The Common and the Forms of the Commune – Rethinking Marxism

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THE COMMON AND THE FORMS OF THE COMMUNE – RETHINKING MARXISM

Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture & Society Volume 
22 Issue 3
http://www.informaworld/rm

Special Issue: THE COMMON AND THE FORMS OF THE COMMUNE

In Memoriam
JULIE GRAHAM (1945–2010)

Editors’ Introduction

The Common and the Forms of the Commune
Guest Editors’ Introduction: The Common and the Forms of the Commune
Anna Curcio and Ceren Özselçuk

On the Common, Universality, and Communism: A Conversation between 
Étienne Balibar and Antonio Negri

Subjectivity, Class, and Marx’s “Forms of the Commune”
Jack Amariglio

The Common and Its Production
The Common in Communism
Michael Hardt

Five Theses on the Common
Gigi Roggero

A Common Word
Aras Özgün

Free Association/Means in Common
16beaver group

Commodity Fetishism and the Common
Rethinking Socialism: Community, Democracy, and Social Agency
Antonio Callari; David F. Ruccio

The Common without Copies, the International without Cosmopolitanism: 
Marx against the Romanticism of Likeness
Deborah Jenson

The Nature of the Common
Federico Luisetti

“Modes” of Community
Engendering Feudalism: Modes of Production Revisited
S. Charusheela

On Producing (the Concept of) Solidarity
Kenneth Surin

Pedagogies of the Common
Kathi Weeks

Difference in Common
Translating Difference and the Common
Anna Curcio

Jouissance and Antagonism in the Forms of the Commune: A Critique of Biopolitical Subjectivity
Yahya M. Madra; Ceren Özselçuk

Subjectivity and Visions of the Common
Alvaro Reyes

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Resisting the Capitalist Production of Space

RESISTING THE CAPITALIST PRODUCTION OF SPACE

http://boiteaoutils.blogspot.com/2009/11/resisting-capitalist-production-of.html
Resisting the Capitalist Production of Space is a ten days conference organized in Brooklyn by Oppositional Architecture proposing discussions between sociologists, architects, geographers, historians, economists about resisting the systematic embodiment of capitalism in urban spaces.

Here is the program:

Ten Days for Oppositional Architecture Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces

Location: Gair Building No 6, 81 Front Street , Brooklyn NY 11201 / York stop on the F Train

Wednesday, November 11 // 6 pm
Opening Reception

Thursday, November 12 // 7 pm
The Decommodification of Housing
Discussion with James deFilippis, geographer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick · Esther Wang and Helena Wong of CAAAV, Organizing Asian Communities, New York

Friday, November 13 // 7 pm
Bar + programming by Lize Mogel and Alexis Baghat, An Atlas of Radical Cartography*

Saturday, November 14 // 7 pm
The Real Estate Crisis, Private Property and the Prospects of Planning
Discussion with David Kotz, economist, University of Massachusetts Amherst · Teddy Cruz, architect, San Diego

Sunday, November 15 // 7 pm
Bar + programming by tba*

Monday, November 16 // 7 pm
On the Commons: Taking versus Granting Rights
Discussion with Peter Linebaugh, historian, University of Toledo · Brett Bloom of Midwest Radical Culture Corridor, Urbana · Rob Robinson of Picture the Homeless, New York

Tuesday, November 17 // 7 pm
Bar + programming by common room*

Wednesday, November 18 // 7 pm
Territory as a Means of Struggle
Discussion with Veronica Dorsey of United Workers, Baltimore · Neil Smith, geographer, City University New York

Thursday, November 19 // 7 pm
Bar + programming by Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi of SLO architecture

BELOW HIGH-WATER MARK
An evening of film footage and musical improvisation exploring hidden connections along the water ways of New York City. Musical Improvisation by Joe Warner

Friday, November 20 // 7 pm
Reclaiming Capitalist Spaces
Discussion with Janelle Cornwell and Julie Graham, geographers, University of Massachusetts Amherst · Max Rameau of Take Back the Land, Miami

Saturday, November 21 // 12 pm
Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces
Lecture by David Harvey, geographer, City University New York, 12 pm
Workshops with special guests*, 2 – 6 pm
Final presentation and discussion, 7 pm
Party, 10 pm

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New Marxian Times

New Marxian Times

 

Rethinking Marxism

 

 

Please join us at New Marxian Times Conference in November. The call for papers and more information can be found at: http://www.rethinkingmarxism.org/conf/index.php/gala/NewMarxianTimes

 

The Seventh International Conference

Rethinking Marxism

New Marxian Times

November 5–8, 2009

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

With: Partha Chaterjee, Martha Possler, Hasil Berktay, Rick Wolff, Julie Graham, Kathie Gibson, David Ruccio, Susan Feiner, Richard McIntyre, and hundreds of other activists, artists and academics.

 

Platforms:

Marxism and Nationalism

Labor Movements in New Times

Marxism and Ecology

Marxism and Ethics

Community/Alternative Economies

Marxism and the Crises of Capitalism

 

For more information: http://www.rethinkingmarxism.org  

 

New Marxian Times Conference Committee

Rethinking Marxism

 

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