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SUMMARY:Antonio Gramsci Studies
DESCRIPTION:The ongoing Gramsci Study Sessions meet on Sundays at 11 am ET.\n \nAt present we are reading and exploring: \n\nSelections from the Prison Notebooks\nSelections from Cultural Writings\nSelections from Political Writings\nGramsci’s writings on international politics\, as they relate to contemporary issues and conflicts.\n\nParticipants may join in at any time. We share a vast archive of articles and secondary sources on Gramsci research and application of Gramsci’s approach to specific realities of our interest. \nPiruz Alemi\, PhD\, and Trudy Mercadal\, PhD\, facilitate this program. In addition\, all participants have the opportunity to lead discussions\, and we transcribe\, edit\, archive and share our discussion commentaries among the group. In effect\, we will collectively write on international issues of current interest\, applying Gramsci’s approach. \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/antonio-gramsci-studies-2026-sessions/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Fall 2026,featured,Gramsci,Multi-session Classes,Political Strategy,Reading Group,Spring 2026
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SUMMARY:Get blood and consciousness moving with "Ring Shout"
DESCRIPTION:Next on Monday August 31\, 5-6:30 pm ET for Ring Shout \nReading Science Fiction Politically\, Midterms edition explores climate crisis\, artificial intelligence in politics\, a reawakened Klan\, and more by way of four recent novels and selected short stories. \nOur next book\, Ring Shout\, P. Djèlí Cleark\, poses a well-timed question: consider with us\, what if the monstrous\, demonic rebirthed KKK in the 1910s had actual demons for leaders? A non-stop thrill ride featuring three fearless and well-drawn women monster-fighters rallying their community to drive out the “Ku Kluxers.” \nHave  you noticed that\, as contemporary politics veers into the fantastical\, more writers have embraced the fantastical\, speculative\, visionary\, horror to explore politics realistically? If that contradiction intrigues you\, we welcome you to our twice-a-month reading group. \nJump in any time to sample the best of socially-conscious and political literature traditionally called science fiction. We read it to get ready for this year’s elections\, envision the futures we seek and empower our commitments\, enliven our reflection\, and energize our communities. \n\nNow reading: Ring Shout\, by P. Djèlí Clark (author event coming September 28)\nNext Up: Infomocracy\, Malka Ann Older\nOngoing: We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest\, Resistance\, and Hope\, edited by Malka Older\, Annalee Newitz and Karen Lord (continuing to read from this wonderful new anthology of activist sf)Earlier this summer:\nThe Terraformers\, Annalee Newitz\nForfeiture\, JP Nebra\n\nAnd bookmark this page for coming selections
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/reading-science-fiction-politically-midterms-edition/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:_Seasons,American Literature,Class and Gender,Cultural Resistance,Fall 2026,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Reading Group,Science Fiction,Speculative fiction,Visionary Fiction,Visionary Fiction
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SUMMARY:Topics in Political Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 7-9 pm ET Next on September 1\n \nAs we head toward the US fall elections\, the Topics in Political Strategy reading group will continue our mix of currently-published substantive analytical pieces and a monthly book-length treatment of important topics of political theory. \nThis fall\, we read two critical commentaries on two very different ends of the present moment and organizing responses to it. \nWe Still Here: Pandemic\, Policing\, Protest and Possibility\, by Marc Lamont Hill. We trace back to 2020 and the uprising that “marked a new phase in the Movement for Black Lives.” Hill “critically examines the “pre-existing conditions” that have led us to this moment of crisis and upheaval\, guiding us through both the perils and possibilities\, and helping us imagine an abolitionist future.” (from Bookshop.org listing) \nThe Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy\, by Gil Durán\, a journalist traces back from the rise of JD Vance\, to Peter Thiel\, and then further to the right. “These guys were never libertarians\,” says Durán. “Now that they are the government\, we see their true face: They’re fascists\, and they’re authoritarians.” (Quoted on Democracy Now!) \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/topics-in-political-strategy-2/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence AI,Classes/Events,Fall 2026,featured,Gramsci,Multi-session Classes,Political Strategy,Reading Group
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SUMMARY:The Aesthetics of Resistance: Art and Fascism in the 1930s
DESCRIPTION:Join ongoing weekly sessions of the MEP Literature Group as we read together The Aesthetics of Resistance\, the masterwork of German author Peter Weiss. This trilogy of historical novels opens in 1937 and details the interactions of the narrator and his peers and family with historical figures of the European left engaged in the fight against fascism. As the characters encounter each other clandestinely to discuss political questions\, they also discuss works of art and question how the art of the past can support their resistance to a horrific present: what can art suggest for a future they may not live to see? \nJust as Weiss’s characters rely upon group discussion\, readers of this trilogy have often formed reading groups to aid their understanding of the novelist’s ambitions. The MEP is joining this leftist tradition. We will read these challenging novels slowly and discuss themes such as strategy and tactics in the fight against fascism\, and the works of art that inspired the characters’ discussions. Familiarity with art history or with Europe in the 1930s is neither required nor expected. \nPublisher’s web pages for The Aesthetics of Resistance: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3\nSecond-hand bookstores\, online resellers\, and public libraries may have copies of these books available. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell and the MEP Literature Group. Jacqueline became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman eight years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, Jacqueline has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/aesthetics-of-resistance/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Anti-fascism,Art and politics,Classes/Events,Fall 2026,Fascism,Gender,Germany,historical materialism,History,Literary Studies,Marx,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Philosophy of History,Political Strategy,Radical Literature,Reading Group,Social Democracy,Socialism,Spring 2026,War,War Fiction,Winter 2026
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