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In this session, we’re joined by none other than Etienne Balibar to discuss the history and present state of dialogue between Marxism and Spinozism. This is part of our series ‘From Marx to Spinoza’. For more information see: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/from-marx-to-spinoza-affect-ideology-materiality/ If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

With Jason Read and Jeremy Gilbert.In this seminar we finally lay out and discuss the core topics from Spinoza’s major philosophical works, and discuss some of the issues involved with trying to read a 17th century Dutch philosopher who wrote in Latin when you’re a 21st-century Anglophone with a life of your own to live.  This is part of our series ‘From Marx to Spinoza’. For more information see: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/from-marx-to-spinoza-affect-ideology-materiality/ If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

With Matthew Worley and Jeremy Gilbert. This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael Samuel History Centre, London.  This session featured Matthew Worley on punk in the UK and Jeremy Gilbert on musical creativity and political radicalism in the 1970s. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

With Sundari Anitha, Ruth Pearson and John Narayan. This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael Samuel History Centre, London.  This session featured Sundari Anitha & Ruth Pearson speaking about the Grunwick Dispute and its wider implications, and John Narayan on Black Power and anti-racist activism in the UK. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

With Michael Hardt This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael Samuel History Centre, London.  This session featured Michael Hardt himself discussing the politics of subversion and suppression in Italy and the wider world in the 1970s. We had originally publicised this session as featuring some other speakers, but none of them could make it, so Michael led a fascinating discussion on this crucial topic. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael Samuel History Centre, London.  This session featured Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright discussing feminism and women’s liberation in 1970s London. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

How does Spinoza fit into the history of Western (and world) philosophy? To what is he relevant outside of academic philosophy? Why did he become a hero to a certain strand of Marxist / post-Marxist thinkers in the late 20th century? Why was he ignored by others? This was the second in our ongoing series ‘From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology and Materiality’. It was a great seminar with 50 participants staying the whole course and generating a fascinating discussion. For information about the series or to join our email list, visit: https://culturepowerpolitics.org Featuring Jason Read, Andrew Goffey and Jeremy Gilbert (with technical assistance from Keir Milburn). If you can support us regularly, please do: https://www.patreon.com/culturepowerpoliticsSupport us with a one-off donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xu2gRba5tT

We slightly re-edited this recording after noticing a glitch in the episode that went out a couple of days ago. Sorry about that – just listen to this one instead! With Jason Read, Andrew Goffey and Jeremy Gilbert (with help from Charlie Clarke) What do we actually mean by ‘Marxism’? What is historical and what is materialist about historical materialism? Does it matter what Marx himself thought about anything? Is Marxism a philosophical school or a political programme? What is all this going to have to do with Spinoza? This is session 0 of our series ‘From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality’. For more information on the series see HERE. NB: the recording seems to stop quite suddenly without any sign-off, but in fact that was the end of the substantial part of the seminar (the rest was just us messing about, deciding exactly how to end). If you can support us regularly, please do: https://www.patreon.com/culturepowerpoliticsSupport us with a one-off donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xu2gRba5tT

Helen Hester and Jo Littler delve into the concept of social reproduction, illuminating its significance in today's society and post-pandemic landscape. They critique the neoliberal focus on individualism, arguing for a holistic understanding of care work that values both paid and unpaid labor. The discussion covers the impact of privatization on social services and the role of technology in caregiving. They also address the evolving challenges of motherhood, advocate for family abolitionism, and propose a reevaluation of work through a socialist feminist lens.

  While mainstream commentators and far-right apologists insist that that the great political divide today is between different sets of cultural ‘values’, the fact is that nothing correlates with voting Tory as closely as being an outright homeowner with a secure pension. Is this coincidence, or is the social and generation divide between those with property and without it now the key structuring feature of British society, culture and politics? Ridley Road Market Bar , 49 Ridley Road, London, E8 2NP 18:30-20:30. Free, no advance booking, all welcome. Speakers Molly Broome, economist at the Resolution Foundation working on issues linked to intergenerational fairness and wealth inequality. Joe Chrisp,  Research Associate at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, researching the political economy of the welfare state, comparative politics, labour markets, assets and ageing, and basic income. Keir Milburn, author of Generation Left