Critical Theory Workshop

🚨ATTENTION🚨 We're thrilled to announce the Society for Peace, Internationalism, and Ecology (SPINE), a new academic society! With our comrades at @iskrabooks and @worldmarxistrev, we're creating a platform for work that fosters collaboration and supports collective struggles.

🚨ATTENTION🚨 “From Lenin to Žižek: The Disgraceful End of Western Marxism,” an interview with our very own @GabrielRockhill on @ottolinatv, is available in-full on our YouTube channel. Click the link below to watch! youtu.be/a2STLFm4iqI?si…

🚨ATTENTION🚨 Last week’s book launch for Jacques Pauwels’ “How Paris Made the Revolution and the Revolution Made Paris” is now available in-full on our YouTube channel! This is the second book in our Anti-Imperialist Marxism series with @iskrabooks. youtu.be/1-Lf7FUc6Hk?si…

Our workshop’s second week is complete! Guest speakers Jacques Pauwels, Helena Sheehan, Torkil Lauesen, Riccardo Ciavolella, Zeyad El Nabolsy, and Radhika Desai presented and discussed their work, and @iskrabooks came by to help launch Pauwels’ and Lauesen’s recent books!

PUBLICATION DAY! Today, on Bastille Day, we are proud to announce our release of the second volume in the @CTW_ATC’s brilliant Anti-Imperialist Marxism series, Jacques Pauwels’ How Paris Made the Revolution and the Revolution Made Paris. ➡️ iskrabooks.org/how-paris-made…

The first week of our 18th Annual Summer School has come to an end! Gabriel Rockhill, Jennifer Ponce de León, and Aymeric Monville presented and discussed their research with participants, and everyone got to know each other over drinks at the beautiful Luxembourg Gardens!

🚨ICYMI🚨 Our recent event on Domenico Losurdo’s “Western Marxism” at the Marx Memorial Library is available in-full on YouTube! We thank our comrades at @socialist_china, @imanifestogroup, @M_Star_Online, and @iskrabooks for organizing this discussion youtu.be/HnqPvVpFbIU?si…

Je me réjouis de l'occasion d'échanger avec Georges Gastaud et de collaborer avec le @cafe_marxiste. Venez nombreux !

Join us today, online or in person! Speakers include @alexgordon4me, Francisco Dominguez, @VenSolidarity, @agent_of_change, Jennifer Ponce de León. @monthly_review Co-sponsors: @CTW_ATC @socialist_china @M_Star_Online @iskrabooks @imanifestogroup eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-discuss…

Very informative and on the ground interview.

🚨ATTENTION🚨 A recent interview conducted by @GabrielRockhill on contemporary Vietnam and its socialist project is now up in-full on our YouTube channel! Click the link below to watch! youtube.com/watch?v=AnpWmK…

If you're interested in contemporary #Vietnam, check out this conversation about #socialism. I learned a lot! Follow @CTW_ATC for vids like this. Understanding Vietnam's Socialist Project: youtu.be/AnpWmKA7EZ8?si…

My book is coming out in December w @monthly_review & I'll be doing a mini book tour. Reach out if you have ideas for physical venues, online platforms, reviews, etc. MR is great about sharing advance copies w ppl that want to feature the book. #Marxism #WesternMarxism

Make your plans now to join us in London or online for this discussion w Jennifer Ponce de León, @agent_of_change @alexgordon4me & Francisco Domínguez. Co-sponsors: @CTW_ATC @M_Star_Online @iskrabooks @imanifestogroup @socialist_china eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-discuss… @monthly_review

Another banger! Art produced in socialist environs tries to democratise art by decoupling it from: -the profit motive ⁃exclusively exchange value ⁃the interests of the ruling class If Netflix funds your system of cultural production, distribution and consumption guess what …