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2/29 notes on meeting with Prabhat Patnaik

Posted on March 11, 2012 by neil

Prabhat Patnaik’s opening remarks: What framework is needed to understand land acquisition in India? In Marx’s analysis of older, pre-capitalist communities, land acquisition involved the dispossession of the primitive community and their re-absorption as individuals into the proletariat class. This … Continue reading →

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2/29 discussion with Prabhat Patnaik

Posted on February 25, 2012 by neil

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday February 29, 2012 at 4:00pm, Room 5109. We will meet with Prabhat Patnaik to discuss economic recession and the world food crisis. All are welcome to attend. For a copy of the pre-circulated … Continue reading →

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2/21 reading session on the Poulanztas-Miliband debate

Posted on February 20, 2012 by neil

Comrades, Our first meeting of the semester will tackle the Poulanztas-Miliband debate. Tuesday, February 21 @ 6:30pm at Slattery’s. The four readings are: Nicos Poulantzas, “The Problem of the Capitalist State,” New Left Review 1969. Ralph Miliband, “The Capitalist State: … Continue reading →

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11/29 reading session on Marx’s political writings

Posted on November 20, 2011 by neil

Comrades, Our final meeting of the semester is on Tuesday, November 29 at 6:30pm @ Slattery’s. We will discuss two political writings from Marx: The Civil War in France (section on Paris Commune) The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (extract … Continue reading →

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11/7 meeting notes

Posted on November 10, 2011 by neil

Meeting with Stanley Aronowitz Readings: How Class Works and Paradigm Lost: State Theory Reconsidered These notes are meant to flesh out some of what we discussed with Professor Aronowitz, as well as some of the key ideas that emerge from … Continue reading →

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11/7 discussion with Stanley Aronowitz

Posted on October 31, 2011 by neil

In our next meeting, we will discuss class formation and theories of the state with Stanley Aronowitz. Monday, November 7, 2011 @ 6:30pm Room 6107 The two readings he has suggested are: How Class Works Paradigm Lost: State Theory Reconsidered … Continue reading →

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10/25 reading session on Lenin

Posted on October 19, 2011 by neil

Our next meeting will be on: Lenin’s State and Revolution Tuesday, October 25 @ 6:30pm at Slattery’s. See you there!

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10/4 meeting notes

Posted on October 11, 2011 by neil

Reading: Giovanni Arrighi’s The Geometry of Imperialism: The Limits of Hobson’s Paradigm These notes are meant to expand on a couple points and raise some questions that came up during the discussion on Arrighi’s work clarifying Lenin and Hobson on … Continue reading →

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9/20 meeting notes

Posted on October 4, 2011 by neil

Some notes on our last meeting… comments, amendments, and additions are welcome! Notes from Marxist Reading Group on Sept 20th, 2011 Readings: Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism Panitch and Gindin, Capitalist Crises and the Crisis This Time In … Continue reading →

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10/4 reading session on Arrighi

Posted on September 28, 2011 by neil

Reading: Giovanni Arrighi, The Geometry of Imperialism Tuesday, October 4 @ 6:30pm at room 6107.

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