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Monday, July 4 • 9:30am - 11:00am
A Marx for Our Times Who Can Speak to Race, Class, and Colonialism

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Faced with a resurgence of racism, chauvinism, and xenophobia, it is time to reassess the way we read Marx. Contrary to common assumptions, Marx had much to say about race, nationalism, colonialism, and their legacies. From his writings on the U.S. Civil War to his late texts on indigenous communities and their revolutionary potential, Marx’s dialectic was global and multicultural. This has implications for today’s struggles, including the challenge posed by the Trump campaign.

Suggested Readings:
Marx at the Margins by Kevin Anderson
“From the ‘Grundrisse’ to ‘Capital’: Multilinear Themes” by Kevin Anderson
“Not Just Capital and Class: Marx on Non-Western Societies, Nationalism and Ethnicity” by Kevin Anderson
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Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson teaches Sociology, Political Science, and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has written on Marx, Hegel, the Frankfurt School, Foucault, the Orientalism debate, and on social upheavals, particularly in the Middle East and Europe. Among... Read More →

Monday July 4, 2016 9:30am - 11:00am CDT
Adler A/B
  Marxism

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