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Jacobin Reading Group Discussion

Victrola Coffee and Art 411 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States

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

Ecosocialist Reading Group: Naomi Klein’s On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

Little Oddfellow's Cafe 1521 10th Ave, Sesttle, WA, United States

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

Jacobin Reading Group Discussion: Are Managers a Class?

Capitol Hill branch of Seattle Public Library, 2nd floor meeting room 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States

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/  

Ecosocialist Reading Group: On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

Little Oddfellows - Elliot Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

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

Jacobin Reading Group Discussion

Capitol Hill branch of Seattle Public Library, 2nd floor meeting room 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States

Join us for part two of our discussion series on class. We will discuss the following readings: White Collar Populism - Dustin Guastella https://jacobinmag.com/2019/11/white-collar-populism/ Professional-Managerial Chasm - Gabriel Winant https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/professional-managerial-chasm/

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