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SUMMARY:Planetary Crises: 'Metabolic Rifts'
DESCRIPTION:Next monthly session July 15\nThe MEP’s Ecosocialist Study Group welcomes new participants as we read and discuss each month an important new work on the science and politics of the climate emergency\, the nature of economic and ecological crises\, and related topics. On July 15 we will host a converstion with Ian Angus\, author of Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System. \nLike an autoimmune disease that attacks the body it dwells in\, capitalism is tearing apart the very planet that feeds it. Metabolic Rifts builds on Karl Marx’s insight that while capitalism is dependent on the natural world\, it is also waging war on the natural systems that sustain life on Earth. Focusing on deadly rifts in the most important natural systems\, Ian Angus explains and elaborates on the Marxist view that capitalism is massively disrupting essential exchanges of matter and energy between society and the rest of nature\, putting the entire Earth System in danger. After tracing the long-neglected history of metabolic rift theory in scientific and socialist writing\, Angus draws on a wealth of modern research to extend and deepen the natural science basis of Marxist ecology. \nOther recently published books of interest to this group are listed below. \nPreviously read: \n\nAgainst the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World\, by Ståle Holgersen\nFree Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature\, by Alyssa Battistoni\nExtraction\, by Thea Riofrancos\nThe Alibi of Capital\, by Timothy Mitchell\n\nTo be considered: \n\nAnthropocene Communism: Land and Capital in the Age of Disaster\, by Paul Guillibert\nOvershoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown\, by Wim Carton and Andreas Malm\nThe Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late\, by Carton and Malm\nMore\, More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy\, by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz\nWorking Nature: A History of the Energy Economy\, by Daniela Russ\nHow the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going\, by Vaclav Smil\n\nFacilitated by Fred Murphy. Since 2015 Fred has led numerous MEP study groups on ecosocialism\, science and technology\, political economy\, the history of capitalism\, and Latin American politics. He studied and taught historical sociology at the New School for Social Research and reported from Latin America for several socialist publications.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/planetary-crises-2026/
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CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Agribusiness,Classes/Events,Crisis,Ecosocialism,Extractivism,Imperialism,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Political Strategy,Reading Group,Social Reproduction,Spring 2026
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SUMMARY:Monthly Literature Group: Hammett's 'The Glass Key'
DESCRIPTION:Ongoing once a month on or about the last Saturday of each month  \nThe MEP Literature Group hosts this series\, meeting at 2 pm US ET on or about the last Saturday of each month (however\, we are not meeting in June). We discuss a single book each month. Selections are not limited to fiction – we now include memoir\, biography\, essays\, and other forms that investigate and challenge literary norms. We encourage participants to recommend books and topics. (Note that our weekly series on Peter Weiss’s Aesthetics of Resistance is also ongoing.) \nJuly 25\nThe Glass Key\, by Dashiell Hammett (various publishers). First published in 1930\, Hammett’s novel is a scathing description of small-town corruption and the effects of capitalism on local economies and power elites. The novel has inspired many movies\, all worth watching and worth discussing in this session. \nRecently read: \nMay 30\nFaraway the Southern Sky: A Novel\, by Joseph Andreas. (New York: Verso Press\, 2024\, 82 pages). A narrator walks through contemporary Paris\, identifying the locations where a young Vietnamese refugee/revolutionary lived and worked through a city marked by rebellions and massacres. This novel will resonate with MEP members who read The Sorrow of War. \nApril 4\nMy Country\, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria\, by Andrée Blouin\, in collaboration with Jean MacKellar (Verso Books\, 2025\, 288 pages). We suggest reading this book while streaming Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. The Literature Group has read a number of fictions set in Africa; Blouin’s memoir gives background on the turbulent postcolonial period in Africa and the unrecognized contributions of women to national liberation movements. \nFebruary 28\nVictor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary\, by Mitchell Abidor (Pluto Press\, 2025\, 424 pages). On November 3\, 2025\, Mitch Abidor spoke at the MEP on how his biography of Victor Serge could disturb readers who have a romantic view of Serge’s dissidence. We will discuss how this biography brings out the difficulties of Serge’s living within defeat and poverty and whether Abidor’s reportage changes our assessment of Serge’s novels. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell and the MEP Literature Group. Jacqueline became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman eight years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, Jacqueline has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/literature-group-new-2026-monthly-series/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Literature,Multi-session Classes,Reading Group,Spring 2026
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