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Age of monsters, age of slayers: the late stage of Capitalism
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Age of monsters, age of slayers: the late stage of Capitalism
Revolutionary Study Series
Sundays at 2pm edt | 1pm cdt | 11am pdt
@ Resistance Press Bookroom
427 Bloor St West and on zoom
From a fascist jail in the 1930s, the Italian revolutionary Antonio Gramsci wrote: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters." Today that seems prophetic. Although poisoned from birth, global capitalism is growing even more monstrous. Join the International Socialists in a study series to examine how "the old world is dying" – the urgent crises in the system that bring us closer to destruction – but also how "the new world struggles to be born", the capacity for the global working class to be the revolutionary “slayers”, capitalism’s gravediggers.
July 19 - Slaying imperialism
For those who seek to explain and stop Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, the bloody civil war we are witnessing in Sudan, the 'meat-grinder' war in Ukraine that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, the US/Israeli war on Iran that killed more than 160 children on its very first day and the brazen attacks on Venezuela and Cuba, Marxist theory of imperialism is an indispensable tool. In this first session, we will apply the Marxist toolkit developed by Lenin, Bukharin and Luxemburg to the world around us today. We will discuss how the classical Marxist theory of imperialism stands the test of time as global capitalism rapidly sinks into inter-imperialist rivalry, AI-driven militarization, and the imminent threat of a large-scale war. Join us to equip yourself with the revolutionary ideas needed to slay the horrors of imperialism and to get rid of capitalism.
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July 26 - Slayers of Fascism
From the first emergence of fascism in 1920s Italy, Marxists have tried to analyse this specific sociopolitical phenomenon in order to organize to defeat it. What can we learn from Leon Trotky's classic analysis of the distinctiveness of fascism? How do we understand both the continuities and breaks of fascism with the "routine" barbarism of capitalism? What lessons can we learn from the successes and failures of movements to combat fascism? This session will look at these pressing questions as we contend with a growing fascist threat globally.
Suggested readings
Aug 9 - Trumpist monsters of late capitalism
In late capitalism, the line between actual fascism and the increasing authoritarianism required to maintain the system has become increasingly difficult to locate. As the political centre collapses, the right continues to reinvent itself to pull that centre in its direction, creating oxygen for the far right and fascism. Those opposed to far-right hate now struggle with how to define where the line falls between the right of the electoral spectrum that does not yet target a complete destruction of democratic and progressive institutions, and the forces that do, which must be shut down at all costs.
Some have called it “alt-right” some have called it “fascisation”. From Trump to Poilievre, from Modi in India to Marine Le Pen in France: where does the line fall? Is it now a moving target? The answers have implications for how we organize.
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Aug 23 - Monstrous capitalist conspiracy theories
Readings and links coming soon
Aug 30 - The capitalist war on science
Readings and links coming soon
Sept 13 - Can the planet still be saved?
Readings and links coming soon
Sept 27 - Gravediggers of the capitalist apocalypse
Readings and links coming soon
Organized by International Socialists Canada and Marx21US
Dates:
Sunday, July 19, 2026 - 14:00
Organized by:
International Socialists Canada and Marx21US
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