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We've started a Reading K course, using the film, and have 45 participants, nearly all working-class folks from Durban-area community groups, unions, the SA Communist Party, even the lefty churches. Only a couple are post-grad students of the sort David's lecturing to at http://www.davidharvey.org Has anyone had experience with a group of this sort? I did the Das K course twice with David when I studied with him in 1985-87 in Baltimore, and haven't brushed up on the pedagogy since, so it's quite exciting - but as we've just started last week, and we're using Saturdays 9am-1pm for both the film/discussion and relevant accompanying material, I'm not sure how it's going to go. If anyone has any tips, please share them, thanks. *** ECONOMIC JUSTICE The University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society Course The 2010 version of the Centre for Civil Society's Economic Justice course is now open for enrollment, without charge. The 56-hour class meets most Saturday mornings from 20 February - 29 May, from 9am (sharp) to 1pm in Memorial Tower Building at Howard College, Room L2. Materials/refreshments/transport assistance will be provided thanks to a generous grant from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation - but only if you contact us by 19 February (no exceptions). The course is based upon several classics in political economy, plus contemporary works. Our participants will cover parts of "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx, Walter Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa," Harold Wolpe's "Articulations of Modes of Production", and Rosa Luxemburg's "The Accumulation of Capital" - all with references to current South African conditions. We will make extensive use of videos, including David Harvey's Kapital lectures and the late Dennis Brutus playing the lead role in Howard Zinn's play "Marx in Soho [kwaSuka]", as well as "The Story of Stuff". Guest lecturers will join us periodically. No prerequisites; only enthusiasm and commitment. We anticipate drawing participants from the general public, Durban-area students, civil society organisations and political parties. All are welcome, though only serious participants committed to the entire course can be provided with transport and food subsidies, and copies of hard-copy reading materials. All who RSVP for the opening session will receive a course DVD. The main organisers are UKZN CCS director Patrick Bond, and UKZN post-graduate students Samson Zondi and Trevor Ngwane. Please contact Zondi before 4pm on 19 February at [email protected] to RSVP your space in the opening session, 20 February, and to negotiate a local kombi-fare subsidy. Course meeting dates (all 9am-1pm in Memorial Tower Building, Room L2, except 11 March): 20 FEB * week off 6 MAR 11 MAR - 9am-9pm event at UKZN devoted to Dennis Brutus 13 MAR 20 MAR ** week off ** week off 10 APR 17 APR 24 APR 1 MAY 8 MAY 15 MAY 22 MAY 29 MAY ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
