Cannibal Capitalism

Monday, November 21, 2022 - 1:00pm
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Nancy Frazer

Capital is currently cannibalizing every sphere of life–guzzling wealth from nature and racialized populations, sucking up our ability to care for each other, and gutting the practice of politics. In this tightly argued and urgent volume, leading Marxist feminist theorist Nancy Fraser charts the voracious appetite of capital, tracking it from crisis point to crisis point, from ecological devastation to the collapse of democracy, from racial violence to the devaluing of care work. These crisis points all come to a head in Covid-19, which Fraser argues can help us envision the resistance we need to end the feeding frenzy.

"Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do About It” is Nancy Frazer’s newest book. She has also published “The Old is Dying and the New Cannot be Born,” “Redistribution or Reconstruction?: A Political-Philosophical Exchange,” “Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World,” “Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition,” and “Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory.”

UPCOMING TOURS

June 15, 2025 to June 25, 2025
Join us in an exciting visit to Cuba--a country committed to building socialism. We will learn about Cuba’s stunning accomplishments such as free health care and education, its collective production in agricultural and urban cooperatives, We will dialogue with leading thinkers about their visions... Read more
April 7, 2025 to April 11, 2025
Join us for an amazing trip to the old mining town of Zacatecas which was founded in 1546 after the discovery of silver deposits in the area by 4 Spaniards who risked their lives looking for gold, but instead ended up finding silver. This remote territory was inhabited by indigenous Zacateco... Read more

Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, March 10, 2025 - 1:00pm
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Laura Carlsen
Location:
Join in person at the Hotel Quinta Loreto Community Room

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Meixco City-based international relations think tank, Mira: Feminisms and Democracies, and Coordinator of Political Analysis and Global Solidarity with Just Associates. She holds an interdisciplinary degree in Women’s Studies and a Masters in Latin American Studies, both from Stanford University. A dual... Read more

Monday, March 17, 2025 - 1:00pm
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Harry Targ
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Join in person at the Hotel Quinta Loreto Community Room

Behind the turmoil of the Ukraine and Israeli wars, tensions between the United States and China, African contestation over neo-colonial political, economic, and military influence, and US meddling in the politics of Latin America, there are fundamental forces in play that seek to rearrange and change the architectures of global social... Read more