BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Marxist Education Project - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://marxedproject.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Marxist Education Project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20170312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20171105T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20180311T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20181104T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20190310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20191103T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20200308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20201101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20210314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20211107T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20220313T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20221106T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20230312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20231105T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221210T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20221126T164857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T195238Z UID:10007219-1670680800-1670688000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:From Austerity to Fascism: The Capital Order DESCRIPTION:A video of this December 10\, 2022\, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel.\n\nClara E. Mattei presents The Capital Order\, in which she explores the intellectual origins of austerity to uncover its originating motives: the protection of capital – and indeed capitalism – in times of social upheaval from below. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material from Britain and Italy\, she offers a damning account of the rise of austerity – and of modern economics – at the levers of contemporary political power. Mattei reveals how the threat of working-class power in the years after World War I animated policies that elevated owners\, smothered workers\, and imposed a rigid economic hierarchy across societies. Where austerity “succeeded\,” relatively speaking\, was in their enrichment of ruling-class interests who accumulated power and capital at the expense of labor. Here is where the true value of austerity can be observed: its insulation of entrenched privilege and its elimination of all alternatives to capitalism. \nClara E. Mattei is assistant professor of economics at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She was a 2018-2019 member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Studies. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/from-austerity-to-fascism-the-capital-order/ LOCATION:Recording available on YouTube CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,Anti-fascism,Austerity,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Crisis,England,Globalization,Italian history,Late Capital and Fascism,Neoliberal Authoritarianism,Political Economy,Seminars and Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221119T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221119T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20221104T174027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221129T170653Z UID:10007203-1668866400-1668873600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic DESCRIPTION:Watch the video from this November 19\, 2022\, event on YouTube. \nWith William I. Robinson\nGlobal Civil War provides a big-picture account of how the coronavirus pandemic and new digital technologies have transformed capitalism and the entire global economy and society. Analyzing the concentration of power and control in the hands of corporate conglomerates\, tech giants\, megabanks\, and the military-industrial complex\, the book documents the extent of unprecedented global inequalities as the mass of humanity faces violent dispossession and uncertain survival. The book issues a dire warning against the emergence of a dystopic digitalized dictatorship but also finds great hope and inspiration in the burgeoning social movements of the poor and the dispossessed as humanity descends into global civil war. \nWilliam I. Robinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology\, Global Studies\, and Latin American Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Among his many books are Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity (2014); Into the Tempest: Essays on the New Global Capitalism (2018); and The Global Police State (2020). \nGlobal Civil War is available from the publisher\, PM Press. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/global-civil-war-capitalism-post-pandemic/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,American Imperialism,Anti-colonialism,Asia,China,Class,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,Covid and Capital,Crisis,Financialization,Globalization,Insurgency,Late Capital and Fascism,Migration,Neo-fascism,Neoliberal Authoritarianism,Pandemics and Capital,Political Economy,Race and Class,Seminars and Talks,Socialism,Solidarity END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221106T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20221019T184615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T165634Z UID:10007202-1667743200-1667750400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Climate Justice and Socialist Strategy with Jason W. Moore DESCRIPTION:King’s Triple Evils\, Modern Environmentalism\, and the ‘World Revolution’ of 1968\nA video of this November 6\, 2022\, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel.\n\nOn April 4\, 1967\, Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, came out publicly against the Vietnam War in a speech entitled “Beyond Vietnam.” Beyond\, in that title\, meant everything. King not only broke with the liberal establishment\, which viewed the war as a separate issue from racism and as an aberration in American foreign policy. King simultaneously presented a radical critique that linked racism and exploitation at home and abroad and began to elaborate a vision of an American socialism animated by a searing indictment of capitalism’s “triple evils” (racism\, militarism\, and class exploitation). Such a socialism would be grounded in a triple alliance encompassing the antiwar\, civil rights\, and labor movements. In this talk\, Jason W. Moore addresses the missed opportunity for a program of planetary justice as the “Environmentalism of the Rich” came to the fore after 1968 and overshadowed King’s appeal for a radical turn. As King underscored in his final months\, justice cannot be effectively pursued piece by piece. The “whole society” with and within the web of life must be reinvented\, inasmuch as we are “all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality\, tied into a single garment of destiny.” At the end of the Capitalocene and the beginning of the planetary inferno\, climate justice – and socialist strategy – must proceed as if “all life were interrelated.”\nJason W. Moore\nJason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University\, where he is Professor of Sociology. His books include Capitalism in the Web of Life (2015)\, Anthropocene or Capitalocene? (2016)\, and (with Raj Patel)\, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things (2017). Moore’s books and essays on environmental history\, capitalism\, and social theory – translated into over 20 languages – have been recognized with numerous academic awards. He co-coordinates the World-Ecology Research Network. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/moore-climate-justice/ LOCATION:Recording available on YouTube CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,American Imperialism,Anti-colonialism,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Colonialism,communism,Crisis,Ecosocialism,Extractivism,Food and politics,historical materialism,Modernity,Political Economy,Race and Class,Seminars and Talks,Social Democracy,Socialism,Solidarity,Transition from Capitalism ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/racial-social-climate-justice.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20200831T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20200831T203000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20200811T055850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200822T151903Z UID:10006794-1598898600-1598905800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:The Affordable Housing Crisis DESCRIPTION:Its Capitalist Roots and the Socialist Alternative\nA talk and discussion with Karl Beitel\nIn the 2020 Socialist Register “a number of the essays interrogate central dimensions of how we live and how we might live in terms of educating our children\, housing and urbanism\, accommodation of refugees and the displaced\, and (to lean on that all too common phrase) the competitive time pressures for ‘work-life balance’. These are all key questions\, of course\, of ‘social reproduction\,’ a theme that has cut across many volumes of the Register. They are the counterpoint to ‘economic reproduction’ and ‘how we work’ at the heart of several essays here. Today\, this involves exploring and exposing all the hype and contradictions of the so-called ‘gig economy\,’ where automation’s potential for increased time apart from work is subordinated to surveillance\, hazardous waste\, speed-up\, and much else that makes for contingent work and precarious living. Finding new ways of living cannot but confront both these obstacles.” \nOne of the most striking features of the post-1980 urban environment has been the rapid rise in property values and rents at rates far in excess of the growth of average income levels. The effect for many working-class populations – cultural workers\, those employed in the moderate- to lower-paid segments of the social and human services and retail sectors – has been a rise in the percentage of incomes these households must devote to housing payments. \nIn this essay\, Karl discusses the economics of new construction in already densely developed urban environments. Paradigmatic cases of the type of development dynamics that this essay will discuss are found in cities such as New York\, San Francisco\, London\, and Paris. Despite the fact that most housing is procured on the secondary market\, new construction is central to the debate over how cities must act to accommodate increased demand due to population growth and the shifting spatial patterns of employment. In addition\, new development has the ability to rapidly transform existing patterns of land use and the physical and sociocultural composition of the built environment. For these reasons\, new production is critical to current struggles over whose interests shall be served by this development\, and who has the rights to enjoy access to the existing – and newly created – urban environments. It also forces us to confront the question of how socialist urbanism will foster diverse urban spaces that can accommodate different requirements and preferences\, and that ensure equitable allocation of resources to meet the needs of all urban residents. \nKarl Beitel was formerly employed as policy analyst for Food First\, and has years of experience conducting policy-related and legal research for public sector unions in the Bay Area (SEIU 1021\, American Federation of Teachers\, and International Federation of Technical and Professional Employees Local 21). He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on topics spanning land use policy and affordable housing (Urban Affairs Review)\, the impacts of financial market dynamics on urban development (Environment and Planning A)\, and the U.S. and global economy (Historical Materialism\, Socialist Register). His work has also appeared in publications such as Counterpunch and Monthly Review. His recently completed book Local Protest\, Global Movements: Capital\, Community\, and State in San Francisco (Temple University Press) is an in-depth analysis of the history of community opposition to gentrification in San Francisco. \nAdmission is sliding scale. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Email info@marxedproject.org for information URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-affordable-housing-crisis/ LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Seminars and Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AffordableHousingBeitelGS3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191114T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006663-1573754400-1573759800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-11-14/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191107T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006662-1573149600-1573155000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-11-07/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191031T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191031T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006661-1572544800-1572550200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-10-31/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191024T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191024T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006660-1571940000-1571945400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-10-24/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191017T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191017T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006659-1571335200-1571340600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-10-17/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191010T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191010T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006658-1570730400-1570735800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-10-10/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191003T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191003T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006657-1570125600-1570131000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-10-03/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190926T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190926T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190716T034526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T013832Z UID:10006656-1569520800-1569526200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Earth in Crisis: Staying With the Trouble DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight\nAs the earth system enters a new climate regime marked by global warming\, mass extinctions\, ocean acidification\, droughts\, floods\, food shortages\, migrations\, and other manifestations of crisis\, the mainstream media and public figures swerve between denial and panic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we have only twelve years\, but what happens in year thirteen and beyond? This reading group will consider how climate activists and critical thinkers can maintain equilibrium and avoid despair by “staying with the trouble” —Donna Haraway’s phrase for living through planetary chaos and struggling alongside our fellow human and nonhuman beings. We will read and discuss Haraway’s recent essay collection with that title and related works such as Bruno Latour\, Down to Earth; Anna Tsing et al.\, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet; and John Clark\, Between Earth and Empire. \nOnline participation by Zoom teleconferencing can be arranged for mobility-challenged participants or those outside the New York City area. Registration and payment is available at marxedproject.org. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental group URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/earth-in-crisis-staying-with-the-trouble/2019-09-26/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EarthCrisisSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190523T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190523T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006571-1558634400-1558639800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-05-23/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190516T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006570-1558029600-1558035000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-05-16/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190509T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190509T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006569-1557424800-1557430200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-05-09/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190502T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190502T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006568-1556820000-1556825400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-05-02/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190425T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190425T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006567-1556215200-1556220600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-04-25/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190418T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190418T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006566-1555610400-1555615800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-04-18/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190411T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190411T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006565-1555005600-1555011000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-04-11/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190404T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20190309T135626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T213641Z UID:10006564-1554400800-1554406200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Ecology\, Capital and History DESCRIPTION:Convened by Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThe MEP’s Ecosocialism Study Group will devote the spring 2019 term to a close reading of Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital and selected essays applying Moore’s world-ecology framework. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature\, including human nature. \nFRED MURPHY and STEVE KNIGHT have co-led the Ecosocialism Study Group since 2016. Both are active in DSA’s climate justice work. Fred studied and taught historical sociology at The New School for Social Research. Steve reviews books for Marx & Philosophy and is active in faith-centered environmental groups. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/ecology-capital-and-history/2019-04-04/ LOCATION:United States CATEGORIES:Classes/Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DeforestedTropicsSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181215T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181215T140000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180902T165052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180902T165052Z UID:10006376-1544871600-1544882400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Volume One DESCRIPTION:with Capital Studies Group \nClass & Discussion (12 week session) \nKarl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other\, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity\, intertwined with growing inequality and misery\, alienation\, stunting of human potential\, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way\, Marx’s Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments. \nThe CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP has been meeting on Saturdays for two years. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers who are have dedicated themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital. Newcomers are encouraged to join when your schedule permits. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-one/2018-12-15/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BookInsidePagesSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181208T140000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180902T165052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180902T165052Z UID:10006375-1544266800-1544277600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Volume One DESCRIPTION:with Capital Studies Group \nClass & Discussion (12 week session) \nKarl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other\, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity\, intertwined with growing inequality and misery\, alienation\, stunting of human potential\, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way\, Marx’s Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments. \nThe CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP has been meeting on Saturdays for two years. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers who are have dedicated themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital. Newcomers are encouraged to join when your schedule permits. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-one/2018-12-08/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BookInsidePagesSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181201T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181201T140000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180902T165052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180902T165052Z UID:10006374-1543662000-1543672800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Volume One DESCRIPTION:with Capital Studies Group \nClass & Discussion (12 week session) \nKarl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other\, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity\, intertwined with growing inequality and misery\, alienation\, stunting of human potential\, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way\, Marx’s Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments. \nThe CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP has been meeting on Saturdays for two years. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers who are have dedicated themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital. Newcomers are encouraged to join when your schedule permits. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-one/2018-12-01/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BookInsidePagesSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181128T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180806T125709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180806T125709Z UID:10006310-1543428000-1543433400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Energy and Power DESCRIPTION:A 10-week Study Group with Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThroughout the history of capitalism\, energy sources and especially fossil fuels—coal\, oil and natural gas—have been critical to the system’s economic viability. The crises associated with climate change are rooted in capital’s insatiable need to burn fuels in order to accumulate wealth and maximize profits. Competition and greed for readily extractable energy resources have fueled wars and evoked popular resistance\, especially in the Middle East. This study group will explore the history and political economy of oil\, energy and capitalism. We will read George Caffentzis’s recently published No Blood for Oil! and related work by Michael Klare\, Andreas Malm\, Timothy Mitchell\, and others. \nFRED MURPHY has co-led several MEP study groups on Marxism\, science\, nature\, and ecosocialism. He studied and taught historical sociology at the New School for Social Research. \nSTEVE KNIGHT has been a co-leader of MEP eco-socialist study groups since 2015. He is also a climate activist with the DSA and faith-centered groups\, and reviews books on eco-socialism for Marx & Philosophy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-energy-and-power/2018-11-28/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CapitalEnergyPowerSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181117T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181117T140000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180902T165052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180902T165052Z UID:10006373-1542452400-1542463200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Volume One DESCRIPTION:with Capital Studies Group \nClass & Discussion (12 week session) \nKarl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other\, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity\, intertwined with growing inequality and misery\, alienation\, stunting of human potential\, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way\, Marx’s Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments. \nThe CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP has been meeting on Saturdays for two years. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers who are have dedicated themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital. Newcomers are encouraged to join when your schedule permits. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-one/2018-11-17/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BookInsidePagesSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181114T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180806T125709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180806T125709Z UID:10006309-1542218400-1542223800@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Energy and Power DESCRIPTION:A 10-week Study Group with Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThroughout the history of capitalism\, energy sources and especially fossil fuels—coal\, oil and natural gas—have been critical to the system’s economic viability. The crises associated with climate change are rooted in capital’s insatiable need to burn fuels in order to accumulate wealth and maximize profits. Competition and greed for readily extractable energy resources have fueled wars and evoked popular resistance\, especially in the Middle East. This study group will explore the history and political economy of oil\, energy and capitalism. We will read George Caffentzis’s recently published No Blood for Oil! and related work by Michael Klare\, Andreas Malm\, Timothy Mitchell\, and others. \nFRED MURPHY has co-led several MEP study groups on Marxism\, science\, nature\, and ecosocialism. He studied and taught historical sociology at the New School for Social Research. \nSTEVE KNIGHT has been a co-leader of MEP eco-socialist study groups since 2015. He is also a climate activist with the DSA and faith-centered groups\, and reviews books on eco-socialism for Marx & Philosophy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-energy-and-power/2018-11-14/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CapitalEnergyPowerSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181110T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180902T165052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180902T165052Z UID:10006372-1541847600-1541858400@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Volume One DESCRIPTION:with Capital Studies Group \nClass & Discussion (12 week session) \nKarl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other\, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity\, intertwined with growing inequality and misery\, alienation\, stunting of human potential\, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way\, Marx’s Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments. \nThe CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP has been meeting on Saturdays for two years. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers who are have dedicated themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital. Newcomers are encouraged to join when your schedule permits. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-one/2018-11-10/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BookInsidePagesSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181107T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180806T125709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180806T125709Z UID:10006308-1541613600-1541619000@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Energy and Power DESCRIPTION:A 10-week Study Group with Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThroughout the history of capitalism\, energy sources and especially fossil fuels—coal\, oil and natural gas—have been critical to the system’s economic viability. The crises associated with climate change are rooted in capital’s insatiable need to burn fuels in order to accumulate wealth and maximize profits. Competition and greed for readily extractable energy resources have fueled wars and evoked popular resistance\, especially in the Middle East. This study group will explore the history and political economy of oil\, energy and capitalism. We will read George Caffentzis’s recently published No Blood for Oil! and related work by Michael Klare\, Andreas Malm\, Timothy Mitchell\, and others. \nFRED MURPHY has co-led several MEP study groups on Marxism\, science\, nature\, and ecosocialism. He studied and taught historical sociology at the New School for Social Research. \nSTEVE KNIGHT has been a co-leader of MEP eco-socialist study groups since 2015. He is also a climate activist with the DSA and faith-centered groups\, and reviews books on eco-socialism for Marx & Philosophy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-energy-and-power/2018-11-07/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CapitalEnergyPowerSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181103T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181103T140000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180902T165052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180902T165052Z UID:10006371-1541242800-1541253600@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Volume One DESCRIPTION:with Capital Studies Group \nClass & Discussion (12 week session) \nKarl Marx’s Capital remains the fundamental text for understanding how capitalism works. By unraveling the commoditized forms of our interactions with nature and each other\, it provides tools to understand capitalism’s astounding innovativeness and productivity\, intertwined with growing inequality and misery\, alienation\, stunting of human potential\, and ecological destruction all over the globe. In this way\, Marx’s Capital offers the reader a methodology for doing our own analysis of current developments. \nThe CAPITAL STUDIES GROUP has been meeting on Saturdays for two years. We are a diverse group of students\, activists and teachers who are have dedicated themselves to a chronological reading of all three volumes of Marx’s Capital. Newcomers are encouraged to join when your schedule permits. URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-volume-one/2018-11-03/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BookInsidePagesSite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181031T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181031T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T045436 CREATED:20180806T125709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180806T125709Z UID:10006307-1541008800-1541014200@marxedproject.org SUMMARY:Capital\, Energy and Power DESCRIPTION:A 10-week Study Group with Fred Murphy and Steve Knight \nThroughout the history of capitalism\, energy sources and especially fossil fuels—coal\, oil and natural gas—have been critical to the system’s economic viability. The crises associated with climate change are rooted in capital’s insatiable need to burn fuels in order to accumulate wealth and maximize profits. Competition and greed for readily extractable energy resources have fueled wars and evoked popular resistance\, especially in the Middle East. This study group will explore the history and political economy of oil\, energy and capitalism. We will read George Caffentzis’s recently published No Blood for Oil! and related work by Michael Klare\, Andreas Malm\, Timothy Mitchell\, and others. \nFRED MURPHY has co-led several MEP study groups on Marxism\, science\, nature\, and ecosocialism. He studied and taught historical sociology at the New School for Social Research. \nSTEVE KNIGHT has been a co-leader of MEP eco-socialist study groups since 2015. He is also a climate activist with the DSA and faith-centered groups\, and reviews books on eco-socialism for Marx & Philosophy URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/capital-energy-and-power/2018-10-31/ LOCATION:United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CapitalEnergyPowerSite.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR