Marcel van der Linden: Working Class History from Below Saturday, October 31st @ 12PM – 2PM

16 Beaver Group 16 Beaver Street, 4th fl. New York, NY 10004

Marcel van der Linden will be presenting research from his book, “Workers of the World, Essays Towards a Global labor History,” which builds the foundations of a global history of capitalism from below: a history freed from Eurocentrism and methodological nationalism. Using literature from diverse regions, epochs and disciplines, van der Linden provides arguments and conceptual tools for a different interpretation of history – a labor history which integrates the history of slavery, indentured labor, and subsistence labor; and which pays serious attention to diverging yet interconnected developments in different parts of the world.

Published in 2008 in the Netherlands, the 477 page book “Workers of the World“ is available as a digital copy on www.thisisforever.org.

While the discussion will span themes from the entire book, the book’s Introduction (pp. 1-14 of the book’s pagination) is a useful starting point. So, too, are the sections Conceptualizations (Chapters Two through Four, pp. 17-78) and Forms of Resistance (Chapters Nine through Twelve, pp. 171-283)

Tea and coffee will be provided; any simple food contributions are appreciated, such as bread, cheese, honey, jam, fruit, etc.

For more information about this event: http://www.thisisforever.org/upcoming/global-labor-history

UPCOMING EVENTS in November

The series will be having one event nightly from November 10th through November 15th. See http://www.thisisforever.org/upcoming for the details!

November 10th - Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis on the politics of oil http://www.thisisforever.org/upcoming/politics-of-oil

November 11th - Ariel Salleh on a feminist and ecologically integrated politics of the commons, with Silvia Federici http://www.thisisforever.org/upcoming/ariel-salle

November 12th - Bristol Radical History Group on Radical History from Below November 13th - Bristol Radical History Group: Why History Matters and Why Radical History Matters More November 15th - Bristol Radical History Group: History as Inquiry and Militant Research http://www.thisisforever.org/upcoming/bristol-radical-history-group