NLR Event: ‘Digital Socialism?’ – London, 13 June

NLR Event: ‘Digital Socialism?’ Evgeny Morozov and Brian Eno in discussion with New Left Review Thursday, 13th June, 7pm Fountain Room, Main Foyer Barbican Centre, Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS   Could the digital feedback infrastructure behind Big Data be repurposed for non-market forms of discovery and social coordination? Kicking off from Evgeny Morozov’s landmark

Policing the Crisis Today Workshops – Birmingham, London

Policing the Crisis Today: Conjunctures of the Past and of the Present An open invitation to a study workshop Monday 24 June Ikon Gallery 1 Oozells Square Birmingham, B1 2HS 10:00–14:00 Wednesday 26 June New York University in London  6 Bedford Square London, WC1B 3RA 10:00–14:00 If you would like to attend, and for further details,

Mass Strikes and Social Movements in Brazil and India – SOAS, 5 June

We are delighted to welcome Dr Joerg Nowak to Soas to talk about his new book Mass Strikes and Social Movements in Brazil and India: Popular Mobilisation in the Long Depression.  Date:  5 June 2019 Time: 17.00-19.00 Where: Soas, University of London, Paul Webley Wing, Room: SWLT  This book explores new forms of popular organisation that emerged from

From Economic Science Fiction to Labour as Commons. 1-Day Conference – London, 21 June

From Economic Science Fiction to Labour as Commons. 1-Day Conference Date: Friday, 21 June 2019 from 09:30-17:00 Venue: Middlesex University, Committee Room 1, Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BG Organised by: Alternative Organisations and Transformative Practices Research Cluster, Middlesex University Keynote Speaker: Dr Dario Azzellini (Cornell University) Book a place at http://tiny.cc/1ctu6y Fee £10

Anniversary of the Revolution (1918) Dziga Vertov (Russian/English) – Manchester, 9 June

Probably the first ever feature length documentary was made by pioneering filmmaker Dziga Vertov between February 1917 and October 1918. It charts the events and protagonists of the Russian Revolution in its first year. The film, presumed lost since 1921, was recently discovered in archives and painstakingly restored by film historian Nikolai Izvolov and team, with support from the

Baudelaire and Philosophy – London, 5-6 June

Baudelaire and Philosophy An international conference supported by the British Society of Aesthetics and organised by the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought Goldsmiths, University of London, 5-6 June 2019 Charles Baudelaire is a pivotal reference for debates on modernity, criticism and poetics, though in the domains of philosophy and critical theory his work is often approached

Risk and Uncertainty in the Anthropocene – London, 26 June

Risk and Uncertainty in the Anthropocene Goldsmiths, London, 26th June 2019 A one-day conference at Goldsmiths hosted by the Political Economy Research Centre and the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity 09.00 to 16.30 – full programme to follow – Attendance is free but registration is essential. Please register here. – Keynotes: Louise Amoore – Durham University and

New perspectives in Political Economy – London, 7 June

“New perspectives in Political Economy”. The workshop will be held on Friday 7 June 2019 at The OU in London from 9.45am-18.30pm (Tea/Coffee will be available and lunch will be provided). This workshop is organised by the Open Political Economy Group (OPEG) and supported by the Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) group. To see the

Book launch: The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx – London, 22 May

Matt Vidal (Loughborough University London), Tomás Rotta (University of Greenwich), and Carolina Alves (University of Cambridge) Book launch: The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx 22 May 2019 5pm Bush House (S)2.03 King’s College London Strand London WC2R 1ES The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx is a major contribution to Marxist theory, research and politics. Containing 41 chapters, this Handbook is more interdisciplinary

Socialist History Society Meeting – London, 18 May

Socialist History Society Meeting  At 2pm, on Saturday 18th May 2019 Soviet Communes –  The History of Communes in the Early Years of the Soviet Union The talk will be given by Dr Andy Willimott, author, “Living the Revolution: Urban Communes and Soviet Socialism, 1917 – 1932” Please note the Society’s AGM will be held