next meeting: Tuesday 10/23 from 4:30 – 6:30 in Rm 5109 (globalization room)

We will be reading

1. Alain Badiou’s Rebirth of History: Times of Riots and Uprisings

Intro (read)
Chapter 1: Capitalism Today (skim/optional)
Chapter 4: Historical Riot (read)
Chapter 5: Riots and the West (skim/optional)
Chapter 6: Riot, Event, Truth (read)
Chapter 7: Event and Political Organization (skim/optional)
Chapter 9: Doctrinal Summary (read)

2. Vijay Prashad’s Arab Spring, Libyan Winter