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SUMMARY:Political Economy of Labor Repression in the United States
DESCRIPTION:with author Andrew Kolin\nAndrew Kolin presents a detailed explanation of the essential elements that characterize capital’s relations to the working class and how capital relies on various forms of repressing reform and revolutionary movements by workers. The repression is directly linked to the class struggle between capital and labor. The starting point examines labor repression after the American Revolution. Andrew’s book then follows the role of the state along with the explosive growth of American capitalism to analyze the long history of capital and labor conflict with details of the US state being aligned with the interests of capital throughout American history. \nWholesale exclusion of labor from a fundamental role in framing policy in these institutions was crucial in understanding the unfolding of labor repression. Repression emerges amid a social struggle to acquire and maintain control over policy-making bodies\, which pits the few against the many. In response\, labor attempts to push back against institutional exclusion in part by the formation of labor unions. Capital reacts to such actions using repression to prevent labor from having a greater role in social institutions. For instance\, this is played out inside the workplace as capital and labor engage in a political struggle over the function of the workplace. Given capital’s monopoly of ownership\, capital employs various means to repress labor at work\, including the introduction of technology\, mass firings\, crushing strikes\, and the use of force to break up unions. \n \n  \nThe role of the state is not to be overlooked in its support of elite control over production\, as well as aiding through legal means the growth of a capitalist economy in opposition to labor’s conception of greater economic democracy. Andrew’s work explains how and why the working classes will continue to confront repression by capital in old and new forms as we approach the second quarter of the 21st century. \nAndrew Kolin is professor of political science at Hilbert College. \nAll events are sliding scale—choose the level at which you choose to contribute to The Marxist Education Project. No one is denied admission to any event or class because of an inability to pay. Send an email to info@mepnet.wpenginepowered.com to obtain an entry url to any event or class presented by The Marxist Education Project. \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/political-economy-of-labor-repression-in-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,African American History,Capital Studies,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Class and Gender,Classes/Events,historical materialism,Labor Organizing,Marx's Capital,Race and Class,Revolutions Study Group,Science and Method,Workers’ Inquiry,Working Class History
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SUMMARY:Pluto Wildcat Series: Final 2 sessions—Augmented Exploitation and Wobblies of the World
DESCRIPTION:  \n“A wildcat strike is a strike action undertaken by unionised workers without union leadership’s authorisation\, support\, or approval”. These books uncover the radical militancy which characterises international workers struggles\, both contemporary and historical. Looking at diverse topics including proletarianisation and class formation\, mass production\, gender\, affective and reproductive labour\, syndicalism and independent unions\, and labour and Leftist social and political movements\, it is the most comprehensive exploration into workers’ organisation being developed today. \nSeries editors: Immanuel Ness (City University of New York) // Peter Cole (Western Illinois University) // Raquel Varela (New University of Lisbon) // Tim Pringle (University of London). \nDescriptions of each book\, along with the biographical information for the presenters are on the site at the individual event descriptions by sequential date. \nTHE COST OF FREE SHIPPING: Amazon in the Global Economy THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nJake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese\nORGANIZING INSURGENCY: Workers Movements in the Global South THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nManny Ness\nAMAKOMITI: Grassroots Democracy in South Africa’s Shack Settlements THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nauthor Trevor Ngwane with Luke Sinwell\nWORKERS’ INQUIRY AND GLOBAL CLASS STRUGGLE: Strategies\, Tactics\, Objectives THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nEdited by Robert Ovetz joined by Gifford Hartman\nAUGMENTED EXPLOITATION: Artificial Intelligence\, Automation and Work\nPhoebe V. Moore and Jamie Woodcock\nFriday\, June 25th • 4:00 to 6:00 pm US DST\, 8:00 to 10:00 pm GMT\, 9:00 to 11:00 pm UK\nWOBBLIES OF THE WORLD: A Global History of the Industrial Workers of the World\nEdited by Peter Cole\, David Struthers\, Kenyon Zimmer\nWednesday\, July 14 • 5:00 to 7:00 pm US DST\, 9:00 to 11:00 pm GMT\, 10:30 pm to 12:30 am UK\nThe series tickets are on a sliding scale basis. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Please write to info@mepnet.wpenginepowered.com for access to these or any other events and/or classes.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/pluto-wildcat-series-from-workers-at-amazon-to-wobblies-of-the-world-may-11-through-july-14/2021-06-25/2/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Anti-colonialism,automation,Capital Studies,Caribbean Studies,Class,Class and Gender,Classes/Events,Emancipation,Food and politics,Globalization,historical materialism,Insurgency,Labor History,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Multi-session Classes,Political Economy,Race and Class,Radical Literature,Revolutions Study Group,Science and Method,Science and Technology,Seminars and Talks,Social Reproduction,Socialism,Syndicalism,Workers’ Inquiry
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SUMMARY:Pluto Wildcat Series: Final 2 sessions—Augmented Exploitation and Wobblies of the World
DESCRIPTION:  \n“A wildcat strike is a strike action undertaken by unionised workers without union leadership’s authorisation\, support\, or approval”. These books uncover the radical militancy which characterises international workers struggles\, both contemporary and historical. Looking at diverse topics including proletarianisation and class formation\, mass production\, gender\, affective and reproductive labour\, syndicalism and independent unions\, and labour and Leftist social and political movements\, it is the most comprehensive exploration into workers’ organisation being developed today. \nSeries editors: Immanuel Ness (City University of New York) // Peter Cole (Western Illinois University) // Raquel Varela (New University of Lisbon) // Tim Pringle (University of London). \nDescriptions of each book\, along with the biographical information for the presenters are on the site at the individual event descriptions by sequential date. \nTHE COST OF FREE SHIPPING: Amazon in the Global Economy THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nJake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese\nORGANIZING INSURGENCY: Workers Movements in the Global South THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nManny Ness\nAMAKOMITI: Grassroots Democracy in South Africa’s Shack Settlements THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nauthor Trevor Ngwane with Luke Sinwell\nWORKERS’ INQUIRY AND GLOBAL CLASS STRUGGLE: Strategies\, Tactics\, Objectives THIS MEETING HAS PASSED.\nEdited by Robert Ovetz joined by Gifford Hartman\nAUGMENTED EXPLOITATION: Artificial Intelligence\, Automation and Work\nPhoebe V. Moore and Jamie Woodcock\nFriday\, June 25th • 4:00 to 6:00 pm US DST\, 8:00 to 10:00 pm GMT\, 9:00 to 11:00 pm UK\nWOBBLIES OF THE WORLD: A Global History of the Industrial Workers of the World\nEdited by Peter Cole\, David Struthers\, Kenyon Zimmer\nWednesday\, July 14 • 5:00 to 7:00 pm US DST\, 9:00 to 11:00 pm GMT\, 10:30 pm to 12:30 am UK\nThe series tickets are on a sliding scale basis. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Please write to info@mepnet.wpenginepowered.com for access to these or any other events and/or classes.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/pluto-wildcat-series-from-workers-at-amazon-to-wobblies-of-the-world-may-11-through-july-14/2021-06-25/1/
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SUMMARY:Workers’ Inquiry and Global Class Struggle: Strategies\, Tactics\, Objectives
DESCRIPTION:with editor Robert Ovetz and researcher Gifford Hartman\nRumors of the death of the global labor movement have been greatly exaggerated. Rising phoenix-like from the ashes of the old trade union movement\, workers’ struggle is being reborn from below by workers themselves. \nBy engaging in what Karl Marx called a workers’ inquiry\, workers and militant co-researchers are studying their working conditions\, the technical composition of capital\, and how to recompose their own power in order to devise new tactics\, strategies\, organizational forms and objectives. These workers’ inquiries\, from call center workers to platform\, trucking\, cleaning\, logistics\, mining\, auto factories\, teachers\, and adjunct professors\, are re-energizing unions\, bypassing unions altogether or innovating new forms of workers’ organizations. \nIn one of the first major studies to critically assess this new cycle of global working class struggle\, Robert Ovetz collects together case studies from over a dozen contributors\, looking at workers’ movements in China\, Mexico\, the US\, South Africa\, Turkey\, Argentina\, Italy\, India and the UK. The book reveals how these new forms of struggle are no longer limited to single sectors of the economy or contained by state borders\, but are circulating internationally and disrupting the global capitalist system as they do. \nROBERT OVETZ is a Lecturer in Political Science at San Jose State University in California. He is the author of When Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to 1921 (Brill\, 2018 and Haymarket\, 2019) and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Labor and Society. GIFFORD HARTMAN is a member of the Global Supply Chain Study/Research Group (https://libcom.org/blog/empire-logistics) and is an adult educator\, labor trainer and working class historian. He has helped organize wildcat strikes at his own workplace and training sessions to build working class solidarity worldwide. \nAll events are sliding scale. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Please write to info@mepnet.wpenginepowered.com for the url to gain access to this event or any other event or class of The Marxist Education Project. \nThe price of the book includes shipping. This book offer is only good for the US unless you are willing to pay the difference between US Media Mail costs and the cost to mail to the country you want the book shipped to.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/workers-inquiry-and-global-class-struggle-strategies-tactics-objectives/
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CATEGORIES:Accumulation of Capital,automation,Capital Studies,Class,Class and Gender,Classes/Events,Emancipation,Financialization,Globalization,Healthcare,Housing,Immigration,Indigenous Peoples,Insurgency,Labor History,Marx's Capital,Marxist Method,Political Economy,Race and Class,Revolutions Study Group,Science and Technology,Seminars and Talks,Social Reproduction,Workers’ Inquiry
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