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Christoph Menke (Frankfurt) “The Critique of Law and the Law of Critique” Wednesday, 29 May 2019 5:30 – 7:30 pm LG01 Lecture Theatre Professor Stuart Hall Building The question of the critique of law is at the same time a question of the law – and the right – of critique. For law is itself

  8th Annual Radical Democracy Conference:  What is Feminist Politics?   The last couple of years gave rise to new democratic movements. This new stage of grassroots democratic protests in countries such as US, Brazil, Argentina, Spain or Poland has been centered around feminist issues including sexual harassment, abortion law, domestic violence, and gender inequality.

Fascism and Crisis Workshop with Alberto Toscano Date: Thursday 2 May, 1 – 4 pm Venue: A19 Trent Building, University of Nottingham Description: The recent strengthening of the far-right in political arena around the world has been increasingly diagnosed by the left, liberals and conservatives alike as a return of fascism. Today, for some commentators

The Doctrine of Essence: A Continuation of the Dialectic of Hegel‘s Science of Logic Workshop Seminar   10 May 2019 11:00am-5:00pm Penrhyn Road, Kingston University Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE Room JG 4010 Continuing with our chapter-by-chapter workshop seminar series on Hegel’sScience of Logic, we will commence the Doctrine of Essence up until Shine [Schein]. (pp. 333-353).

“Brexit and the Future of Ireland and Scotland: Beyond the Pro/Anti-Brexit Quagmire” Fri., April 12, 7:00-9:00 pm at Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen St., Manhattan The program will feature Chris Gilligan, Scottish/Irish academic, author, and Open Borders activist, who will draw attention to the human dimensions of immigration restrictions and highlight grassroots movements for human freedom

The 1960s and Gay Liberation Colin Wilson   25 April, 6:30pm The Basil Jellicoe Hall Drummond Crescent London NW1 1LE   Hosted by Haymarket Books and Social Histories of Revolution   The 1960s saw an extraordinary change in the social acceptance of gay people. At the start of the decade, all sex between men was

Tickets are now available. Lineup to be announced shortly. http://socialisminourtime.com/ Featuring panels and workshops from Catalyst, EndNotes, Haymarket, the International Women’s Strike, Jacobin, Labor Notes, Leftovers, Monthly Review, North American Congress on Latin America, Notes From Below, Science for the People, Verso Books… and more. Socialism is on the march. How can a new generation

Please join us for this exciting discussion on Thursday evening, featuring a leading sociologist of finance, Michael McCarthy, from the Marquette University, Wisconsin, and PERC’s Sahil Dutta as discussant. The Politics of Democratizing Finance: A Radical View http://www.perc.org.uk/project_posts/politics-democratizing-finance-radical-view-21-march/ 21 Mar 2019, 6:00pm – 8:00pm 251, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths University How might popular control of

The Postcolonial Centre is launching its new Imperialism and Culture Annual Lecture (poster attached). This new lecture series aims to revisit the question of culture and imperialism in postcolonial studies, and reframe dominant conceptions of imperial power in the humanities. Our inaugural lecture is on “Imperialism, Orientalism and Social Emancipation”and will be delivered by Vivek Chibber, Professor of Sociology at

Automation, Changing Work, and New Ways of Struggle Confirmed speakers: Phoebe Moore (University of Leicester), Saori Shibata (Leiden University) Saturday 9 March 3-5pm, Artefact, Birmingham Hosted by CSE/Capital and Class Midlands and the Contemporary Philosophy of Technology Research Group The world of work is changing. We see rapid moves towards automation, quantified work, precarity, and zero-hour contracts. But at the same time we

Sylvia Walby (City, University of London) Towards Zero Violence: Putting Gender into a Theory of Violence and Society Tuesday, 5 March, 5-7PM Room: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS Main Building Is violence increasing or decreasing? The UN Sustainable Development Goals aspire to end violence against women and reduce violence in general. According to Pinker, drawing

Brazil Under Bolsonaro – *DATE CHANGE* 14 March 6-8pm LGB G3, Goldsmiths Join us for a conversation with Alfredo Saad-Filho and Jeffery R. Webber on Saad-Filho’s new book and the rise of Bolsonaro in Brazil. Jair Bolsonaro’s recent ascension to the Brazilian presidency is the latest addition to a rising wave of far-right governments. A parliamentary coup in 2016 ousted the