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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 including as many voices as
practical.
Sun, Sep
8, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Climate change and renewable energy revolution
The
Renewable industry has experienced exponential growth in the past decade.
Both Wind and Solar power are cheaper than conventional sources of energy now
and their cost will continue to decline in the coming decades. Despite their
intermittent nature, most studies indicate that it should be relatively easy
to achieve 80% - 90% decarbonization of electric
grid without use of nuclear power or any other innovation. Likewise, Electric
vehicles are fast achieving range, performance, and cost that will make them
superior to fossil fuel based transportation. A similar exponential growth is
expected in Electric vehicle adoption.
Meanwhile Global greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions are also continuing to increase, driven primarily by
industrialization of China and rest of emerging economies. While the
Renewable revolution will mitigate worst case global warming scenarios, the
world is heading towards pretty bleak climate
situation. This talk will present the nature of Renewable revolution and
policies and technologies needed to prevent a climate catastrophe.
Sandeep
Agarwal has worked in the Renewable industry for the past eight years.
Prior to moving to the U.S., he worked for a textile trade union in India
which helped organize contract workers in the city of Kanpur.
Sun, Sep 15, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Gloria Steinem was a CIA Agent!
She proudly admits it, so does the CIA. After a brief
introduction from ICSS member Eugene Ruyle, we will have a roundtable discussion
of two readings:
1. The feminist was a spook, By Markos Kounalakis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-gloria-steinem-cia-20151025-story.html
2. The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol52no2/intelligence-in-recent-public-literature-1.html
Sun, Sep 22, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Honduras
Our
speaker will be Karen Spring, the Honduras-based Coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity
Network (HSN), a group of over 30 organizations from Canada and the United
States. She has lived and worked in Honduras since 2009 and works closely
with community-based organizations affected by US and Canadian foreign policy
and investments. Karen has written or contributed to several reports about
mining, militarization, and human rights issues and blogs
at: www.aquiabajo.com.
Sun, Sep 29, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Why Chelsea and Julian Are Our Working Class Heros.
TENTATIVE NEED BLURB - in planning stage but GG will provide a blurb
Sun, Oct 6, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Jim Smith on Gentrifying Paradise
Sun, Oct 13, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Hands off Venezuela, defense committee –jeff mackler - }
We need to confirm this with Jeff Mackler
and expect to do so soon.
Sun, Oct 20, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
The Kashmir Question
Our man in India, Raj Sahai, is organizing this and will more info soon.
Sun, Oct 27, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
What Is Socialism and What Good Is It.
ICSS member, Professor Eugene
E Ruyle, will discuss his forthcoming book, Socialism for Americans: A scientific Introduction to the Global
Struggle for Socialism.
Sun, Nov 3, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open **FALL
BACK, DST***
Sun, Nov 10, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open
Sun, Nov 17, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
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. NOTE:
This may be moved to a later date.
Sun, Nov 24, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open (Before Thanksgiving)
Sun, Dec 1, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open (After Thanksgiving)
Sun, Dec 8, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open
Sun, Dec 15, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open
Sun, Dec 22, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
The Pro-Democracy Movement Isn’t
In Hong Kong and elsewhere, are we letting our enemies define our
terms? What did Marx, Engels, and Lenin have to say
about democracy? Invite participants to bring quotes from Marx, Engels, and
Lenin and have a round-table discussion. TENTATIVE This will be held as a
“filler,” in case we have empty places in our schedule.
Sun, Dec 29, 2019: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open (after Christmas)
Sun, Jan 5, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open (Arter New Year’s Day)
Sun, Jan 12, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open
Sun, Jan 19, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open
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