Marx's Later Writings on the Paris Commune and the Alternative to Capitalism

Peter Hudis

MARX’S LATER WRITINGS ON THE PARIS COMMUNE AND THE ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2014

6:00-8:00 PM

Westside Peace Center

3916 Sepulveda Blvd., near Venice Blvd. (free parking in rear)

Suite 101-102, press #22 at door to get into building

Culver City (LA area)

Speakers:

MICHAEL PUGLIESE, longtime left observer

HYUNHO C., student activist

In his CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE, Marx pointed to the concrete measures taken by the Paris Commune, including the abolition of the state, as harbingers of a new form of radical democracy, communism.  He discussed the nature of that communism and the way it could be achieved in CRITIQUE OF THE GOTHA PROGRAM, where it would culminate in a society based upon the principle of from each according to their abilities to each according to their needs.  This and other aspects of Marx's writings bearing on alternatives to capitalism will be the subject of free and open discussion.

Suggested reading:

Ch. 4 of Peter Hudis’s MARX’S CONCEPT OF THE ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM:  "Marx’s Later Writings on Post-Capitalist Society"

[Copies of book available at a discount at the meeting]

[This is the third in a series of meetings on this topic, in preparation for the author's visit to LA in March 16, when he will give an overview of his book and engage in dialogue]

See also the recently published book reviews by MARXIST-HUMANIST workers and intellectuals http://www.internationalmarxisthumanist.org/articles/marx-alternative-capitalism-review-symposium-karel-ludenhoff-marija-krtolica-dale-parsons  and from a sympathetic/critical ANARCHIST: http://www.anarkismo.net/article/26446   

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