Calgary Jacobin

We rarely post our meeting details these days, but we still meet weekly. If you're interested and want to join the mailing list, send a note to calgaryjacobin[at]gmail.com.

We will be meeting tomorrow evening, Tuesday July 20th, at 7:00 p.m, in person, at a distance, at Riley Park (800 12 St NW).

We'll be discussing Avi Lewis and the NDP: Why stars don’t point the way forward for the left Today’s left faces problems that no individual, no matter how dynamic, can really solve by Dennis Pilon and Bryan Evans.

We usually find a spot on the southern edge of the park by the trees. Feel free to bring a blanket, lawn chair, and refreshments. It's expected to be 28°C and mostly sunny (though likely also smoky).

https://goo.gl/maps/s6H7wfcFxadU4Tiw8

Our book club will be selecting a new book next week, on Tuesday July 27th. Got something you want to read as a group? Bring it with you and make a pitch!

We'll be meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 27th at 7:00pm over Zoom to discuss the following piece:

We'll be meeting this upcoming Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:00pm over Zoom to discuss the following piece:

Thank Socialism for the Vaccine. Blame Capitalism for Its Distribution. - Leigh Phillips The jaw-dropping speed of COVID-19 vaccine development is a glorious marvel of science, cooperation, and economic planning — a glimpse of how much more an egalitarian world could produce and achieve. But the lifeboat ethics of vaccine rollout is a horrifying display of the inefficiency and cruelty of capitalism.

We'll be meeting over zoom at 7pm tonight, Tuesday February 9th, to discuss this article: Jobs For All - Mike Beggs In an age of precarity, a left-wing demand for full employment could be massively popular. But liberalism can't deliver it.

We'll be meeting IN PERSON, AT A DISTANCE, Tuesday, October 27th at 6:00 p.m. at RILEY PARK to discuss the following piece:

The Zombies of Karl Marx: Horror in Capitalism’s Wake - Tyler Malone https://lithub.com/the-zombies-of-karl-marx-horror-in-capitalisms-wake/ Brains, one might say, “to each according to his need.”

Weather forecast expects a high of 9°C  and low of 3°C. Dress warmly and bring a blanket or chair!

Due to the cold weather we'll be meeting virtually tonight, October 20th, at 7:00pm over Zoom to discuss the following article:

It’s Not Enough to Fight — Labor and the Left Have to Be Serious About How to Win - Jane McAlevey

Unions and the Left across the globe have the power to defeat the billionaires. But Jane McAlevey explains that doing this requires we learn the best traditions of labor organizing — and that we talk to people who don’t already agree with us and win them over to our side.

TIME CHANGE!

We'll be meeting IN PERSON, AT A DISTANCE tonight, Tuesday, October 6th at 6:00 p.m. [NOTE THE EARLIER TIME] at RILEY PARK to discuss the following piece:

The Regina Manifesto and the Origins of Canada’s Parliamentary Socialists - Roberta Lexier https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/regina-manifesto-canada-parliamentary-socialists-ccf

Canada’s Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, forerunner of today’s New Democratic Party, may have been less militant than some of its contemporary rivals. But its founding document is a powerful call to arms — and present-day socialists could learn from its boldness.

We'll try to find a spot on the southern edge of the park by the trees. https://goo.gl/maps/s6H7wfcFxadU4Tiw8

We'll be meeting IN PERSON, AT A DISTANCE on Tuesday, September 22th at 6:30 p.m. at RILEY PARK to discuss the following piece:

1983: The Year BC Citizens and Workers Fought Back - Rod Mickleburgh

Operation Solidarity ended in bitterness, but mass protests scored dramatic victories against Bennett government. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/07/06/Year-BC-Citizens-Workers-Fought-Back/

We'll try to find a spot on the southern edge of the park by the trees. https://goo.gl/maps/s6H7wfcFxadU4Tiw8

We'll be meeting IN PERSON, AT A DISTANCE this evening, Tuesday, August 11th at 7:00 p.m. at RILEY PARK to discuss the following piece:

Planning the Future - by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/07/planning-the-future

We'll be virtually meeting on Tuesday, July 14th at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom to discuss the following piece:

Karl Marx and the Corporation - J. W. Mason

More than 150 years ago, when the corporation as we know it today was still new, Marx saw in it both the essence of capitalism and a prefiguration of socialism: “The abolition of the capitalist mode of production within the capitalist mode of production itself.”

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/karl-marx-capital-corporation-production-socialism