Coronavirus, Capitalism, and Class Struggle Dennis Kosuth David McNally Sherry Baron Jessica Hansen-Weaver Sean Petty Healthcare

Seemingly overnight, the world as we know it has been fundamentally transformed into an unrecognizable, dystopian nightmare. The coronavirus has brought to the surface an underlying, insoluble and system-wide economic crisis, not in the form we expected, and even more terrifying than we could have imagined.

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Queering Social Reproduction Kate Doyle Griffiths Aaron Jaffe Barms Armstrong Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time LGBT

Social feminism has been revitalised in recent years by a revived interest in ‘social reproduction’, which an increasing number of Marxist theorists have used both to explain changes continuing to take place in our era of capitalism, and strategise effective responses led by worker action.

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The Revolutionary Left and Broad Parties Aaron Amaral Aldo Sauda Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time International

The revolutionary left has participated in broad parties in many parts of the world in an attempt to build an alternative to capitalist and social democratic parties that have adopted neoliberalism. This panel will look at examples of such efforts in Quebec, Greece and Brazil but also refer to other efforts throughout the world.

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Leninism, Social Democracy, and the State Juan Ferre Stephen Maher Jordan House Wladek Flakin Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Socialism & Marxism

Socialists and elections: what way forward for the US left?
- Juan Ferre, Left Voice

100 Years After the German Revolution: Luxemburg, Kautsky and Lenin
- Wladek Flakin, Left Voice

Toward a constructive antagonism: trade unions, social movements, political parties, and transforming the state
- Stephen Maher and Jordan House

The Role of Socialists in Building the Labor Movement and the Labor Movement in Building Socialism Zyad Hammad Jia Lee Sarah Dowd Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Labor & Unions

This panel discussion will focus on current and prospective organizing efforts in several key NYC industries: education, healthcare, and telecommunications.

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The Menace of the Workers Self-Organization and Recomposition in the US, Mexico, and South Africa Today Immanuel Ness Patrick Gun Cuninghame Robert Ovetz Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Economics

Class struggle is slowly back on the agenda around the world. In the US, wildcat teachers strikes, worker resistance to the government shutdown, strike threats, and everyday forms of resistance are widely reported but little explored. With unions in a tailspin and social movements harnessed to advocacy and electoral politics, class struggle is coming back into focus.

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Case Studies in the Origins of Capitalism Charles Post Xavier LaFance Nicole Leach Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Socialism & Marxism

As Marxist economist Anwar Shaikh puts it, ‘capitalism's sheath mutates constantly, but its core remains the same’. To understand the distinct core logic of capitalism is crucial to grasp the political terrain on which socialists are struggling today.

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What's at Stake in the Fight for Abortion Access Jenny Brown Lillian Cicerchia Kate Castle Phoebe Abramowitz Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Women

Abortion access is critical to bodily autonomy and women's liberation, and that access has been chipped away at since Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973. Since 2010 alone, over 400 new restrictions on abortions have been passed across the country, and 87% of US counties lack abortion providers.

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New Ways of Thinking Campbell Jones Willie Johnson AK Thompson Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Socialism & Marxism

Rethinking Economic Planning
—Campbell Jones

A Radical New Approach to the Socialist Study Group
—Willie Johnson

Marxist Responses to Christianity Today
—AK Thompson

Abundant Futures for Whom Possibilities for (and Despite) a Scarred Earth Kate Aronoff Alyssa Battistoni Daniel Aldana Cohen Jesse Goldstein Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Environment

The implications of Green New Deal politics for left organizing:

Socialist feminist perspectives bring important insights to our understanding of what abundance means and what kinds of work, done by who, it requires
—Alyssa Battistoni

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Aesthetics of Resistance/Defense Jason Loebs Alan Ruiz Park McArthur Historical Materialism 2019 (NY): Socialism in Our Time Art & Culture

Leftists have long lamented the depoliticization of art in our so-called “post-critical” era. However, Trump’s election has renewed attention to the complicity of the arts with the legitimating discourses and infrastructures of neoliberal class rule, sparking protests at museums and galleries. How have artists responded to this repoliticized context within their work?

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