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Planetary Crises: Extraction and the Costs of ‘Green Capitalism’
FeaturedOnline: Zoom link will be provided to registered participantsThe MEP's Ecosocialist Study Group welcomes new participants as we read and discuss a range of important new works on the science and politics of the climate emergency, the nature of economic and ecological crises, the status of freedom with respect to environmental constraints, and related topics. Beginning March 4, we will take up Extraction: ... Read more
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Hegel for Radicals: The Philosophy of Right
Online: Zoom link will be provided to registered participantsThe MEP’s recurring series Hegel for Radicals continues this Spring with a ten-session seminar on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. This work is a treatise on the meaning of freedom and the kind of institutions that are required for its realization. We will debunk previous myths that Hegel was a reactionary spokesman of the Prussian monarchy and ... Read more
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Social Reproduction Theory with Lisa Maya Knauer
FeaturedOnline: Zoom link will be provided to registered participantsKarl Marx only sketched the concept of social reproduction in very broad terms, but it was taken up and expanded upon by Marxist and radical feminists, starting in the 1970s and 1980s. They argued that women’s oppression under capitalism is linked to their role in social (as well as biological) reproduction. This reading group will look at one of the germinal texts of social reproduction theory: Lise Vogel’s groundbreaking 1983 work, Marxism and the Oppression of Women.
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Historical Roots and Political Strategy Reading Group–Spring Series
FeaturedOnline: Zoom link will be provided to registered participantsTuesdays, 7-9 pm ET Please bookmark and check this page again soon, or sign up for free now for our coming spring study series. We just completed an intensive overview of Mexican and Latin American peoples and struggles in the West and Southwest. We will soon announce plans for our next study series in US ... Read more
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