reading of Mészáros’ The Necessity of Social Control (Monthly Review Press). We read in order to better understand the fundamental contradictions of capitalism\, the forms of domination and exploitation inherent in its logic\, historical efforts to develop an alternative economy and society\, and the challenge of sustainable development and substantive equality. We aim to develop our own knowledge of the necessary conditions for emancipation and discuss the relevance of the text for our lives today. \nDaniel Singer writes that the most important lesson from Mészáros “is the confrontation between two fundamentally opposed “metabolisms.” The rule of capital is presented as an integrated system… The socialist project must be equally comprehensive… How do you mobilize people within the framework of the existing society\, while providing answers that take you beyond its confines?” \nThe Capital Studies Group has been meeting from the beginning of The Marxist Education Project during the fall of 2014. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers from all corners of the world who have dedicated ourselves to the reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital and related works to such a study. \nAll events are sliding scale—choose the level at which you choose to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission to any event or class because of an inability to pay. Send an email to info@marxedproject.org to obtain an entry url to any. event or class presented by The Marxist Education Project.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-necessity-of-social-control-by-istvan-meszaros-2/2022-08-03/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Das Kapital,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:Annual Pass
DESCRIPTION:This pass entitles the purchaser to attend any or all Marxist Education Project classes and events during an entire year from the month of purchase. (For example\, a pass purchased on January 7\, 2023\, will be valid until January 31\, 2024.)
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/annual-pass/2022-08-05/
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-08-07/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220808T183000
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SUMMARY:A close reading of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation
DESCRIPTION:with the Capital Studies Group\nMany authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have  primarily based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology\, however\, Marcello Musto focuses in on Marx’s later economic works\, in which his thoughts on alienation were elaborated rather differently than in his philosophical manuscripts. Additionally\, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism\, but also his suggestions about communist society. This wide-ranging collection of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an important critical tool both for understanding the past and for building a critique of contemporary society. \nThis group will read and discuss the Introduction to this collection and then the selections from Marx’s writings on alienation\, beginning with the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. From there we move on to key passages from Grundrisse and Capital\, Volumes One and Three. We will read and discuss the book in its entirety. We welcome those who are new to Marxist ideas as well as those who have read broadly in the works of Marx and others on these topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/a-close-reading-of-karl-marxs-writings-on-alienation/2022-08-08/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Critical Theory,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Precarity,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220808T183000
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SUMMARY:Science Fiction/ Visionary Fiction Reading Group Summer Season
DESCRIPTION:“The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world\, and your fellow men\, and your own feelings\, and your destiny.”\n“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” \n\n—The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin \nSummertime reading has a special place in our imaginative processes. This August and September\, join us to read visionary fiction together\, challenge our understandings\, and explore how we can avoid getting eaten. The name visionary fiction derives from the legacy of Octavia Butler and others today sharing and learning from science fiction. We draw on this work to better envision social justice\, a post-capitalist future\, and paths to get there. This process works best together in a circle reading together. \nJoin us Monday\, August 8 at 5 pm for the summer season of MEP’s Visionary Fiction reading group.  We will choose what novel to read together that evening. We will read at a pace that suits the group and supplement with suggestions for short stories\, related non-fiction\, film\, and more.  Science fiction background prerequisites? None. \nOnce you register\, we will add you to our Slack channel for sharing suggested reading and select short stories. (Fine to join after the first session.) \nMondays 5:00-6:30 pm\, 8 weeks. \nphoto: July 2022 photo from the James Webb telescope: the edge of a nearby star-forming region called NGC 3324\, in the Carina Nebula. Thanks to NASA\, ESA\, CSA\, and STScI
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-season-science-fiction-visionary-fiction-reading-group/2022-08-08/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literature,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:The Necessity of Social Control by István Mészáros
DESCRIPTION:Presented with The Capital Studies Group\n“We are living in a time of unprecedented historical crisis\, which affects all forms of the capital system\, not just capitalism. It is easy to understand\, then\, that the only thing that could produce a viable solution to the contradictions that we have to face would be a radical socialist alternative to capital’s mode of social metabolic control.”   István Mészáros \nThese sessions are devoted to a close reading of Mészáros’ The Necessity of Social Control (Monthly Review Press). We read in order to better understand the fundamental contradictions of capitalism\, the forms of domination and exploitation inherent in its logic\, historical efforts to develop an alternative economy and society\, and the challenge of sustainable development and substantive equality. We aim to develop our own knowledge of the necessary conditions for emancipation and discuss the relevance of the text for our lives today. \nDaniel Singer writes that the most important lesson from Mészáros “is the confrontation between two fundamentally opposed “metabolisms.” The rule of capital is presented as an integrated system… The socialist project must be equally comprehensive… How do you mobilize people within the framework of the existing society\, while providing answers that take you beyond its confines?” \nThe Capital Studies Group has been meeting from the beginning of The Marxist Education Project during the fall of 2014. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers from all corners of the world who have dedicated ourselves to the reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital and related works to such a study. \nAll events are sliding scale—choose the level at which you choose to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission to any event or class because of an inability to pay. Send an email to info@marxedproject.org to obtain an entry url to any. event or class presented by The Marxist Education Project.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-necessity-of-social-control-by-istvan-meszaros-2/2022-08-10/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Das Kapital,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-08-14/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220815T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220727T213221Z
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SUMMARY:A close reading of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation
DESCRIPTION:with the Capital Studies Group\nMany authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have  primarily based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology\, however\, Marcello Musto focuses in on Marx’s later economic works\, in which his thoughts on alienation were elaborated rather differently than in his philosophical manuscripts. Additionally\, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism\, but also his suggestions about communist society. This wide-ranging collection of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an important critical tool both for understanding the past and for building a critique of contemporary society. \nThis group will read and discuss the Introduction to this collection and then the selections from Marx’s writings on alienation\, beginning with the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. From there we move on to key passages from Grundrisse and Capital\, Volumes One and Three. We will read and discuss the book in its entirety. We welcome those who are new to Marxist ideas as well as those who have read broadly in the works of Marx and others on these topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/a-close-reading-of-karl-marxs-writings-on-alienation/2022-08-15/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Critical Theory,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Precarity,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220815T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221008T171849Z
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SUMMARY:Science Fiction/ Visionary Fiction Reading Group Summer Season
DESCRIPTION:“The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world\, and your fellow men\, and your own feelings\, and your destiny.”\n“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” \n\n—The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin \nSummertime reading has a special place in our imaginative processes. This August and September\, join us to read visionary fiction together\, challenge our understandings\, and explore how we can avoid getting eaten. The name visionary fiction derives from the legacy of Octavia Butler and others today sharing and learning from science fiction. We draw on this work to better envision social justice\, a post-capitalist future\, and paths to get there. This process works best together in a circle reading together. \nJoin us Monday\, August 8 at 5 pm for the summer season of MEP’s Visionary Fiction reading group.  We will choose what novel to read together that evening. We will read at a pace that suits the group and supplement with suggestions for short stories\, related non-fiction\, film\, and more.  Science fiction background prerequisites? None. \nOnce you register\, we will add you to our Slack channel for sharing suggested reading and select short stories. (Fine to join after the first session.) \nMondays 5:00-6:30 pm\, 8 weeks. \nphoto: July 2022 photo from the James Webb telescope: the edge of a nearby star-forming region called NGC 3324\, in the Carina Nebula. Thanks to NASA\, ESA\, CSA\, and STScI
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-season-science-fiction-visionary-fiction-reading-group/2022-08-15/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literature,Multi-session Classes
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/main_image_star-forming_region_carina_nircam_final-1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220817T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220817T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220217T221416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T153338Z
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SUMMARY:The Necessity of Social Control by István Mészáros
DESCRIPTION:Presented with The Capital Studies Group\n“We are living in a time of unprecedented historical crisis\, which affects all forms of the capital system\, not just capitalism. It is easy to understand\, then\, that the only thing that could produce a viable solution to the contradictions that we have to face would be a radical socialist alternative to capital’s mode of social metabolic control.”   István Mészáros \nThese sessions are devoted to a close reading of Mészáros’ The Necessity of Social Control (Monthly Review Press). We read in order to better understand the fundamental contradictions of capitalism\, the forms of domination and exploitation inherent in its logic\, historical efforts to develop an alternative economy and society\, and the challenge of sustainable development and substantive equality. We aim to develop our own knowledge of the necessary conditions for emancipation and discuss the relevance of the text for our lives today. \nDaniel Singer writes that the most important lesson from Mészáros “is the confrontation between two fundamentally opposed “metabolisms.” The rule of capital is presented as an integrated system… The socialist project must be equally comprehensive… How do you mobilize people within the framework of the existing society\, while providing answers that take you beyond its confines?” \nThe Capital Studies Group has been meeting from the beginning of The Marxist Education Project during the fall of 2014. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers from all corners of the world who have dedicated ourselves to the reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital and related works to such a study. \nAll events are sliding scale—choose the level at which you choose to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission to any event or class because of an inability to pay. Send an email to info@marxedproject.org to obtain an entry url to any. event or class presented by The Marxist Education Project.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-necessity-of-social-control-by-istvan-meszaros-2/2022-08-17/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Das Kapital,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220729T005823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T155108Z
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SUMMARY:The Working Class and the Middle Classes: Allies or Foes? with John Milios
DESCRIPTION:A video of this August 20\, 2022\, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel. \nThe classical political economists defined three social classes on the basis of their forms of income: capitalists (profits)\, workers (wages)\, and landowners (rents). Marx\, in his critique of political economy\, developed a new\, non-economistic and non-mechanistic “relational” class theory. On the basis of Marx’s approach\, we can tackle complex problems concerning the class structure of contemporary societies and the gray area between the working and middle classes. Certain intermediary middle-class sub-collectivities can be identified between the capitalist and the working class: the middle bourgeoisie\, the traditional petty bourgeoisie\, and the new petty bourgeoisie. Depending not only on their structural characteristics but also on the specific conjuncture\, as in an economic crisis for example\, the middle classes tend to polarize in class struggle between the two main classes of capitalist society. \nJOHN MILIOS is Professor of Political Economy and the History of Economic Thought at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)\, Greece. He has authored more than two hundred papers published or forthcoming in refereed journals (in Greek\, English\, German\, French\, Spanish\, Portuguese\, Italian\, Chinese and Turkish) including the Cambridge Journal of Economics\, History of Political Economy\, History of Economics Review\, Review of Political Economy\, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought\, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology\, Science & Society\, Rethinking Marxism\, and the Review of Radical Political Economics\, and has participated as invited speaker in numerous international conferences. He has also authored or co-authored some eighteen scholarly books. His most recent books in English are A Political Economy of Contemporary Capitalism and Its Crisis: Demystifying Finance (Routledge 2013\, Paperback Edition 2014\, co-authored with D. P. Sotiropoulos and S. Lapatsioras) and The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System: The Prevalence of an Aleatory Encounter (Routledge 2018). He is director of the quarterly journal of economic theory Thesseis (published in Greek since 1982) and serves on the editorial boards of four other scholarly journals. \nAll events are sliding scale: choose the level at which you are able to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission because of an inability to pay. Email info@marxedproject.org for further information.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-working-class-and-the-middle-classes-allies-or-foes-with-john-milios/
LOCATION:Recording available on YouTube
CATEGORIES:Capital Studies,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Political Economy,Seminars and Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220821T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220821T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220304T230349Z
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-08-21/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220822T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220822T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220303T042328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220727T213221Z
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SUMMARY:A close reading of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation
DESCRIPTION:with the Capital Studies Group\nMany authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have  primarily based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology\, however\, Marcello Musto focuses in on Marx’s later economic works\, in which his thoughts on alienation were elaborated rather differently than in his philosophical manuscripts. Additionally\, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism\, but also his suggestions about communist society. This wide-ranging collection of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an important critical tool both for understanding the past and for building a critique of contemporary society. \nThis group will read and discuss the Introduction to this collection and then the selections from Marx’s writings on alienation\, beginning with the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. From there we move on to key passages from Grundrisse and Capital\, Volumes One and Three. We will read and discuss the book in its entirety. We welcome those who are new to Marxist ideas as well as those who have read broadly in the works of Marx and others on these topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/a-close-reading-of-karl-marxs-writings-on-alienation/2022-08-22/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Critical Theory,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Precarity,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220822T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220822T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220731T154124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221008T171849Z
UID:10006399-1661187600-1661193000@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:Science Fiction/ Visionary Fiction Reading Group Summer Season
DESCRIPTION:“The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world\, and your fellow men\, and your own feelings\, and your destiny.”\n“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” \n\n—The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin \nSummertime reading has a special place in our imaginative processes. This August and September\, join us to read visionary fiction together\, challenge our understandings\, and explore how we can avoid getting eaten. The name visionary fiction derives from the legacy of Octavia Butler and others today sharing and learning from science fiction. We draw on this work to better envision social justice\, a post-capitalist future\, and paths to get there. This process works best together in a circle reading together. \nJoin us Monday\, August 8 at 5 pm for the summer season of MEP’s Visionary Fiction reading group.  We will choose what novel to read together that evening. We will read at a pace that suits the group and supplement with suggestions for short stories\, related non-fiction\, film\, and more.  Science fiction background prerequisites? None. \nOnce you register\, we will add you to our Slack channel for sharing suggested reading and select short stories. (Fine to join after the first session.) \nMondays 5:00-6:30 pm\, 8 weeks. \nphoto: July 2022 photo from the James Webb telescope: the edge of a nearby star-forming region called NGC 3324\, in the Carina Nebula. Thanks to NASA\, ESA\, CSA\, and STScI
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-season-science-fiction-visionary-fiction-reading-group/2022-08-22/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literature,Multi-session Classes
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/main_image_star-forming_region_carina_nircam_final-1280.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220824T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220824T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220217T221416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T153338Z
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SUMMARY:The Necessity of Social Control by István Mészáros
DESCRIPTION:Presented with The Capital Studies Group\n“We are living in a time of unprecedented historical crisis\, which affects all forms of the capital system\, not just capitalism. It is easy to understand\, then\, that the only thing that could produce a viable solution to the contradictions that we have to face would be a radical socialist alternative to capital’s mode of social metabolic control.”   István Mészáros \nThese sessions are devoted to a close reading of Mészáros’ The Necessity of Social Control (Monthly Review Press). We read in order to better understand the fundamental contradictions of capitalism\, the forms of domination and exploitation inherent in its logic\, historical efforts to develop an alternative economy and society\, and the challenge of sustainable development and substantive equality. We aim to develop our own knowledge of the necessary conditions for emancipation and discuss the relevance of the text for our lives today. \nDaniel Singer writes that the most important lesson from Mészáros “is the confrontation between two fundamentally opposed “metabolisms.” The rule of capital is presented as an integrated system… The socialist project must be equally comprehensive… How do you mobilize people within the framework of the existing society\, while providing answers that take you beyond its confines?” \nThe Capital Studies Group has been meeting from the beginning of The Marxist Education Project during the fall of 2014. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers from all corners of the world who have dedicated ourselves to the reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital and related works to such a study. \nAll events are sliding scale—choose the level at which you choose to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission to any event or class because of an inability to pay. Send an email to info@marxedproject.org to obtain an entry url to any. event or class presented by The Marxist Education Project.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-necessity-of-social-control-by-istvan-meszaros-2/2022-08-24/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Das Kapital,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Mészáros,Multi-session Classes,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220828T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-08-28/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220829T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220829T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220303T042328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220727T213221Z
UID:10007088-1661792400-1661797800@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:A close reading of Karl Marx’s Writings on Alienation
DESCRIPTION:with the Capital Studies Group\nMany authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have  primarily based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology\, however\, Marcello Musto focuses in on Marx’s later economic works\, in which his thoughts on alienation were elaborated rather differently than in his philosophical manuscripts. Additionally\, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism\, but also his suggestions about communist society. This wide-ranging collection of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an important critical tool both for understanding the past and for building a critique of contemporary society. \nThis group will read and discuss the Introduction to this collection and then the selections from Marx’s writings on alienation\, beginning with the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. From there we move on to key passages from Grundrisse and Capital\, Volumes One and Three. We will read and discuss the book in its entirety. We welcome those who are new to Marxist ideas as well as those who have read broadly in the works of Marx and others on these topics. \n  \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/a-close-reading-of-karl-marxs-writings-on-alienation/2022-08-29/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Alienation,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Classes/Events,communism,Critical Theory,Marx,Marx and Hegel,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Precarity,Revolutions Study Group,Seminars and Talks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BannerSMedia.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Capital Studies Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220829T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220829T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
CREATED:20220731T154124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221008T171849Z
UID:10006400-1661792400-1661797800@marxedproject.org
SUMMARY:Science Fiction/ Visionary Fiction Reading Group Summer Season
DESCRIPTION:“The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world\, and your fellow men\, and your own feelings\, and your destiny.”\n“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” \n\n—The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin \nSummertime reading has a special place in our imaginative processes. This August and September\, join us to read visionary fiction together\, challenge our understandings\, and explore how we can avoid getting eaten. The name visionary fiction derives from the legacy of Octavia Butler and others today sharing and learning from science fiction. We draw on this work to better envision social justice\, a post-capitalist future\, and paths to get there. This process works best together in a circle reading together. \nJoin us Monday\, August 8 at 5 pm for the summer season of MEP’s Visionary Fiction reading group.  We will choose what novel to read together that evening. We will read at a pace that suits the group and supplement with suggestions for short stories\, related non-fiction\, film\, and more.  Science fiction background prerequisites? None. \nOnce you register\, we will add you to our Slack channel for sharing suggested reading and select short stories. (Fine to join after the first session.) \nMondays 5:00-6:30 pm\, 8 weeks. \nphoto: July 2022 photo from the James Webb telescope: the edge of a nearby star-forming region called NGC 3324\, in the Carina Nebula. Thanks to NASA\, ESA\, CSA\, and STScI
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-season-science-fiction-visionary-fiction-reading-group/2022-08-29/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literature,Multi-session Classes
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/main_image_star-forming_region_carina_nircam_final-1280.jpg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220903
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
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SUMMARY:Annual Pass
DESCRIPTION:This pass entitles the purchaser to attend any or all Marxist Education Project classes and events during an entire year from the month of purchase. (For example\, a pass purchased on January 7\, 2023\, will be valid until January 31\, 2024.)
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/annual-pass/2022-09-02/
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes,Seminars and Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220904T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220904T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-09-04/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220905T183000
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SUMMARY:Science Fiction/ Visionary Fiction Reading Group Summer Season
DESCRIPTION:“The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world\, and your fellow men\, and your own feelings\, and your destiny.”\n“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” \n\n—The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin \nSummertime reading has a special place in our imaginative processes. This August and September\, join us to read visionary fiction together\, challenge our understandings\, and explore how we can avoid getting eaten. The name visionary fiction derives from the legacy of Octavia Butler and others today sharing and learning from science fiction. We draw on this work to better envision social justice\, a post-capitalist future\, and paths to get there. This process works best together in a circle reading together. \nJoin us Monday\, August 8 at 5 pm for the summer season of MEP’s Visionary Fiction reading group.  We will choose what novel to read together that evening. We will read at a pace that suits the group and supplement with suggestions for short stories\, related non-fiction\, film\, and more.  Science fiction background prerequisites? None. \nOnce you register\, we will add you to our Slack channel for sharing suggested reading and select short stories. (Fine to join after the first session.) \nMondays 5:00-6:30 pm\, 8 weeks. \nphoto: July 2022 photo from the James Webb telescope: the edge of a nearby star-forming region called NGC 3324\, in the Carina Nebula. Thanks to NASA\, ESA\, CSA\, and STScI
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-season-science-fiction-visionary-fiction-reading-group/2022-09-05/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literature,Multi-session Classes
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/main_image_star-forming_region_carina_nircam_final-1280.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220911T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220911T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
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SUMMARY:Robert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Economics of Global Turbulence: A Close Reading and Discussion\nConvened by Sam Salour\n\nRobert Brenner’s The Economics of Global Turbulence: The Advanced Capitalist Economies from Long Boom to Long Downturn\, 1945-2005 (1998\, rev. 2006) remains among the best accounts of the evolution of advanced capitalist economies since the Second World War. His analysis of the long downturn\, although strongly criticized by certain Marxists\, proved able to account not only for the great recession but also for the global economic stagnation ever since. Even bourgeois scholars of different persuasions – whether neoclassical\, neo-Keynesian\, post-Keynesian or Kaleckian – now acknowledge that the dynamism of the advanced capitalist economies has been slowing dynamism ever since the 1980s.\n\nWe are engaging in a close reading of the text with extensive discussion. We read 10 to 15 pages in each session and expect to finish the book in 6 months. We will follow up with a reading of Brenner’s The Boom and The Bubble and his article “What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America\,” in which he extends his analysis to account for the Great Recession.\nRobert Brenner is professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. His influential article\, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe\,” imprinted his name on a central debate concerning the origins of capitalism – the Brenner Debate. \nNo prerequisites nor any preparation is required. There is no charge for this class. Click here to register.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/robert-brenners-the-economics-of-global-turbulence/2022-09-11/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Crisis,Globalization,Political Economy
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/TurbulentMapwithBrennerBk.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="The Revolutions Study Group":MAILTO:info@marxedproject.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220912T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220912T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T120416
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SUMMARY:Science Fiction/ Visionary Fiction Reading Group Summer Season
DESCRIPTION:“The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world\, and your fellow men\, and your own feelings\, and your destiny.”\n“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” \n\n—The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin \nSummertime reading has a special place in our imaginative processes. This August and September\, join us to read visionary fiction together\, challenge our understandings\, and explore how we can avoid getting eaten. The name visionary fiction derives from the legacy of Octavia Butler and others today sharing and learning from science fiction. We draw on this work to better envision social justice\, a post-capitalist future\, and paths to get there. This process works best together in a circle reading together. \nJoin us Monday\, August 8 at 5 pm for the summer season of MEP’s Visionary Fiction reading group.  We will choose what novel to read together that evening. We will read at a pace that suits the group and supplement with suggestions for short stories\, related non-fiction\, film\, and more.  Science fiction background prerequisites? None. \nOnce you register\, we will add you to our Slack channel for sharing suggested reading and select short stories. (Fine to join after the first session.) \nMondays 5:00-6:30 pm\, 8 weeks. \nphoto: July 2022 photo from the James Webb telescope: the edge of a nearby star-forming region called NGC 3324\, in the Carina Nebula. Thanks to NASA\, ESA\, CSA\, and STScI
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-season-science-fiction-visionary-fiction-reading-group/2022-09-12/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Literature,Multi-session Classes
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/main_image_star-forming_region_carina_nircam_final-1280.jpg
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