[Marxism] Save the Date: July 11-13th Them Belly Full, but we Hungry-3 Day Introduction to Marxism

[kazembe at gmail.com]

Friday, July 11
9:00 am - 6:00 pm

3-DAY INTENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO MARXISM
JULY 11-13


"Them belly full, but we hungry"

The Global Food Crisis & What Capitalism Has To Do With It

Teachers & Organizers include: Sam Anderson, Kazembe Balagun, Humberto
Brown, Vivek Chibber, Lisa Maya Knauer, Roberto Lovato, Fred Magdoff,
Randy Martin, Liz Mestres, Bertell Ollman, Merle Ratner, Heather
Rogers, Cleo Silvers, Bill Tabb, Lincoln Van Slutyman, Rick Wolff &
Others TBA
As global warming, soaring food prices, war and racism wrack the
planet, resistance movements from Nepal to the Niger Delta to Chiapas
are linking the looming global crisis to one source: capitalism. But
questions remain: Why is the most productive social system humanity
has ever created also so destructive? What are the alternatives to
capitalism? How do we get there from here?

Using the global food crisis as a starting point, "Them Belly Full,
But We Hungry" is a three-day introduction to marxism that seeks to
unpack how capitalism works—to get behind surface appearances and see
why capitalism must put profit before basic human needs. It will also
examine the intersections of revolutionary movements and people's
struggles against the ravages of capitalism and its three pillars,
homophobia, racism, and sexism. The intensive is designed for workers,
students, artists and activists who are interested in not only
understanding the world, but changing it.

Marx brought a dialectical approach to participating in social change.
He recognized that an understanding of the world cannot come from
passive contemplation alone, that active struggle is necessary. Yet he
also insisted that analysis, critical reflection--learning from our
own experience as well as those of others--and struggle to make our
concepts and ways of seeing both clear and accessible are as important
as political engagement in the streets.

As Bob Marley's song goes: "Them belly full, but we hungry… Now the
weak must get strong"

Sliding scale: $75-$125
Free for Brecht Forum Subscribers