rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/class-on-class-part-2-surplus-value-and-exploitation?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-class-on-class-part-2-surplus-value-and-exploitation' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> DSA-LA Political Education Committee https://actionnetwork.org/groups/political-education-2 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/events/photos/000/913/628/normal/A_Class.png The DSA Los Angeles Political Education Committee is proud to present a Class on Class! This study series examines a selection of foundational concepts and inquiries, with the goal of more deeply grounding our collective struggle in rigorous socialist analysis. The Class is comprised of four modules which build on one another — each featuring a selection of readings and discussion questions, as well as a presentation followed by opportunity to discuss, dissect & debate these concepts. RSVP to receive the zoom link! Our Second Module, Surplus Value and Exploitation, will focus on our role as workers in which we survive by selling our time and our labor to the capitalist class. This second module is designed to deepen our understanding of this exchange between capital and labor—the exchange upon which capitalistic production, or the wage system, is founded. Examining and discussing these concepts together will strengthen our ability to more effectively communicate (and thereby advance) our collective class interests by articulating precisely how and why the relationship between labor and capital is an antagonistic, exploitative one. We’ll investigate how value is created and extracted from workers, why unemployment serves capitalist interests, why capitalism cannot avoid periodic crises, and more. All attendees are encouraged to, but not required, to read texts in our class reader which can be found here If this is your first time reading Marx, Luxemburg, Bhattacharya & others—join us! And if you’re already well-acquainted—welcome back. The potential for socialism is greater than it has been in decades & this is part of our work together. https://actionnetwork.org/events/class-on-class-part-2-surplus-value-and-exploitation