Solidarity in Alliance and Global History 1968 fut une année de luttes, d’insurrections, d’offensives et de manifestations contre le capitalisme et l’impérialisme dont la guerre du Vietnam fut l’épicentre. La démocratie, l’égalité et l’émancipation y gagnèrent mais ces luttes rencontrèrent aussi une repression brutale et meurtrière. Des récits révisionnistes ont cherché à effacer la violence
Type: Event
Communism and Zionism in early Soviet Cinema: film screening -London, 25 February
All are welcome to the following film screening at the Pears Institute, Birkbeck, University of London. Iskateli schast’ia – Seekers of Happiness When: 25 February 2018 Where: Birkbeck, University of London, WC1E 7HX. Room B35, Torrington Square main entrance Time: 2.00 – 3.30 Film screening | 3.40 – 3.45 Break | 3.45 – 4.45 Panel discussion Rarely screened
Theoretical Lessons of the Russian Revolution- Los Angeles, 18 February
Theoretical Lessons of the Russian Revolution Sunday, February 18 6:30-8:30 PM Westside Peace Center 3916 Sepulveda Blvd., near Venice Blvd. (free parking in rear) Suite 101-102, press #22 at door to get into building Culver City (LA area) Speakers: Kevin B. Anderson, author of Lenin, Hegel, and Western Marxism Edward Tapia, writer on imperialism and
Racism and the Logic of Capital – Los Angeles, 11 March
Racism and the Logic of Capital Sunday, March 11 6:30-8:30 PM Westside Peace Center 3916 Sepulveda Blvd., near Venice Blvd. (free parking in rear) Suite 101-102, press #22 at door to get into building Culver City (LA area) Speaker: Peter Hudis With a comment by Lilia D. Monzó In light of worsening income
Marx 200 Conference – SOAS, 5 May
From the Marx Memorial Library: How relevant are Marx’s ideas for us today? This important conference celebrating the 200th anniversary of Marx’ birth will provide some of the answers. It will cover a wide range of topics with leading international speakers. Don’t miss it and book your ticket now. You can get your tickets here:
Nick Srnicek on The Crisis of Social Reproduction and the End of Work – SOAS, 6 February
Dr Nick Srnicek (King’s College London) The Crisis of Social Reproduction and the End of Work Tuesday, 6 February, 5-7PM Room: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS Main Building There has been much discussion in recent years about the “crisis of work”, with academics and journalists alike pointing to potentially concerning trends in the labour market.
Echoes of Revolution, 1848-1918 – University of East Anglia, 17-18 February
Echoes of Revolution, 1848-1918. Revolution, Nationalism and Socialism. School of History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. 17-18 February 2018. Organised and hosted by UEA School of History in conjunction with the journal Socialist History and the Institute of Working Class History, Chicago. As the old European powers approached exhaustion in the Great War, a
Julia Nicholls on the origins of Marxism in France – London, 14 February
Seminar in Contemporary Marxist Theory Dr Julia Nicholls (King’s College London) Marx’s Capital and the origins of Marxism in modern France 14 February 2018 18:00-19:30 King’s College London Room K-1.14 (basement) Strand Campus London WC2R 2LS It is commonly assumed that Marxism took root in France only in the 1890s. The period before, it is suggested,
Marx and Philosophy Society workshop – London, 24 February
Marx’s Theses on Feuerbach A workshop discussion of Marx’s 1845 ‘Theses on Feuerbach’, introduced by Andrew Chitty. Saturday 24th February 2018, 2.00-5.00 pm UCL Institute of Education, Room 604, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Directions and map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/contact-us A parallel English-German text of the ‘Theses on Feuerbach’, along with supplementary passages from 1844-46, will be
Bob Jessop Lecture – London, 20 February
The Centre for the Study of States, Markets, and People, (STAMP) Annual Lecture “Ordoliberalism, Neoliberalism, Financialisation, and Permanent Austerity” Professor Bob Jessop Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Lancaster Date: Tuesday, 20th February 2018 Time: 15:00 – 17:00pm Venue: USS G.19/20, University of East London, 1 Salway Road, London E15 1NF Bob Jessop is Distinguished
Jeff Webber on the Political Economy of the Latin American Left – SOAS, 30 January
Please find below details of the next seminar in the SOAS Department of Development Studies and Bloomsbury DTC for the Social Sciences seminar series. Please kindly share with colleagues and networks that may be interested. The seminar will be followed by a small reception. Dr Jeff Webber (Queen Mary, University of London) World Market,
Agrarian Change Seminars, London
Agrarian Change Seminars Term 2, 2017-18 Journal of Agrarian Change and Department of Development Studies, SOAS Room G51a (ground floor, main building), SOAS 24 January, 5.15 pm Food Import Dependency in Cuba: still the Achilles Heel of the Revolution? Elisa Botella Rodríguez (University of Salamanca) 7 February, 5.15 pm Land grabs,
