Next Friday 13th August: Paul Gilroy’s Against Race (2002) — Chapter 1Next Friday 13th August at 20.00 GMT (London time), the Black Lamp Reading Group will be discussing Paul Gilroy’s critique of post-war…Aug 7, 2021Aug 7, 2021
Summary: Perry Anderson, ‘Ukania Perpetua?’, New Left Review, 2020. Intro to Chapter 3In Ukania Perpetua?, Anderson evaluates the analytic weaknesses and successes of the New Left Review’s political commentary over the last…Dec 5, 2020Dec 5, 2020
Discussion summary: China Mieville, October, up to Chapter 3October: The Story of the Russian Revolution was published in 2017 at the centenary of the Russian Revolution. It emerged alongside a raft…Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020
Next Friday: China Miéville’s ‘October: The Story of the Russian Revolution.’Next Friday, Black Lamp Reading Group will be discussing the introduction and chapter 1 of China Miéville’s ‘October’, a narrative history…Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020
Summary: Trevor Griffiths, The Party, 1974The Party (1974) depicts a socialist meeting in London that coincides with the early Paris student riots. Reading it in 2020 drives home…Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020
Summary: Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968), Chapter 1Brazilian philosopher Paulo Freire’s 1968 classic asked how a humane society might emerge from one where a dominating class reduces…Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020
Next Friday: Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968) — Chapter 1Next Friday, we will be discussing a classic of critical pedagogy. Based on Paulo Freire’s experiences as an adult educator, it sketches a…Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020