[act-ma] 12/12, This morning, Sophie Lewis on Family Abolition & Capitalism, 11:00 a.m.

Sun Dec 12 06:37:08 PST 2021

Upcoming events on "the family," (Sophie Lewis), on our prospects for
survival with "Strike!" author, Jeremy Brecher, and many others.
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Upcoming Events & Activities
12/12 "The Infamous Proposal": Family Abolition as Queer Feminism & Trans
Marxism" with Sophie Lewis

In 1847, Marx and Engels referred to the abolition of the family as the
"infamous proposal of the communists." Although the demand for ‘family
abolition’ was relatively well-known in the 1960s and 70s, critical
conversations about the private nuclear household, family ideology, and
their functions within capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, have
largely vanished from the Euro-American left since the 1980s. However, in
recent years, the anti-work philosopher Kathi Weeks has proposed family
abolition as the "infamous proposal of the feminists," and queer theorists
of social reproduction, as well as partisans of ‘transgender Marxism,’ have
sought to resurrect this oft-forgotten politics. What is the family? And
why should we seek to abolish it?

*Sophie Lewis* is a freelance writer living in Philadelphia. She is the
author of *Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family*You can access and
support her writing at patreon.com/reproutopia
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12/18 Rethinking Alternatives with Marx: A Panel Discussion

Join Marcello Musto with Himani Bannerji, Michael Brie, Gregory Claeys, and
Silvia Federici in launching "Rethinking Alternatives with Marx: Economy,
Ecology, and Migration."

This book presents a Marx that is in many ways different from the one
popularized by the dominant currents of 20th century Marxism. The dual aim
of this collective volume is to contribute to a new critical discussion on
Marx’s critique of political economy and to develop a deeper analysis of
certain questions, like ecology and migration, to which relatively little
attention has been paid until recently.

Order the book here:
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This event is sponsored by the Marxist Education Project, Shelter &
Solidarity, The Community Church of Boston, Encuentro5, Hardball
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1/13 Common Preservation in a Time of Mutual Destruction with Jeremy
Brecher

As world leaders eschew cooperation to address climate change, nuclear
proliferation, economic meltdown, and other threats to our survival, more
and more people experience a pervasive sense of dread and despair. Is there
anything we can do? What can put us on the course from mutual destruction
to common preservation? In the past, social movements have sometimes made
rapid and unexpected changes that countered apparently incurable social
problems. Jeremy Brecher presents scores of historical examples of people
who changed history by adopting strategies of common preservation, showing
what we can we learn from past social movements to better confront today’s
global threats of climate change, war, and economic chaos.

In *Common Preservation*, Brecher shares his experiences and what he has
learned that can help ward off mutual destruction and provides a unique
heuristic—a tool kit for thinkers and activists—to understand and create
new forms of common preservation.
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