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In a proper revolutionary breakthrough, the utopian future is neither simply fully realized, present, nor simply evoked as a distant promise which justified present violence -it is rather as if, in a unique suspension of temporality, in the short-circuit between the present and the future, we are - as if by Grace - for a brief time allowed to act AS IF the utopian future is (not yet fully here, but) already at hand, just there to be grabbed. Revolution is not experienced as a present hardship we have to endure for the happiness and freedom of the future generations, but as the present hardship over which this future happiness and freedom already cast their shadow - in it, we already are free while fighting for freedom, we already are happy while fighting for happiness, no matter how difficult the circumstances. Revolution is not a Merleau-Pontian wager, an act suspended in the futur anterieur, to be legitimized or delegitimized by the long term outcome of the present acts; it is as it were its own ontological proof, an immediate index of its own truth.
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Education
LEFT FORUM 2008
03/14/2008 - 11:00am
03/16/2008 - 8:00pm
Save the date!
LEFT FORUM 2008 will take place March 14-16 at The Cooper Union, New York City.
This year we are excited to present many speakers who are new to Left Forum audiences, from around the world and right here in New York City, as well as many who are joining us again: Naomi Klein, Grace Lee Boggs, Tariq Ali, Staughton Lynd, Billionaires for Bush, Mahmood Mamdani, Adam Hochschild, Jeremy Scahill, David Harvey, Max Elbaum, Stanley Aronowitz, Frances Fox Piven, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Patricia McFadden, Patrick Bond, John Bellamy Foster, Michael Albert, Carlos Vilas, Dennis Brutus, Deepa Fernandes, and many more will participate.
The theme of Left Forum 2008 is Cracks in the Edifice. What is the nature of the emerging crises in global political economy? How can the Left confront its current challenges to build stronger anti-capitalist movements? If another world is possible, what will it look like? We will be adding several movement-building workshops to our program, and plan to examine1968 after 40 years.read more »
Discussion Group Meeting 5 - Tues. 18 Dec
12/18/2007 - 7:00pm
12/18/2007 - 10:00pm
"We Educate Ourselves!"
Discussion Group Meeting 5 - Tues. 18 December 7:00p
Next Discussion Group
STRATEGY II – The Party
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Ernest Mandel, The Dictatorship of the Proletariat and Socialist Democracy
- Brief Notes on Machiavelli's Politics
- Machiavelli & Marx
- Politics as an Autonomous Science
- Elements of Politics
- The Political Party
Skip ahead to - Analysis of Situations. Relations of Force.
- On Bureacracy - Read note 66(marxists.org
version), note 83(Hoare and Smith Version)
Skip ahead to - Spontaneity and Conscious Leadership
Antonio Gramsci, The Modern Prince, selections
Selected Notes
Skip remaining notesread more »
Discussion Group Meeting 4 - Tues. 4 December 7:00p
12/04/2007 - 7:00pm
12/04/2007 - 9:00pm
"We Educate Ourselves!"
Discussion Group Meeting 4 - Tues. 4 December 7:00p
Next Discussion Group
STRATEGY I - Reform or Revolution?
Rosa Luxembourg, Reform or Revolution?
http://www.marxists.org/...
Tuesday 4 December 7:00pm
339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond),
Manhattan, NYC.
Hit buzzer #7 and come up to the SP office on the 3rd
Floor.
(Note, we're up a couple of flights of stairs.)
DIRECTIONS: Take 6 train to Bleecker Street or F/V
train to Broadway/
Lafayette. (Manhattan)read more »
North American New Humanist Forum, NYC
11/17/2007 - 10:00am
11/18/2007 - 5:00pm
Come see the SP-USA table at:
The North American New Humanist Forum,
November 16-18, 2007, in New York City. Registration is free on their website, along with details.
Opening (friday the 16th) at El Museo Del Barrio
Teatro Heckscher
1230 5th Avenue, at 104th Street
Plenary Sessions and working tables at
Hunter College School of Social Work
129 East 79th Street, at Lexington Ave
From Their Website:
"How do we map out a new direction for our region, one that is guided by principles of non-violence with respect for diversity and with real democracy? Can we imagine a united North America that transcends national boundaries by building upon the best qualities of our peoples and cultures?"
"As humanists, we believe this is possible and the time for it is now."read more »
SP Discussion Club - Meeting 3 - Class and Consciousness
11/13/2007 - 7:00pm
11/13/2007 - 10:00pm
Comrades,
The next meeting of the SP Discussion Club will be held this Tuesday night 13 November at 7:00p in the SP office. All these details are also posted on the Local's website:
http://spnyc. org
The readings for this week will include some classic writings on class and the role of consciousness. This will be our last scheduled week of readings in method. Subsequent meetings will focus on particular themes and topics.
So, once again please brings ideas, criticisms and questions. Also some food (vegan friendly is popular) and/or drink to share.
Details...
CLASS AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Karl Marx, Preface to the Critique of Political Economy read more »
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