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Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library
At NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
Info: contact Gene Ruyle: Ph:
510-332-3865.
Email: cuyleruyle@mac.com
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
(NOTE:
These are all tentative and may be changed.
Please check back the week before, or sign up for our weekly
reminders/updates at cuyleruyle@mac.com)
NOTE:
Many of our programs are being recorded and placed on the "icss marxist" channel on
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icss+marxist+
Our Sunday
morning programs are scheduled pretty much on a “first come, first served”
basis and confirmed at our planning sessions. The opinions expressed are
those of the speakers only and do not represent a group consensus on the
issues by the members of ICSS. Our general practice is to allot at least half
of the time to comradely discussion of the issues so that we include as many
voices as practical
Sun, Jan
19, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Group Reading: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. In honor
of Dr. King’s birthday, we will discuss what many believe is the greatest speech
by America’s greatest spiritual leader, a speech that cost him his life. It
is not widely recognized that Dr. King was an open socialist who stated that:
"There must be a better distribution of wealth, and maybe America must
move toward a democratic socialism." Reading the speech will take about
an hour, leaving time for open discussion.
Sun, Jan
26, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
India:
Modi in his Second Term takes a Hard Right Turn
Modi’s BJP won 303 seats in the Parliament
of 545 seats in the 2019 General Elections, after completing his first term
of 5 years, in which BJP did not have majority, so it was more dependent on
its allied regional parties. Modi has undertaken bold move within the first
year of his Second term: Removal of Article 370 of the Constitution, which
granted Jammu & Kashmir state substantial autonomy; Outlawing of the
Triple Talaq practice (thrice repeated word divorce
by which men could divorce their wives) among Muslims; Threatened to carry
out National Registration of Citizens (NRC); and enactment of Citizens
Amendment Act (CAA), which permits granting of citizenship to refugees of
Hindu, Christian & Sikh faiths from three countries, but not Muslims:
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Each of these moves go against the spirit
of the staunchly secular Indian Constitution. Students and Muslims, joined by
secular persons of Hindu, Christian and Sikh faiths, have begun strong
opposition to these moves of the government, and now the Left Parties are
organizing workers to oppose government’s Neo-Liberal policies. The latest
incident of goons attacking and injuring Left Students and Faculty members at
the prestigious Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU)
has added to the tension in society already tense. What is in store for India
the years ahead with Modi at the helm? Raj Sahai
who closely monitors the political and economic affairs in India will present
his views. Q/A will follow his 50 minute talk.
Sun, Feb 2, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
The Haitian Revolution of 1804.
Gerald Smith is organizing a presentation on the historical
significance of Haiti.
Sun, Feb 2, 2020: 12:45-1:45 Pm
Planning Session
We get together after
the morning session on the first Sunday of every month to discuss things in
general and plan the schedule for our Sunday morning at the Marxist Library
forums. This is an open meeting. Everyone is welcome to help plan our future
sessions. Please come with suggestions and concrete plans. Also, please
review our web site to familiarize yourself with our current proposals.
Newcomers and old timers welcome.
Sun, Feb 9, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Revolt of the Dispossessed against Neoliberalism in Latin America and the
Caribbean
With the Trump administration’s renewed emphasis on imposing the
Monroe Doctrine to the Empire's so-called "backyard," the peoples
of Latin America and the Caribbean resist in a revolt of the dispossessed
against neoliberalism. In this year in review, hear about the struggles
in Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba,
Bolivia, Haiti, and elsewhere along with the solidarity actions by
North Americans in support of the social justice movements. The presenters
are activists with the 34-year old human rights organization, Task Force on
the Americas (https://taskforceamericas.org/).
The presenters are Alice Loaiza, Alicia Jrapko, David
Paul, Marilyn Langlois, Bill Hackwell,
Roger Harris.
Sun, Feb 16, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Rabelais & Renaissance
Humanist, proto-utopian socialist, proto-anarchist. ICSS member Lew Finzel will send a blurb soon.
Sun, Feb
23, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Al Sargis: Harriet Tubman as a Military Figure
The recent (2019) film, Harriet, left many aspects of Harriet Tubman’s life
and work unexplored, but ICSS member Al Sargis has
been researching Tubman's military exploits as head of military intelligence
of the Army of the Potomac and her planning, organizing and leading the only
amphibious assault by a woman in US (and possibly world) history. I would place her skills and talents in the
context of what she learned in the Underground Railroad and her collaboration
with John Brown in the raid on Harper's Ferry. Little known is both her co-planning of the
raid and furnishing many of John Brown's troops. I want to open a whole new perspective on
Tubman, as one book describes her as "America's more unsung Civil War
general." Why did General Grant regard Harriet Tubman as "worth
many regiments in the Northern forces" and John Brown call her
"General"? Tubman was the top military intelligence commander in
the Department of the Potomac, the only woman to plan and lead an amphibious
assault and a nurse in an army hospital. She also collaborated with
John Brown on his Harper's Ferry raid. While known for her work in the
Underground Railroad, little is mentioned about how this prepared her for her
later activities with John Brown and during the Civil War. This lecture will
cover how each phase of her life groomed her for the next one: from before
and during the Underground Railroad, her relationship with John Brown and,
finally, her little known Civil War exploits. Tubman's turn to armed
revolutionary struggle to abolish slavery in contrast to many, if not most,
abolitionists and its political, moral and religious basis will be an underlying
theme.
Gerald Smith may join us to say a few words from a Black HISTORICAL context.
Sun, Mar 1, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
TENTATIVE (FILLER) In the Spirit of Alexandra Kollontai. A repeat of a slide presentation previously given in 2017 by
Gene Ruyle in honor f the 100th Anniversary of the
February Revolution.
Sun, Mar
1, 2019: 12:45-1:45 Pm
Planning Session
We get together after
the morning session on the first Sunday of every month to discuss things in
general and plan the schedule for our Sunday morning at the Marxist Library
forums. This is an open meeting. Everyone is welcome to help plan our future
sessions. Please come with suggestions and concrete plans. Also, please
review our web site to familiarize yourself with our current proposals.
Newcomers and old timers welcome.
Sun, Mar 8, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
TENTATIVE The Storm Before the Conflagration.
A Marxist view of the United States in the 1850s, and applicable
lessons for today’s political struggles, with ICSS Member Gary Hicks. (May be
moved to a later date.
Sun, Mar 15, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
TENTATIVE: Trump and the Disaster of Occupational Health.
Our comrade Nina is preparing a talk on this topic.
Sun, Mar 22, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open
Sun, Mar 29, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, Apr 5, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
TENTATIVE: The Development of Caste in India.
Our comrade Raj is preparing a
talk on this topic.
Sun, Apr 12, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open
Sun, Apr 19, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, Apr 26, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, May 3, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, May 10, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, May 17, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, May 24, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, May 31, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
ELAZAR ON SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF STALINISM
(Elazar 87th Birthday
celebration after:12:35-2:45)
Sun, Jun 7, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, Jun 14, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Sun, Jun 21, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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