May 18, 2015

Hello friends,

As we wrote you last month, Andrew Kliman and David Harvey have been debating in New Left Project about Marx and his relevance to economic crisis and recession. Kliman’s just-published rejoinder to Harvey is re-printed on our site, where you can also find earlier pieces. 

Those of you who are coming to NYC for Left Forum May 29-31 can hear a discussion of the issues and consequences at MHI’s panel, “Harvey vs. Marx: on capitalist crisis and ‘Marxist entertainment’” on Sunday May 31 at 3:40 p.m. (Session 7) in Rm. 1.121. The participants will be Kliman, Brendan Cooney (Kapitalism101) and Doug Lain (Zero Books and blogs). (Harvey was invited, but responded that he will be out of town and miss Left Forum.)

You are also invited to our other two panels, earlier on the same day:

Sun. at 10:00 a.m. (Session 5) in Rm. 1.71:  Marx’s “Critique of the Gotha Program”: new direction for revolutionary organization. A round-table discussion by members of a recent international class focusing on the “Critique’s” implications for revolutionary organization, then and now.

Sun. at 12:00 noon (Session 6) in Rm. 1.71: Anti-Neoliberalism vs. Anti-Capitalism.
Much of what passes for “anti-capitalism” is frequently just “anti-neoliberalism.” A discussion of the differences between them and the dangers of conflating them, with special focus on events in Greece. Two speakers from TPTG will appear via Skype from Greece.  Speakers: Kostas Demetriou, Alex Papadopoulos, Andrew Kliman, Doug Lain, Anne Jaclard.

For a fuller description of the panels, see our article here. And be sure to visit us at our book table in the exhibit area (don’t confuse MHI with others).

In solidarity,
Anne Jaclard for MHI

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