The concept of "The Commons" has become ubiquitous in the political, economic, and even the real estate language of our time; conservatives and anarchists alike use it in their political interventions. How, then, might the term's meaning and significance be clarified to help point beyond the capitalist horizon? On April 10, join George Caffentzis, Silvia Federici, and AK Thompson to discuss this question. [read more»]

BDS and Academic Freedom 04/02/2014 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Skylight Conference Room, 9th Floor Panelists: Professor Bill Mullen (Purdue), Radhika Sainath (Palestine Solidarity Legal Support), Sherry Wolf (International Socialists Review), Professor Ashley Dawson (CSI/GC, CUNY). April 2, 2014
7:00-9:00pm
Skylight room, CUNY GC Following the official endorsement of the American Studies Association [read more»]

Paolo Novak argues that fruitful points of contact and articulation between Marxist and postcolonial border studies can be found by focusing our gaze on ontological as opposed to epistemological questions. [read more»]

Talk by activist and lawyer Albertina Almeida on the costs of 'development' in Goa and their effects on local economies, livelihoods, and cultures. [read more»]

Join Anthony Greco in a panel discussion with Ellen Schrecker and Stephen Shalom on his book Chomsky’s Challenge to American Power. Ida Susser will moderate. [read more»]

Join us for a celebration of a new book of poems by Meena Alexander with panel discussion on poetic process, cultural translation, and aesthetic collaboration together with a reading of selected poems. [read more»]

Join Jose Aylwin, founder of Observatorio Ciudadono http://observatorio.cl/, and CPCP's David Harvey as they discuss Chile after Pinochet on the evening of February 26th. Their conversation will explore the changes in Chile after the period of dictator Augusto Pinochet's neoliberal experiment, and the struggles of indigenous Mapuche in the face of extractive ecological processes. [read more»]

Some hold the view that “imperialism” is no longer a useful category in the era of globalization. The tendency toward a homogenization of the two segments of the globe, the advanced and the backward countries, undermines the meaningfulness of the concept of imperialism. Prabhat Patnaik argues, against this view, that the concept of imperialism has abiding relevance. Dr Patnaik will be joined in discussion by Professor David Harvey of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. [read more»]