precarity
Precarious Labor, Precarious Lives Reading Group
Since the 1990s, scholars and activists have written about the impact of practices like “flexible accumulation” on workers and communities. We experience this in a very empirical and existential way, as so many of us can no longer count upon having (or keeping) a stable, secure job with benefits, or maintaining a roof over our heads. “Contingent labor” is not an abstraction but a harsh reality.
Day 1, Session 5—Solidarity Without Borders
Are we witnessing the formation of an historic bloc via precarity unlike formations in the prior history of capitalism? We are witnessing Greek workers welcoming refugees to Greece as the central European banks push them towards brutal levels of austerity not seen in Europe since WWII.
Organizing in the Era of The Gig Economy
...as Silicon Valley is turning back the clock on workers rights and fracturing moments of class unity, workers all over the world are organizing and fighting back. Come to consider how we can become more organized as a class here in the New York City area.
Highlights of Marx’s Capital, Volume 1
2067 Broadway between 71st and 72nd Streets, New York, NY, United StatesThe course provides a basic grounding for participants to pursue further study on their own or collectively. We’ll refer to new resources such as on-line and visual aids and current articles that illustrate capitalism’s developmental tendencies, which Marx calls its laws of motion. This highlights class is for women only. Everyone who identifies as a woman is welcome.
Choke Points
Join us for an evening of discussion on the potential strength our class has the ability to utilize in facing capital dominance during our period where capital has of necessity created this points that really give us the means of “choking” their power.