Minerve 2025
For the program, see the invitation letter!
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For preparation of the different topics we recommend:
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Class Struggles:
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A bit long and perhaps wordy text - it will also be summarised for the discussion: https://www.angryworkers.org/2020/04/07/revolutionary-working-class-strategy-for-the-21st-century-part-1/
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A short report for the 'struggle day' on the situation in the UK
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yvLB5fTxhjwlQZQSgAWHReov713UqLZ5Df_zWMWNiEg/edit?usp=drivesdk
Transition:
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FAQs on labour time accounting by IDA (~20 min read): https://arbeitszeitrechnung.org/en/faqs-2/
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Introductory video on labour time accounting (6 min video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuHm1_7EgPQ
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Group of Interational Communists: "Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution", Second Edition 1935, English Translation by Hermann Lueer from 2020. Download: https://nextcloud.arbeitszeitrechnung.org/s/N4Td2Anzo8sWDym
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One comrade commented already on the "Fundamental Principles": https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qlVnwS3ID_6k55n8fADCjlyXPrDjxu1GpCNNA5NVlAk/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Communist mapping/Transition:
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Suggested reading for the mapping communism (workers inquiry tradition) discussion is chapter three of Jasper Bernes' book on "The Future of Revolution" (PDF)
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War:
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For the context where to work from you can have a summary of what we spoke about last year 2024 and what the discussions and contributions were about in Varna 2023. It can be checked in the following link https://angryworkersworld.wixsite.com/summercamp/agenda particularly here.
Those discussions lead to a difference in the definition available in our common platform https://angryworkersworld.wixsite.com/summercamp/our-politics
The discussion continued over 2024 and in Poznan finally got into certain stagnation as you can see in the Summary for the war day https://angryworkersworld.wixsite.com/summercamp/2024-poznan particularly here.
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1.- Theoretical discussion and historical background by Internationalist Perspective​
Workshop presentation on “Capitalism, crisis and war”. While pro-revolutionaries often affirm that capitalism inevitably leads to crisis and crisis inevitably leads to war, the analysis behind these affirmations is often formulaic and superficial. We would like a more thorough discussion on the subject.
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In addition, we would like to do a workshop on “Democracy”, which we see as an essential ideological component of war preparation. Finally, we are also interested in discussing how the Trump administration’s policies fit into war and war preparation.
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2.- Aspects of the switch into war economy
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From different countries, we reported how the economy is changing from welfare to warfare economy and how it is affecting, not only the expenditure, but also in a superstructural level, cultural and institutionally. How the working class is reacting to it and which struggles have the potential to oppose it, contributes fundamentally to our analysis.
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3.- Initiatives and activities that reflect revolutionary internationalist resistance to war and militarisation.
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DISCUSSIONS AND DIFFICULTIES FOR THE ANTICAPITALIST AND INTERNATIONALIST ORGANISATIONS. How does "the left" in Russia and Ukraine explain the causes of the war, how do different factions position themselves and the specific conditions in areas like Russia, Ukraine or Germany.
For this workshop you can have a look at the following link
https://brooklynrail.org/2025/02/field-notes/ewgeniy-kasakow-with-felix-baum/
AGAINST THE MILITARISATION OF THE HEALTH SECTOR. A Vital Signs position. Examples like the one recently published in Vital Signs Mag would connect with the theoretical block. You can check the input here.