Anti-capitalism
Day 3, Session 1: Slackers, Sabotage, and Syndicalism
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYThe term "slacker” originated during WWI and disparaged those (primarily Irish) coded “lazy," “vagrant," and resistant to a proper Protestant work ethic; it also referred to those who would not fight on the side of the Americans (and of course, the British) during WWI.
Marxism, Science and The Anthropocene
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYOur studies address the nexus of capitalism, science, threats to human existence on planet Earth, and the fight for climate justice and ecosocialism.
We Make Our Own History: On Marxism and Social Movements
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYWe 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.
Anthropocene or Capitalocene?: Nature, History, & the Crisis of Capitalism
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYJason W. Moore and Christian Parenti introduce a new essay collection, Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism. The book challenges the theory and history offered by proponents of the “Anthropocene” and stresses how climate change and related crises are rooted in the rise and domination of capital.
Paris, May 1968
Brooklyn Commons 388 Atlantic Avenue, BrooklynThis talk will investigate the events May 1968 in France through an analysis of the writings of Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the most important and interesting of its leaders, as well as the experiences of rank and file militants