NEW YORK STUDY GROUPS ON MARXISM AND REVOLUTIONS
From Loren Goldner
I am considering various topics for study groups for the coming year, based on what people are most interested in. The groups will start in mid-October and run to the end of June 2011. They will meet every other week in Manhattan, most probably on Thursday evenings (the time that seems most convenient for most people), and involve about 100 pages of reading per session. Participants should be committed to doing the reading and attending regularly.
The Capital group of fall 2009-June 2010 and the summer Grundrisse group have been (IMHO) quite successful, with high levels of participation and discussion by all involved. Participants in the 2010-2011 groups will be asked to make presentations on parts of the reading or (with option No. 3) reporting back to the group on independent reading. I have found this to be a very workable way to encourage maximum participation.
The main topics I’m considering are:
Marx’s Capital, 3 volumes.
Marx’s Theories of Surplus Value, plus readings from Smith, Ricardo and Hegel.
The history of revolutions from the English Revolution to the present (English, French, 1848, Paris Commune, Russian Revolutions (1905 and 1917), German, Spanish) and various working-class upsurges and insurrections since 1945. Given the near-infinite character of the topic and of the possible readings, the focus will depend in part on the interests of the group.
I will choose two of the above, based on the response.
For those of you not familiar with where I’m coming from, check out my web site
http://home.earthlink.net/~lrgoldner
…and the new on-line journal of which I am a co-editor
If any of the proposed topics grab you, and you have the time and energy to participate, contact me asap at
Loren
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