The Socialist Party - USA, Greater NYC Local - Discussion Club

Discussion Group

arimoore — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:42:48 -0600

Start: 05/25/2008 - 3:00pm

Anarchist Elements of a Socialist Economy?
Sunday May 18th 3:00p - 339 Lafayette St. Buzzer #11 A. J. Muste Institute

What can socialists learn about workers self-management, communal organization and grassroots democracy from anarchist theory? Join the SP Discussion Group for an investigation of the new proposals offered by Michael Albert in his book and website ParEcon. We will also investigate selected documents relating to the self-managed factories (fabricas sin patron) in Argentina.

Readings:
ParEcon – Michael Albert
http://www.zmag.org/parecon/indexnew.htm
Sin Patron (selections to come)
http://www.haymarketbooks.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Haymarket&Product_Code=L

Discussion Group

arimoore — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:41:08 -0600

Start: 05/04/2008 - 3:00pm

End: 05/04/2008 - 5:00pm

Activist Training for Single-Payer Healthcare
Sunday May 4th 3:00pm – 339 Lafayette St. Buzzer #11 A. J. Muste Institute

For one day the SP Discussion group will be converted into an activist training session. After reading, conversation and presentations participants will be able to conduct effective activist work around issues related to the campaign for national healthcare in the United States.

Readings:
“Universal Access to Healthcare,” Harvard Law Review, vol. 108, no. 6, Apr. 1995.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/democraticsocialistdiscussion/files/Healthcare/
Devi, Sridhar, “Inequality in the United States Healthcare System,” United Nations Human Development Report, 2005.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2005/papers/hdr2005_sridhar_devi_36.pdf
H. R. 676 Bill for Single-Payer Healthcareread more »

Dem-Soc Discussion Group-Politics, Literautre, & Proletariat Art

arimoore — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:55:52 -0600

Start: 04/20/2008 - 3:00pm

End: 04/20/2008 - 5:00pm

The next meeting of the Dem-Soc Discussion group will be held on Sunday April 20th at 3:00pm in the A.J. Muste Institute (339 Lafayette Street, Buzzer #11). This months topic is Politics, Literature, & Proletariat Art.
The links to the readings are as follows

Leon Trotsky: The Social Roots and The Social Function of Literature

George Orwell: Politics and the English Language

Mike Gold: Excerpt from Jews Without Money

Discussion group meeting April 20th

arimoore — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:53:10 -0600

Leon Trotsky: The Social Roots and The Social Function of Literature

George Orwell: Politics and the English Language

Mike Gold: Excerpt from Jews Without Money

Discussion group meeting this Sunday, March 30th

arimoore — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:35:44 -0600

Friends,

The next meeting of the Dem-Soc discussion group will be held on
Sunday March 30th @ 3:00pm in the A. J. Muste Institute (339 Lafayette
St. buzzer #11). We will examine a short but influential section of
Karl Marx's Capital (Vol. 1) entitled "The Fetishism of Commodities
and the Secret Thereof."

At this meeting we can also discuss Jesse's proposal for establishing
a set meeting time every month and develop a reading list.

"The Fetishism of Commodities" raises important questions regarding
the relationship between acts of production and consumption in a
capitalist economy. Are these separate and distinct acts? Can
distinct political strategies be developed to address both? Should
socialists attempt to bridge the gap between the two? What tools
would be most useful - culture, political economy...?read more »