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A frightful hobgoblin stalks throughout District 2. We are haunted by a ghost—the ghost of Communism! Join the District 2 Reading group, where we will be reading and discussing socialists texts from throughout our rich shared history, from Marx and Engels through contemporary writers. In this session, we will be reading part of Bhaskar Sunkara’s ... Read more
Hi Comrades! Our next discussion will be this Saturday, November 2, from 5-7pm at the 15th Ave Victrola (411 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112). We'll be meeting in the back study room. Here are the readings: * "Dismantling the School-to-Soldier Pipeline" An interview with the organizer of an effort to dismantle the JROTC program ... Read more
We'll discuss the three chapters that follow the introduction chapter of Naomi Klein’s On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. Karl Marx, 1867: “Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to ... Read more
We'll discuss two articles that take opposite positions on whether managers constitute their own social class. "The Right's Phony Class War", by David Sessions - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/national-conservatism-right-politics-james-burnham-josh-hawley-managerialism "The Characterless Opportunism of the Managerial Class", by Amber Frost - https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/11/the-characterless-opportunism-of-the-managerial-class/
We’ll discuss chapters 8-10 of Naomi Klein’s On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. (The last chapter we are reading is called "Hot Take on a Hot Planet".) Karl Marx, 1867: “Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are ... Read more
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