Black Lamp RGNext 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…1 min read·Aug 7, 2021----
Black Lamp RGSummary: 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…3 min read·Dec 5, 2020----
Black Lamp RGDiscussion 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…4 min read·Oct 29, 2020----
Black Lamp RGNext 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…1 min read·Oct 11, 2020----
Black Lamp RGSummary: 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…5 min read·Oct 11, 2020----
Black Lamp RGSummary: 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…7 min read·Oct 3, 2020----
Black Lamp RGNext 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…1 min read·Sep 26, 2020----
