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Hegel, Marx, and Capital

Hegel and Marx

Andy Blunden presents insights from two new books on Marx’s use of Hegel’s Logic in the writing of Capital.

Slavery and Capitalism: A Reading Group

Join us for a nine-session reading group on David McNally’s recently published Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. McNally’s book presents a systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character … Read more

Animals and Capitalism: Metabolic Labor

A five-session study group on nonhuman animals’ relationship with capital as living, breathing, “commodified” beings. What differentiates nonhuman animals from non-living commodified objects is the way their metabolic and reproductive capacities are harnessed in production. In this study group, we will focus on how metabolic labor has been theorized in feminist studies and contemporary Marxist environmental and animal studies, with a specific focus on the particular function of nonhuman animals for capitalism.

Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary, with Mitchell Abidor

Join us for a conversation with Mitchell Abidor, author of the forthcoming book, “Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary.”
Today, thanks to his classic memoirs and novels, Victor Serge is highly esteemed by virtually all segments of the left. But who was this man, who led such a thrilling life on the frontlines of history?

Resisting Oppression: Reading Science Fiction Politically

“To build a better future, we have to envision it first.” Reading science fiction, discussing it together, and reading it politically, offers one tool for “envisioning” a future worth building. We continue our explorations of diverse points of view of social conflict and resolution, possible and imagined just worlds, here on Earth and perhaps afar.

Summer in France in the Shade of Noir

The MEP Literature Group continues its tradition of easy summer reading focusing on the noir genre. Our two selections – ‘Command Performance’ and ‘Creation Lake’ – are both set in France and both deal with corruption in high places by right-wing politicians and corporations who manipulate inept investigators of low social standing and morals.

Reading Science Fiction Politically: Severance by Ling Ma

Book cover for Severance novel

“To build a better future, we have to envision it first.” Reading science fiction, discussing it together, and reading it politically, offers one tool for “envisioning” a future worth building. We continue our explorations of diverse points of view of social conflict and resolution, possible and imagined just worlds, here on Earth and perhaps afar.