----- Original Message ----- From: Anne J <annenewyork at hotmail.com> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:34 PM Subject: Can Humanity Free Itself from Global Capitalism?
: >You are invited to a series of four discussions on
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: > CAN HUMANITY FREE ITSELF FROM GLOBAL CAPITALISM?
: >
: >A new look at
: > _Marxism and Freedom, from 1776 until Today_
: >
: >Alternate Sunday evenings in
: >November and December in New York City
: >
: >Parlor of Parish House
: >Washington Square United Methodist Church
: >133 W. 4th Street, Manhattan
: >
: >Sponsored by News and Letters Committees.
: >Free Admission. For copies of _Marxism and Freedom_,
: >or for more information, call (212) 663-3631.
: >e-mail: nandl at igc.org
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: >These four open discussions will explore some of the central questions
: >facing today's freedom movements. They include: What is capitalism,
and
: >how can it be uprooted? Why has Marx's thought taken on new
importance
: >in light of the struggles against globalized capital? What is the
legacy
: >of the revolutions and revolutionary movements of the past century?
How
: >can we ensure that a new bureaucracy does not emerge after a
revolution?
: >Why was Hegel's philosophy important to Marx, and what significance
does
: >it have for the social movements of our day?
: >
: >These questions are central to Raya Dunayevskaya's _Marxism and
Freedom,
: >from 1776 until Today_. Hailed as one of the most important works in
: >Marxist theory of the past half century, it has been translated into
: >Spanish, French, Japanese, Italian, and Chinese. A new
English-language
: >edition has recently been published by Humanity Books. Join us in
: >exploring this work with new eyes, as part of breaking down the
: >separation between philosophy and action.
: >
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: >Sunday, November 5, 6:30 pm
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: >Hegel's Dialectic and Marx's Humanism:
: >Their Objectivity and Meaning
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: >Opening the discussion: Anne Jaclard
: >
: >Hegel's revolution in philosophy emerged from the impact of the French
: >Revolution, and Marx's philosophy of revolution emerged from the
impact
: >of a new era of proletarian revolts. This class explores the
: >contemporary significance of Hegel's dialectic and the new humanism
born
: >from Marx's _Economic-Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844_ in light of the
: >struggles of workers, women, youth, Blacks and other minorities for
: >non-alienating human relations.
: >
: >Suggested readings from _Marxism and Freedom_:
: >Chapter 1: The Age of Revolutions
: >Chapter 3: A New Humanism: Marx's Early Economic-Philosophic
Writings
: >Chapter 16: Automation and the New Humanism
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: >Sunday, November 19, 6:30 pm
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: >Marx's _Capital Reconsidered_: American Roots of Marxism and the
Black
: >Dimension
: >
: >Opening the discussion: Paul Geist and Russell Rockwell
: >
: >Marx's greatest theoretical work, _Capital_, has taken on new
importance
: >in light of global capital's incessant drive to commodify every sphere
of
: >human and natural existence. In exploring _Capital_ with eyes of
today's
: >economic-political realities, this class will also focus on how the
: >development of Marx's work was influenced by the freedom struggles of
his
: >own period, especially the struggles against slavery and the fights
for a
: >shorter working day.
: >
: >Suggested readings from _Marxism and Freedom_:
: >Chapter 5: The Impact of the Civil War on _Capital_
: >Chapter 6: The Paris Commune Illuminates and Deepens the Content of
: >_Capital_
: >Chapter 7: The New Humanism and Dialectic of _Capital_, Vol. I
: >Chapter 8: Sections 1 & 3: The Logic and Scope of _Capital_, Vols.
II
: >and III
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: >Sunday, December 3, 6:30 pm
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: >Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the Era of Globalized
: >State-Capitalism
: >
: >Opening the discussion: A. Anielewicz
: >
: >What happens after the revolution? What was achieved with the Russian
: >Revolution of 1917, and why did it become transformed into a
totalitarian
: >state-capitalist society under Stalin? How did state-capitalism
emerge
: >as a new global stage of production, and what is disclosed by the
: >emergence of new revolts against it, especially in Eastern Europe,
: >Africa, Latin America, and China? This class will explore the legacy
of
: >20th-century revolutions and the central problem disclosed by them --
: >that of counter-revolution emerging from within revolution itself.
: >
: >Suggested readings from _Marxism and Freedom_:
: >Chapter 12: What Happens After?
: >Chapter 13, Section C: The Third Five Year Plan
: >Chapter 15: The Beginning of the End of Russian Totalitarianism
: >Chapter 17: Sections C: The Economic Compulsion of State-Capitalism
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: >Sunday, December 17, 6:30 pm
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: >Beyond Post-Marx Marxism: Towards a New Unity of Theory and Practice
in
: >the Abolitionist and Marxist-Humanist Tradition
: >
: >Opening the discussion: Eli Messinger and Ted Rosmer
: >
: >This class explores the need for a new unity of theory and practice,
and
: >of philosophy and organization, that transcends the legacy of
"post-Marx
: >Marxism." We will look at the state socialism of Ferdinand Lassalle
and
: >the anarchism of Pierre Proudhon; the reformism of the Second
: >International and Lenin's great divide in turning to Hegel in 1914.
We
: >will also look at Stalin, in terms of what enables someone who was
once a
: >revolutionary to succumb to the impulses from an alien class. Our
focus
: >is on how the development of Marxist-Humanism poses an alternative to
: >post-Marx Marxism, in a way that speaks to today's "new passions and
: >forces."
: >
: >Suggested readings from _Marxism and Freedom_:
: >Chapter 4: Worker, Intellectual, and the State
: >Chapter 9, Sections 2 & 3: The Second International
: >Chapter 10: The Break in Lenin's Thought
: >Chapter 14: Stalin
: >Introduction (1985): "Dialectics of Revolution: American Roots and
Marx
: >'s World Humanist Concepts"
: >
: >_Constitution_ of News and Letters Committees
: >_The Philosophic Moment of Marxist-Humanism_ (Chicago: News and
Letters,
: >1989)
: >
: >
: >
: >"An oasis in the desert of Marxist thought .. Raya Dunayevskaya's
book
: >shows not only that Marxian economics and politics are throughout
: >philosophy, but that the latter is from the beginning economics and
: >politics." -- Herbert Marcuse, from the original preface (1957)
: >
: >
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