[P2P-F] Fwd: "Is an Emancipatory Communism Possible?" (talk by Allan Armstrong in NYC)

Tue Apr 5 08:31:47 CEST 2011

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From: seth weiss <weiss_seth at hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Subject: "Is an Emancipatory Communism Possible?" (talk by Allan Armstrong
in NYC)
To: newspacegroup newspacegroup <newspacegroup at lists.mutualaid.org>

 *Is an Emancipatory Communism Possible?*
*A talk by Allan Armstrong*

*Wednesday, April 13th at 7:00 PM*

at TRS, Inc, 44 East 32nd Street, 11th Floor
Manhattan (between Madison & Park Avenues)

Presented by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (marxist-humanist-
initiative.org) & The New SPACE (http://new-space-nyc.org)

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Mention of the word "Communism" today conjures up visions of tyrants. Young
people, even when they clash violently with the representatives of global
capitalism in Seattle or London, call their protests "anti-capitalist," not
communist. However, anti-capitalism is not enough. Revolutions can lead
to immediate feelings of intense liberation, but they are usually followed
by much longer periods of defense, setbacks, and painful reconstruction. The
20th century was the "Century of Revolutions," but it eventually produced so
little for humanity at such a high cost, that it is not surprising that many
are very cautious, despite growing barbarism.

Allan Armstrong will argue that it is vital that we outline a genuine new
human emancipatory communism, which takes full stock of the failings of both
"official" and "dissident Communism," and which can persuasively show that
human liberation can still be achieved. He will explore Marx's vision,
particularly as detailed in his "Critique of the Gotha Program," which
emphasizes the need to break with capitalist production relations rather
than expecting a new society to come about through political changes.

*Allan Armstrong, *a republican, Scottish internationalist, and communist,
is currently co-editor of Emancipation & Liberation, the journal of the
Republican Communist Network*.* He is also involved with the commune, a
collective dedicated to outlining a new communism for the 21st century.
Armstrong is the author of  "Why We Need a New Emancipatory Communism" (
http://thecommune.co.uk/2009/06/02/why-we-need-a-new-human-emancipatory-communism)
and "The Communist Case for 'Internationalism from Below'" (
http://thecommune.co.uk/2010/06/06/the-communist-case-for-internationalism-from-below
).

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