Category: Theory
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John Kannankulan and Stefan Kipfer – Cracks and Fissures in Europe
Authoritarian Statism, the Hard Right and Challenges for the Left. Moderated by Greg Albo. Presentations by John Kannankulam and Stefan Kipfer. Recorded in Toronto, 21 November 2017. Watch video »
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Power: Institutional Foundations for Classes and States
Session 4 of the Transcending Pessimism, Reimagining Democracy conference: Power: Institutional Foundations for Classes and States. Presentations by Ruth Felder, Adam Hilton, Ursula Huws, and Doug Henwood. Recorded in Toronto, 7 October 2017. Watch video »
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Henry Giroux – Higher Education and the Plague of Authoritarianism
Toronto – 26 October 2017 Higher education in our politically desperate age is threatened by a legacy that it does not dare to name and that legacy with its eerie … Watch video »
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Building Capacities: Education for Democracy
Transcending Pessimism, Reimagining Democracy – Session 3: Building Capacities: Education for Democracy Recorded in Toronto, 6 October 2017. This conference is in honour of Professor Emeritus Leo Panitch (York University). … Watch video »
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Impasses: Beyond Social Democracy
Transcending Pessimism, Reimagining Democracy – Session 2 This conference is in honour of Professor Emeritus Leo Panitch (York University). The conference was held October 6-7 at York University. More information here. … Watch video »
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The Revolution Party
A fresh and compelling new account of the Russian revolution to mark its centenary concludes by paying tribute to the Bolsheviks for acting as history’s switchmen, a term derived from … Keep reading »
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They Dared: The Legacy of the October Revolution
A hundred years later, the question of the historical legacy of the October Revolution is not an easy one for socialists, given that Stalinism took root within less than a … Keep reading »
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Struggles at Home: The Canadian State, Labour, and Politics
Transcending Pessimism, Reimagining Democracy – Session 1 This conference is in honour of Professor Emeritus Leo Panitch (York University). The conference was held October 6-7 at York University. More information here. … Watch video »
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1917: The October Revolution
It is now 100 years since the Great October Revolution of 1917, one of the most remarkable events of the 20th century. An autocratic monarchy governing over an emergent capitalist … Watch video »
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A Gap in Marx? Value, Nature and Society
The metabolic exchange between nature and society in a mode of production based upon value So many accusations have been levelled against Karl Marx and, to an even greater extent, his … Keep reading »
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Socialism Historically and Today
Socialist Studies 50th Anniversary Plenary Toronto – 1 June 2017 This year, the Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) turns fifty, and celebrated its anniversary at its annual conference at Congress 2017, … Watch video »
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Reading Capital: Changing Historical Contexts and Different Political Projects
One hundred and fifty years after the first volume of Marx’s Capital was published in 1867, Marx remains a common point of reference but his magnum opus is by no … Keep reading »