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The Global Casino:How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet
We are very happy to present our long-time contributor Ann Pettifor, who has just published a new book with Verso. To mark the release, we invite you to a conversation between Ann Pettifor and the wonderful writer, economist, and researcher Grace Blakeley. Together they will discuss the ideas behind the book, contemporary political economy, and […]
Carnival4David 2026 working group meeting
This is a working group meeting for the preparation of the Carnival4David: Nairobi, London and Saint Vincent. If you want to join us, please, write an email. Here are the notes from the previous meetings.
the Survival Kit Collection
Hi everyone, Happy 2026! We want to bring everyone together who’s been working on or thinking about the Survival Kit Collection. It’s been a busy year, and it feels like time to actually talk to each other and figure out what happens next. The Survival Kit Collection brings together artists, engineers, and activists working on […]
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Here is a transcript of the 1st Fight Club: Michael Hudson and Thomas Piketty (English).
This debate between Michael Hudson and Thomas Piketty on September 23, 2021, is available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWT0uvBLDbo The debate was monitored by Lynn Parramore, and introduced by David Graeber’s widow, Nika. Dubrovsky. Closing speach by Steve Keen. Nika: Hi, I’m Nika. I’m David’s wife. This is an event in the honor of the first anniversary […]
Michael Hudson versus Thomas Piketty
RSA, Museum of Care, the Institute of David Graeber for the 1st year of the anniversary of David’s death we hosted the first Fight Club debate. September 23, 2021 The renowned academic economists: Michael Hudson and Thomas Piketty will meet on the anniversary of David Graeber’s death and the 10th-anniversary publication of his book “Debt […]
Visual Assembly in Madrid / 22 September/Esta es una Plaza
eng / spa Please note: here’s our original plan that was cancelled, this is the updated version. Join us on September 22 at 3 PM Madrid time for the 1st year memorial of David Graeber, in person or on zoom. As part of the IRI’s projects of the Zapatista Forum, the David Graeber foundation, the Museum […]
The Dawn of Everything Reading Group: Chapter 2
The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action. Led and moderated by Steven Bachelor
Anti-Education: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions by Friedrich Nietzsche.
Anti-Education: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions by Friedrich Nietzsche (available here). Facilitator(s) for this session: Vittoria & Andris.
‘Culture as Creative Refusal’ by David Graeber
With David Graeber’s latest book (co-written by David Wengrow), The Dawn of Everything, coming out in October this year, we thought it might be a good idea to dedicate the next reading group to ‘Culture as Creative Refusal,’ which develops as one of the key points of the book. Link to the text. See you […]
The Dawn of Everything Reading Group: Chapter 1
The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action. Possible discussion questions: Chapter 11. The two […]
‘Going In and Out of each other’s Bodies’ by Maurice Bloch
Following on from our last session which reflected on David Graeber’s text on the ‘Monastic Self,’ our next session on 5th August will be a discussion of Maurice Bloch’s paper on ‘Going In and Out of Each Other’s Bodies.’ (Please don’t get too excited because we’re only referring to neuronal connection here.) Links to Bloch’s […]
Notes: 27.05.2021 Assembly
Dear all, here is a video from our yesterday’s Assembly I am eternally grateful to the students of the Critical Studies Department, Andris Brinkmanis, Zasha Colah and Archive Milano, who will be curating the Museum of Care for the next two or three months.Our programmer, Oleg Kostishin, is sharing access with them so they can run […]
‘Communist Proteins’ with Alexei Yurchak
A special group this week, as we will be welcoming Alexei Yurchak, who will present his essay ‘Communist Proteins: Lenin’s Skin, Astrobiology, and the Origin of Life.’ Here is the link to text. Alexei Yurchak is a Professor of Anthropology at Berkeley. He is the author of Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: […]