Caribbean Studies

Name: Roundtable on Venezuela, Oil, and Global Politics
Start: 2026-01-21T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-21T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Recording available on YouTube

January 2026
Slavery and Capitalism: A Reading Group

Mon, January 19 @ 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Online Event - Zoom Meeting

Join us for a nine-session reading group on David McNally's recently published Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. McNally's book presents a systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery to support the provocative claim that enslaved labor in the plantation system is a form of capitalist commodity production. Weaving together history, ... Read more
Roundtable on Venezuela, Oil, and Global Politics

Wed, January 21 @ 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Recording available on YouTube

A video of this January 21, 2026, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel. A conversation among leading left critics of the Trump administration's attack on Venezuelan sovereignty and its attempt to seize that nation's oil wealth. Matt Huber challenges interpretations of these events as simply another case of "blood for oil." Steve Maher ... Read more

January 2026