Peter Hudis

Peter Hudis has written widely on Marxist theory and contemporary politics and is the author of Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism, and Frantz Fanon: Philosopher on the Barricades. He is General Editor of The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg (three volumes have appeared so far).

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Peter Hudis

Yes, There Is An Alternative – And It Can Be Found in Marx

Although few questions are more important than whether a viable alternative to capitalism is possible, radical theory has tended to shy away from directly engaging the issue—even when the theoretical…

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Peter Hudis

From Philosophy to Organization and Back: Marxist-Humanist Tasks and Perspectives

Discusses new interest in Marxist humanism in Eastern Europe, the relation of economics to philosophy in Piketty and Marx, and that of philosophy to organization for Marxist-Humanism, from Dunayevskay…

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Peter Hudis

Dialektik-e ta’ayon-e makani-ye sarmayeh: Bazbini-ye ketab-e anbasht-e sarmayeh-e lukzamburg

Summary: This article was translated into Persian by M. Saberi and published in Critique of Political Economy. The original, entitled “The Dialectic of the Spatial Determination of Capital: Rosa Luxem…

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Peter Hudis

Dialektik-e ta’ayon-e makani-ye sarmayeh: Bazbini-ye ketab-e anbasht-e sarmayeh-e Lukzamburg

Summary: This article was translated into Persian by M. Saberi and published in Critique of Political Economy. The original, entitled “The Dialectic of the Spatial Determination of Capital: Rosa Luxem…

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Peter Hudis,
Tom O’Brien

[Audio] Irish Left Review Interview on Marx’s Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism

Summary: Discusses issues such as what Marx had to say about post-capitalist societies, and the reluctance of those on the left to talk about what it might actually look like, as well as the role of t…

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Peter Hudis

[Video] Talk in Slovenia on Marx’s Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism

Talk by Peter Hudis on his book, Marx’s Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism, at the Institute for Workers’ Education, Turbarjeva House of Literature, Ljubljana, Slovenia, with discussion by parti…

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Peter Hudis

The Dialectic of the Spatial Determination of Capital: Rosa Luxemburg’s Accumulation of Capital Reconsidered

Luxemburg argued that the accumulation of capital hinges not only on the internal temporal dynamics of particular capitalist societies but most of all on capitalism’s spatial penetration and destructi…

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Peter Hudis

Baztolid-e Ejtema’i, Gardesh-e Sarmayeh va Josteju baraye Jame’e-yi Jadid

Peter Hudis’s introduction to Hassan Mortazavi’s forthcoming translation into Persian of Marx’s Capital, Vol. 2, was published in Critique of Political Economy (Persian) and can be accessed HERE.  – E…

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[[Chicago]] The Regional and Global Impact of Israel’s War Against the Palestinian People

October 30, 2023
6:30 pm (Central time)

Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84126516993?pwd=OHk4a3lNS25zM2N5RzVwRG53bk9vZz09

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[Chicago] Past and Future of Afghanistan

September 6, 2021
6:30 pm (CST)

Zoom

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[[New York]] Creolizing Rosa Luxemburg: Debating Revolutionary Nationalism

April 17, 2021
2:00-4:00 pm East Coast DST/18:00-20:00 GMT

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[Glasgow] Peter Hudis on Race, Class and Gender since the Black Lives Matter Movement

January 29, 2021
16:00 – 18:00 CET

Zoom
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-hudis-on-race-class-and-gender-since-the-black-lives-matter-movement-tickets-134254455691?aff=erelexpmlt

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[Los Angeles] Public Online Reading Group on “Rosa Luxemburg, Women’s Liberation, and Marx’s Philosophy of Revolution”

September 13, 2020
6-8:00 PM, Pacific Daylight Time

Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84049457939?pwd=QjBKKzIzZnZqdDJvek9yYnFGU09nZz09

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[Chicago] Racist U.S. Capitalism on Trial

June 18, 2020
6:30 p.m. CDT (UTC/GMT -5:00 hours)

Internet
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87850888223?pwd=VUhLa0JkcmNxdzk4STRWNXAzaGpzdz09

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[Chicago] What is Socialism? What is Needed to Bring it into Existence?

February 26, 2020
6:30 p.m.

Harold Washington Library, Room 7 #N5 Floor (across the 7th floor elevators)
400 S. State St., Chicago Loop

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[Chicago] A Tale of Two South Americas – Chile and Bolivia

January 8, 2020
6:30 p.m.

Harold Washington Library, 7th Fl Room South
400 S. State St., Chicago Loop

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[London] Marx, Ecology, and the Climate Emergency

November 6, 2019
7:30 PM

Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL

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[Chicago] The Green New Deal: Realistic Proposal or Fantasy?

October 23, 2019
6:30 p.m.

Harold Washington Library, 5th Fl North Room
400 S. State St., Chicago

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[Chicago] Marx’s Philosophy of Liberation: Its Meaning for Today (Feb 20 to May 1)

April 3, 2019
6:30 - 8:30

Harold Washington Library, Room 7 North
400 S. State St., Chicago

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[Chicago] REVITALIZING REVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND PRACTICE

July 13, 2018
6:30 PM

Loyola University (downtown campus), Corboy Law Center Room 1401
25 East Pearson (between State St. and Wabash Ave)

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[Chicago] Race, Class, and Identity Politics

April 2, 2018
6:30 - 8:30 PM

Freedom School
719 S State St # 300, Chicago, IL 60605

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[Culver City (LA area)] Racism and the Logic of Capital

March 11, 2018
6:30-8:30 PM

Westside Peace Center
3916 Sepulveda Blvd., near Venice Blvd.

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[Los Angeles] Rosa Luxemburg’s Concept of Revolution and Its Meaning for Today

July 23, 2017
6:00 - 8:00 PM

Westside Peace Center
3916 Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 101-102 (press #22 at door to get into building)

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[Chicago] Environmental Crises: Resistance & Alternatives

February 13, 2017
6:30 — 8:30 pm

Hosteling International, Nichols Room
24 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago loop

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