Conference of Socialist Economists

https://www.waspsstudios.org.uk/events/this-is-no-safe-space-art-in-capitalist-realism/

THIS IS NO SAFE SPACE: Art in Capitalist Realism - Wasps A punchy small show curated by Scott Lawrie, inspired by the writings of the late British theorist Mark Fisher, exploring the effects of late stage capitalism on the arts. This show was inspired by the writings of British theorist, philosopher, music-critic, blogger, and writer, Mark Fisher – in p...

(yesterday actually)

On this day, 21 August 1791 the Haitian revolution began as enslaved Africans rose up in the northern plantations of the then-French colony known as St Domingue.
Historian CLR James explained how enslaved people prepared the revolt:
“Voodoo was the medium of the conspiracy. In spite of all prohibitions, the slaves travelled miles to sing and dance and practise the rites and talk; and now, since the revolution, to hear the political news and make their plans.”
Then, once the rebellion began:
“The slaves destroyed tirelessly. Like the peasants in the Jacquerie or the Luddite wreckers, they were seeking their salvation in the most obvious way, the destruction of what they knew was the cause of their sufferings; and if they destroyed much it was because they had suffered much. They knew that as long as these plantations stood their lot would be to labour on them until they dropped. The only thing was to destroy them. From their masters they had known r**e, torture, degradation, and, at the slightest provocation, death. They returned in kind.”
Over the next 13 years, the rebels would eventually overthrow slavery and create the world’s first Black republic. Their revolutionary army also defeated Spanish colonial forces in what is now the Dominican Republic, as well as the British army which came to the aid of the colonialists. The US feared that the revolution could spread to enslaved people in their own borders, and refused to recognise the republic, only eventually doing so in 1862.
In this book, CLR James recounts the history of the Haitian revolution, and other Black rebellions around the world: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-history-of-pan-african-revolt-c-l-r-james

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Redefining the concept of disability in the United Kingdom’s conditional welfare state: Welfare scarcity approach
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Redefining the concept of disability in the United Kingdom’s conditional welfare state: Welfare scarcity approach - Mariusz Baranowski, 2024 This article aims to reconstruct the ‘silent’ reformulation of the notion of disability within social policy systems in recent decades. Particular attention is ...

Government scraps anti-strike laws on 'minimum service levels' | Article, News | News | UNISON National The government will repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023

“We’re not ready for a Marxist President, and Lyin’ Kamala Harris is a RADICAL LEFT MARXIST, AND WORSE!” Trump posted on his social media platform.
Worth discussing?

On this day, 24 July 2009, 3,000 steel workers in Tonghua, China rioted and beat an executive to death when threatened with privatisation and job losses.
Jianlong Steel Holding Company official Chen Guojun, who earned over 3 million yuan the previous year, planned to take over the majority state-owned Tonghua Iron and Steel Group. He announced plans to cut the number of workers from 30,000 down to around 5,000, with those made redundant receiving around 200 yuan in compensation. The firm was still profitable, but the planned restructuring was aimed at increasing profits further amidst a global economic downturn.
Outraged, the workers shut down production and rioted, beating Chen, blocking roads and smashing police cars to prevent police and ambulances from reaching him.
The sale was subsequently scrapped.
More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9663/chinese-workers-beat-capitalist-to-death
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Latest issue July-September 2024

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DocHouse: Strike: An Uncivil War Cinema Tickets & Film Showtimes - Curzon DocHouse: Strike: An Uncivil War is showing at Curzon Cinemas right now. Check out film showtimes and book tickets online for DocHouse: Strike: An Uncivil War

Interesting (open) article. Thanks Bristol University Press & Global Political Economy.

Coloniality dressed in green: in its current form, climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule As the impacts of the climate crisis are being increasingly felt, a critical part of the solution is said to be the issue of mobilising climate finance. Particularly for the Global South, climate finance is crucial for sustainable development; to simultaneously meet the challenges of the climate cri...

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Tomorrow Thursday 9 May at 7pm - There’s still time to get your 🎫 for this important hybrid event on the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike - we’ll be joined by Lord John Hendy KC & Heather Wood from Women Against Pit Closures exploring themes of state repression & civil defence - unmissable!

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FILM PREMIER: AWAYDIP TIP MUTAXIPI/THE AILING FOREST
The Struggle for the Amazon & New Legal Tactics Against the Drivers of Deforestation
Cinema Museum, London
Thursday 9th May 2024, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Film Premier: Awaydip tip mutaxipi/The Ailing Forest Indigenous Self-Determination & Emerging Strategies to tackle Deforestation in the Amazon Awaydip Tip Mutaxipi / The Ailing Forest portrays the impacts of illegal gold mining within the traditional territory of the Munduruku people, as well as the latter's struggle for their land and for the forest....

On this day, 14 April 1919 in Limerick, Ireland, a general strike was declared in protest against the declaration by the British military of a ‘special military area’ in the region, which led to the establishment of a soviet (workers' council).
The military crackdown was in response to an attempt to an attempted jailbreak of trade unionist and Irish Republican Army volunteer Robert J Byrne, which ended with the death of Byrne as well as two police constables. The military zone prevented freedom of movement for everyone other than people issued special permits by the British Army and the Royal Irish Constabulary – including many workers who needed to enter in order to go to work.
A strike began in protest at the move by workers at the condensed milk factory in Lansdowne on Saturday, April 12, and that evening workers gathered and decided to call for a general strike beginning at 5 AM on Monday, April 14. 15,000 walked out and by the following day everything was shut down except for banks, public services, and enterprises given permits by the strike committee which had been established.
The workers then took control of the town, closing down the pubs, maintaining order, and arranging for the distribution of food which was brought in from around Ireland and from trade unions in Britain. The strike committee set up its own newspaper and then printed its own money, while the British troop presence in the area increased.
On April 27, with Irish capitalists and British trade union leaders withdrawing their support for the soviet, it was declared over with the promise that the special military designation would be withdrawn seven days later, which it was.
Did you know that we feature other anniversaries on our daily mini podcast, On This Day in Working Class History. Incorporate it for a couple of minutes into your daily routine by listening on Spotify, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/0EUV7EJm7O2PGvDfG2l75u
Pictured: An occupied mill during the strike

Very interesting bit of history. And repercussions for WCH on Instagram. (and yes, this was yesterday's %~)

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Great new issue Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory !

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From formal subsumption under capital to primitive accumulation of capital: On the separation of labour from the objective conditions of production in Marx’s Capital
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Capitalist Crises, Capitalist Transitions Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

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Captain Cook statue vandalised in Melbourne on eve of Australia Day Police investigate the vandalism in Melbourne - which included graffiti saying "the colony will fall".

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Tech worker activism against gender discrimination in China - Hong Yu Liu, 2023 This article discusses the discriminatory, anti-women workplace culture in China’s tech industry and how tech workers organise online activism in response. In A...

RIP John Pilger -

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That's 47.4, the fourth and final C&C for '23.
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Manchester University Press - Mick Lynch Mick Lynch - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Mick Lynch by Gregor Gall