Sunday, January 13 and 27, 2019
6:00-8:00 PM
Public School
951 Chung King Road, Chinatown, LA 90012
(near Chinatown stop on Gold Line)

Rosa Luxemburg’s life was cut short 100 years ago by proto-fascists as she was leading a leftist revolution in Germany. Via her enduring theoretical writings and her leadership role in both the German and Polish revolutionary movements, Luxemburg was the most important woman socialist thinker to date. A theorist of imperialism and war, of women and revolution, and of spontaneity and democracy in revolution, she also criticized Lenin and Trotsky from the left for having established a single-party state after the Russian Revolution of 1917. This series will touch upon the major strands in Luxemburg’s writings in a participatory, 21st century way, linking them to the issues of our times.

All readings will be drawn from the ROSA LUXEMBURG READER, ed. Hudis and Anderson, Monthly Review Press. PDFs of the readings can also be obtained from IMHO.

January 13:

1. Biographical intro by Kevin B. Anderson, coeditor ROSA LUXEMBURG READER
2. Imperialism/Colonialism, intro by Nick Takeyama, student activist

Reading: [On Imperialism in India and Algeria], from her ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL

3. Women and revolution, intro by Rocio Lopez, immigration and antiwar activist

Reading: [articles on women]

January 27:

1. Intro by Lilia Monzo, author of A REVOLUTIONARY SUBJECT: PEDAGOGY OF WOMEN OF COLOR AND INDIGENEITY
2. Reforming vs. totally uprooting capitalism, intro by Mia Carlsen, Scandinavian labor and feminist activist

Reading: “Social Reform or Revolution?”

3. Spontaneity in revolution, intro by Kris Gardner, organizer at IMHO and creative designer

Reading: From “The Mass Strike”

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Sponsored by West Coast Chapter, International Marxist-Humanist Organization
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