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Search for The American Worker! Kevin Van Meter: author, labor educator, union organizer, PhD. Books @AKPressDistro & @CommonNotions. Inquiry @workinquirywork.

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Happy publication day! POINTS OF DEPARTURE, @hmcleaver's best unpublished, translated, or little-read writings that powerfully speak to the moment we're in. Edited by @OvetzRobert and @AmericanWork47. Available at your favorite bookstore today and at @CommonNotions!
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Points of Departure editors @OvetzRobert and @AmericanWork47 joined the @project_marx to talk about the work of @hmcleaver, workers' autonomy, and book related things. Out now on @CommonNotions. Take a listen: youtu.be/aD_GTcwPPmk?si=Eo2S…
Refusal of Work: The Writings of Harry Cleaver

Refusal of Work: The Writings of Harry Cleaver

Editors Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter present Points of Departur...

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Just hope we did them justice @hmcleaver and I don’t listen to these after they post as to avoid hearing my own voice!!
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Want to be kept up-to-date with our events and other initiatives? Need access to our Teams/Zoom links to join events? Join our mailing list! marxismdisability.wordpress.… #Marxism #Disability #Marx #Disablement #Anticapitalism
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“Rooted in the Marxist autonomist tradition – which places class struggle at the centre of social change – this welcome collection of Cleaver’s rare and unpublished writings puts the overthrow of capitalism firmly back in the hands of the working class.” redpepper.org.uk/culture-med…
Book previews: autumn 2026 - Red Pepper

Book previews: autumn 2026 - Red Pepper

David Matthews picks six of the best new books for leftists to hunker down with this autumn, as nights draw in

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New book days are the best days, especially when its Mike Doan's new @AKPressDistro book Rehearsing the Future: The Thought and Practice of James and Grace Lee Boggs. You can read my blurb of the title here: readingstruggles.info/post/b…. Get it, read it!
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Not going to miss this gem!
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Jacopo Galimberti & Steve Wright, The Year of Living Dangerously: Italy's Movement of '77
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Going to @histmat in London this November? Don't miss out seeing my dear comrades Gonzo and Ben at the first session of the Workers and Capital Stream!
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Notes from Below@NotesFrom_BelowOct 26
Join us next week for the 'Workers & Capital' stream of @histmat conference. We'll also have a stall with books, issues and merch, as well as our Saturday night party from 8pm at Pelican House (E1 5QJ)! Full stream details available here: luma.com/eqb1kwnu
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England and Ireland Tour 2026! Will be in London 11/4-11/9 for Historical Materialism, Notes from Below’s Saturday night party, team full breakfast, and paying my respects to Uncle Karl.
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Then Belfast 11/9-11/11 and Dublin 11/11-11/17 with a side trip to Wexford 11/12-11/14 for a play by “the Irish Lenin,” NA beers in the pubs, learning my "Gael Phonics,” Connolly Books, Red Books, and all the books. So many fine comrades to see along the way!
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Historical Materialism Saturday Night Party! Saturday, 7 November Pelican House From 8 PM* The saturday plenary ends at 9 PM
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@hmcleaver’s seminal work Reading Capital Politically—reading Marx “from a working-class perspective”—appeared in 1979 then again in 2000 with the now out-of-print @akpress and Anti/Theses edition.
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@commonnotions is bringing out the definitive edition with new materials and prefaces from various transitions, a new preface from Harry, introduced and edited by @OvetzRobert and @AmericanWork47.
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Big day for book news with the third RCP edition forthcoming and copies of Points of Departure circulating the planet too. Can’t wait for the new RCP? Then get a hold of Points of Departure here: commonnotions.org/buy/points…
Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism — Common Notions Press

Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism — Common Notions Press

End capitalism before it ends us. Points of Departure is the definitive collection of Harry Cleaver’s best unpublished, translated, or lesser known writings on working class refusal, class composit...

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Comrades in the US, if you want to screen 'Every Acre' locally, get in touch! We will be able yo attend the screenings at least virtually. Feel free to forward to interested comrades... everyacre.org @longhaul_mag @DFManufracture @virginia_worker @DSACommunists
Every Acre, Every Factory

Every Acre, Every Factory

Ideas for a necessary revolution

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The Marxism and Disability Stream at the 23rd Annual Historical Materialism conference (London, SOAS University, 5-8th November) will host 6 panels and a roundtable event. Join us! marxismdisability.wordpress.… #Disability #Marxism

Marxism and Disability Stream at the HM Conference 2026

The Marxism and Disability Stream at the 23rd Annual Historical Materialism conference (London, SOAS University, 5-8th November) will host 6 panels and a roundtable event. Join us! The provisional …

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LaMarx@footnotes2marxOct 12
Now reading! “our interest in Marx and Engels’ writings is not philological but political.” (p. xii)
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Verso Books@VersoBooksOct 9
When the political imagination is again struggling to find adequate forms, this volume restores 1977 in Italy to its rightful place...an invitation to think again, collectively, about what it might mean to live—and struggle—dangerously today. —Leopoldina Fortunati Pre-order now!
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Join us tomorrow for a discussion of the new @CommonNotions book POINTS OF DEPARTURE: REFUSAL OF WORK AND THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF @hmcleaver. Editors @OvetzRobert and @americanwork47 will speak about the new collection and more!
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Book discussion rescheduled to October 10th! @project_marx
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Notes from Below@NotesFrom_BelowOct 9
🎉 Join us on Sat 7th Nov for our Historical Materialism conference party! 🎵 Come along for (cheap!) drinks, DJs and maybe even some exclusive merch. We’ll start after the conference panels finish and go on until late. All welcome! 🗺️ Free registration: luma.com/e45u1341
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Neil Gray@NeilGray00Oct 7
Looking forward to discussing Jacopo and Steve's new book on the the "Movement of '77" at HM this year. @SteveWright1958
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