Reading Science Fiction Politically: Diverging Futures
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Summer Noir 2024
The MEP Literature Group’s Summer Noir tradition of enjoying the bracing vitality of pulp continues with six short novels on the themes of difficult trips and political mayhem. Be warned: Do not expect happy endings in novels featuring corruption, futility and deception. Enrollees need not attend all sessions; to accommodate summer travel, we selected short ... Read more
Reading Gramsci for Today’s Movements
Reading Gramsci for Today’s Movements
Join us to study Antonio Gramsci's works. We will explore Gramsci's themes and concepts, including state-civil society relations, historical block, hegemony, spontaneity, strategy and tactic, and language. We will follow Gramsci’s philological method drawing on linguistics, cinema, critical theory, literature, journalism, comics, animation, plastic arts, mass media and Machiavellian political studies. We will draw on ... Read more
Reading Science Fiction Politically: Diverging Futures
Reading Science Fiction Politically: Diverging Futures
In Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba, edited by Basma Ghalayini, as well as other recent books, Palestinian authors have begun to discover the power of science fiction. "Everyday life, for is a kind of dystopia." In this situation, "The real future --the actual future -- is unknowable. But for SF writers, ... Read more
The Circulation of Capital: Reading Volume II of Marx’s Capital
The Circulation of Capital: Reading Volume II of Marx’s Capital
A weekly study group covering Marx's Capital, Volume II, The Process of Circulation of Capital. In this volume, Marx addresses the question: How can the reproduction of society as a whole take place, if there is no conscious social planning that ensures that all needs are met, in the necessary proportions, such that life can persist and the capitalist relations of production be sustained? We discover the answer, but we also learn of new contradictions and sources of crisis inherent to capitalist society.