Shubho noboborsho everyone

May you have courage and wisdom in these dark times

REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS

The sixth and last meeting on the theme of Religion in 2024 is on this Sunday, day after tomorrow, 14 April 2024, 9 to 11 pm IST. As the last meeting on the theme, instead of a curated list of readings, we will have an open floor for members to

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I always visit James Prinsep and David Hare when visiting this city

The temperature of the last three days should have altered political geographies in a sane world

'spring melancholy －
even for goldfish
even for humans'
(goldfish and wisteria, Koson Ohara/ Hasui Kawase )

Small Songbird Hanging from Blossoming Cherry, by Ohara Koson, ca.1920

Other Koson's printings: masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/shinhanga-new-…

#shinhanga

Seen in the streets of a city, a healthy distaste for cars

Germany is an incredibly antisemitic state these days. Comically evil.

River landscape, by Katsushika Hokusai, late 18th-early 19th century

#ukiyoe

4. Open Letter to Comrade Lenin by Herman Gorter
marxists.org/archive/gorter…

5. Workers Control by Mattick
marxists.org/archive/mattic…

6. Council Communism by Mark Shipway
marxists.org/subject/left-w…

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This material will be covered:

1. Luxemburg versus Lenin by Paul Mattick files.libcom.org/files/Luxembur…

2. The Differences in the Communist Party of Germany by Pannekoek
marxists.org/archive/pannek…

3. Left wing communism an Infantile Disorder by V. I. Lenin
marxists.org/archive/lenin/…

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NOTICE TO THE SOCIALIST READING CIRCLE

The fourth theory class of 2024 is on 6 April, Saturday from 9-11 pm IST. This class is the final class on basic theory and picks up where the last left off, it explores the debates between bolshevism and tendencies to its left

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REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS

The fifth meeting on the theme of Religion in 2024 is on this Sunday, day after tomorrow, 31 March 2024, 9 to 11 pm IST. The focus will be the religious traditions of pre and colonial Bengal

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