Marxism Today
Felix Kreisel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Read the World Socialist Web Site at http://www.wsws.org/
Our "New World Order" is characterized by instability and successive crises. American imperialist drive for world domination is stuck in the Iraqi quagmire, old alliances shatter and re-form, advanced capitalist countries suffer economic stagnation and social polarization, the Third World reels from famine and wars, the former "socialist" states show social and cultural regression. Despite huge scientific and technological progress humanity is suffering from a fatal illness - capitalism.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/fjk/Public/iap/
Contact: Felix Kreisel, x3-8625, fjk@mit.edu
American Drive for World Empire
Peter Daniels, World Socialist Web Site reporter
Quagmire in Afghanistan and Iraq and abject failure in New Orleans. American drive for world domination requires an attack on civil rights and social services at home. Does the Democratic Party present an alternative?
Tue Jan 10, 05:30-07:00pm, 1-135
Capitalist Russia Today
Vladimir Volkov, WSWS reporter, St. Petersburg, Russia
What is the balance sheet of capitalist restoration in the former Soviet Union? Economic and social collapse, ethnic wars and a drift to dictatorship in Russia and other successor states.
Tue Jan 17, 05:30-07:00pm, 1-135
The 1917 Russian Revolution: Was Socialism Doomed?
Felix Kreisel
We shall look at the Russian Revolution of 1917 within the context of world capitalism in crisis. Suggested reading: Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution and Permanent Revolution.
Tue Jan 24, 05:30-07:00pm, 1-135
What Was Soviet "Communism?" What Kind of Socialism Do We Need?
Felix Kreisel
We shall examine the class content of the mature Soviet state, look at the reasons for its collapse and suggest the historic lessons learned from it. Suggested reading: Trotsky's The Revolution Betrayed.
Tue Jan 31, 05:30-07:00pm, 1-135
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