Socialist Night School - Disaster Capitalism
Start: 2020-05-04 19:00:00 UTC Pacific Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-07:00)
End: 2020-05-04 20:30:00 UTC Pacific Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-07:00)
This is a virtual event
For this session we'll be discussing disaster capitalism. We've seen it in action before, and we're watching it happen again. Things are starting to feel a bit like a bad remake of 2008, now with special guest: global pandemic. We'll explore some of how we got here, and try to figure out how it might be possible to break free of this pattern.
There were some great questions that people asked during April's
session, so definitely share your questions during the discussion on
Monday.
As you're doing the readings, think of questions you'd like to ask the group! :)
Readings:
Naomi Klein, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Thomas J. Adams, How the Ruling Class Remade New Orleans
Mike Davis, The Coronavirus Crisis is a Monster Fueled by Capitalism
Video:
Naomi Klein, Coronavirus Capitalism - And How to Beat It
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