----- Original Message ----- From: Anne J <annenewyork@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 : > : > : >***************************************************** : > : > 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@igc.org : > : >***************************************************** : > : >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. : > : > : >=========================== : >Sunday, November 5, 6:30 pm : >=========================== : >Hegel's Dialectic and Marx's Humanism: : >Their Objectivity and Meaning : > : >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 : > : > : > : >============================ : >Sunday, November 19, 6:30 pm : >============================ : >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 : > : > : > : >=========================== : >Sunday, December 3, 6:30 pm : >=========================== : >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 : > : > : > : >============================ : >Sunday, December 17, 6:30 pm : >============================ : >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) : > : > : : _________________________________________________________________________ : Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. : : Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at : http://profiles.msn.com. : :
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