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Finance and Financialization as Class Struggle

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:45:53 +0000

On Friday, May 7th, THIS IS FOREVER Event and Discussion Series will be hosting Conrad Herold for a presentation on the role of finance in class struggle today. The event will be at Bluestockings Bookstore at 7PM.

Can the Marxian framework comprehend the new, financialized, character of class struggle today? Despite important differences between Marx’s time and ours, there are also significant similarities. His was also an era of financial innovation, financial integration, and international financial crisis. Specifying what is new and what is not is a first step toward clarifying how Marx might analyze finance today. Likewise, examining how capital responded to financial crisis in the past can clarify where we may want to put our energies today.

Discussion to follow.

Conrad Herold is Professor of Economics and History at Hofstra University, New York. His research interest is contemporary Latin American Political Economy and Macroeconomics. He was born and raised in South America.

Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis on the Politics of Oil

Malav Kanuga — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:06:36 +0000

On Tuesday NOVEMBER 10th at 6:30PM, join Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis as they discuss big oil’s cultural and political violence with Peter Maass, contributing editor at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the recently published Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil.

The event is moderated by Ashley Dawson, Associate Professor of English, The Graduate Center, CUNY. The event will take place at the Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave btwn 34th and 35th (The Skylight Room, 9100)

New Pamphlet from Midnight Notes called “Promissory Notes: From Crisis to Commons”

Malav Kanuga — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:40:26 +0000

Since the summer of 2008, Midnight Notes collective and many friends have come together to put together an analysis of the contemporary crisis. After many discussions as well as some public presentations, the group around Midnight Notes has prepared a pamphlet called “Promissory Notes: From Crisis to Commons.”

The publication is an initial attempt to clear the field of many muddled interpretations of our current situation as well as a call to others in the planetary movement of anti-capitalist struggles to share political and organizational insights.

The pamphlet is available online on the Midnight Notes website as well as for purchase through Autonomedia Distribution. If you are in NYC, you can also get the pamphlet at Bluestockings Bookstore.

Two Panels at LEFT FORUM on APRIL 18th and 19th

Malav Kanuga — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:56:18 +0000

On Saturday and Sunday, APRIL 18th to 19th, Midnight Notes will be conducting two panels at Pace University (One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038) as part of this year’s LEFT FORUM.

Saturday (10AM to 12PM) will be Capitalist Crisis, Energy and the Commons featuring Iain Boal, Peter Linebaugh, George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici.

Sunday (also 10AM to 12PM) will be Class Struggle and the Crisis: From Workers to Capital and Back Again and will include presentations from George Caffentzis, Silvia Federici, Peter Linebaugh, Monty Neill, and Eddie Yuen. This second panel will coincide with the launching of a new publication by Midnight Notes that is a political inquiry into the current capitalist crisis.

NOTE: You can find exact room information in person at the registration table of the conference or at the Bluestockings tables in the Exhibition room.

Please see UPCOMING EVENTS for more info.

Two panels at ‘City from Below’ (in Baltimore)

Malav Kanuga — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:11:19 +0000

This is Forever is happy to announce two upcoming panel discussions at the ‘City from Below‘ conference in Baltimore, March 27th to 29th 2009. The discussions will center on urban struggle in the context of the crisis and the question of social reproduction in movement formations. See Upcoming Events for more info!