Tomás Ó Flatharta

We thank Paul Le Blanc for advertising this series of valuable online meetings.

More about Paul Le Blanc : Paul Le Blanc has for many years been a teacher and activist in Pittsburgh. His writings include “Lenin and the Revolutionary Party” and “A Short History of the US Working Class”. Source ; https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?auteur181

Socialism or Barbarism – Why Rosa Luxemburg Matters Today

With Paul Le Blanc & Helen Scott, co-editors of the acclaimed Rosa Luxemburg: Socialism or Barbarism collection of writings. Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most brilliant minds ever drawn to the socialist movement – an outstanding theorist & a political activist. This forum will look at the relevance of her ideas for transforming a world in crisis today – & how her work was broad in scope tackling capitalism and socialism; globalisation & imperialism; war and peace; social struggles, unions & parties; class, gender, race; the interconnection of humanity with the environment & more. Part of the Socialist Ideas Series – presented by Arise – a Festival of Left Ideas & Labour Outlook.

Why Rosa Luxemburg Matters Today

LENINIST DAYS / JORNADAS LENINISTAS

100 YEARS WITHOUT LENIN, 100 YEARS WITH HIM

CIEN AÑOS SIN LENIN – CIEN AÑOS CON ÉL

Online and in-person events

27 January – 25 May 2024

BARCELONA, BOLOGNA, BUENOS AIRES, HAVANA, LONDON, MADRID, NEW YORK, PARIS, PRAGUE

From Paul Le Blanc on “Socialism and Revolutionary Democracy: Lenin’s Legacy for Our Time of Catastrophe” (27 January) to Peter D. Thomas on “Lenin’s Alternative: A Politics of Another Type” (25 May); from Gigi Roggero on “The Matter of Capitalist Development in its Relationship with Struggles, Subjectivity, and Organization” (18 May) to Alla Ivanchikova on “Does Lenin Have a Future? Resurrecting the Revolutionary” (9 March); from Jodi Dean on “‘The Desire Question’: Lenin and Women” (2 March) to Tora Lane on “Lenin’s Cosmic Gesture – Lenin, the Revolution and the People according to Andrey Platonov” (13 April); from Étienne Balibar and Jaime Pastor with Gal Kirn on “Lenin and the National Question” (29 February) to Andrew Cole, Rebecca Comay, Frank Ruda and Heather H. Young on “Insurrection as Art / The Art of Insurrection” (16 May) to Bruno Bosteels on “The Crisis and Critique of Leninism in Latin America” (8 February) to Alberto Toscano and Ruth Wilson Gilmore on “V. I. Lenin’s Imperialism and the National Question (Verso, 2024)” (15 February) to Darren Roso on “Lenin, Philosophy, and Daniel Bensaïd” (23 March) to Lars T. Lih on “1917: Lenin and the Bolshevik Adjustment (30 March) to Panagiotis Sotiris on “Lenin, Philosophy and Politics: Revisiting Lenin’s Philosophical Contributions in light of his Strategic Considerations” (20 April). Plus keynotes by Michael Löwy, Jana Ndiaye Beránková, Kevin B. Anderson, Montserrat Galceran, Dinorah Hernández, Martín Mosquera, Natasha Gómez Velazquez, Josep María Antentas, Valerio Arcary and Camila Vergara to panel discussions, conversations, and book launches and presentations with Tamás Krausz, Marcos Del Roio, Kai Heron, Liza Featherstone, Kristeen R. Ghodsee, Marcus Bajema, Michael Neocosmos, Sezgin Boynik, and many more.

An inaugural session followed by seventeen (17) weeks over four (4) months of online and in-person events, more than 50 keynote speakers and panelists, and a dozen cities around the world.

Official program, final list of speakers and venues, as well as registration details to be announced in the next few days.

Leninist Days/Jornadas leninistas are co-sponsored and co-organized by Communis Press, Historicalmaterialism.org, Cátedra Gramsci-ICIC Juan Marinello, Revista Jacobin, and Viento Sur.

(Cartel © Daniel García/Viento Sur)