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SUMMARY:Porn\, Gambling\, and the American Psyche with Dennis Broe
DESCRIPTION:Novelist and film critic Dennis Broe takes a critical look at the pornography and gambling industries – the new bread and circuses\, only without the bread. \nWith the American empire in decline and with working and living conditions worsening for most American workers as prices rise\, wages stagnate and AI comes for their jobs\, these twin “vices” are on offer as diversions. Both have penetrated deeply into US society and have reached astronomical levels of profit. Porn is now four times more profitable than the Hollywood film industry\, though the two have a symbiotic relationship. Likewise\, sports betting is now ubiquitous as many states have thrown off legal restraints and online betting houses like Kalshi and Polymarket are flourishing. Even the Financial Times now quotes Polymarket\, rather than pollsters\, as a predictive service. While these modes of exploitation mainly target the working class\, they also have upper-class expressions\, from the Epstein scandals to insider manipulation of the stock market by figures in and around the Trump regime. \nDennis will address the alure of porn and gambling\, the addictive quality of both\, the ways they intersect with the American family structure\, and how workers in these industries are resisting their bosses and in some cases have formed or joined trade unions. \nDennis Broe is a journalist\, critic and novelist who has taught at the Sorbonne and spoken at numerous MEP events. The latest of his six Harry Palmer novels is Pornocopia\, featuring the porn and gambling industries in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and the confluence of financial capital\, the mob\, and the state.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/porn-gambling/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:_Seasons,Alienation,Capital vs. Labor,Class and Gender,Cultural Resistance,featured,Film and television,Labor Organizing,Literature,Media Criticism,Political Economy,Present Moment,Seminars and Talks,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY:Muskism\, Global Trends\, and Political Strategy Today
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 7-9 pm ET Beginning July 14\n \nFor July\, read Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed with the Strategic Studies reading group. Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff offer us much more than an assessment of the person of Musk. And they assess his business ventures and forays into government and politics only to go further. They invite us to consider what the new technology- and artificial intelligence-driven industries and the growing concentration of wealth and power mean for capitalism\, for the world’s peoples\, and for political struggles ahead. \nTo aid in this discussion\, we will make available and mix in recently published and forthcoming texts from wide sources\, ranging from Pope Leo’s Encyclical on artificial intelligence to strategies for the “Third Reconstruction.” Participants have access to our community chat and our regularly updated study guide. \nWe study together to understand the wave of reaction which once again has washed over politics\, its reflection in both long historical currents and fast-changing global trends\, and ways to think strategically about advancing in new directions for the socialist left.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/muskism-and-political-challenges-today/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence AI,Classes/Events,featured,Gramsci,Multi-session Classes,Political Strategy,Reading Group,Summer 2026
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