Kosambi Reading and Analysis Circle@kosambicircle

Kosambi Circle is a reading, writing, research, analysis, and discussion circle for multi-tendency socialist theory

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REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS Circle meeting 175 We continue with the current theme, "Socialisms and Social Democracies". The second meeting on this will focus on Chile and Peru. This will be on coming Sunday night, 25 October August 2026, 9 - 11 pm IST. 1/n
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REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS Circle meeting 175 We continue with the current theme, "Socialisms and Social Democracies". The second meeting on this will focus on Chile and Peru. This will be on coming Sunday night, 25 October August 2026, 9 - 11 pm IST. 1/n
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The reading: Deepening Democracy? The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru by Kenneth M. Roberts libgen.li/ads.php?md5=841fdc… Given the importance of understanding Latin American socialist and working class movments, this reading is important. See you at the meeting!
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO CIRCLE MEMBERS We now move to the fifth theme of the year, "Socialisms and Social Democracies". Actually existing states which are or have in the past exhibited various movements they describe as 'socialism' or 'social democracy' 1/n
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The countries we will look at for this theme are Vietnam, Chile, Peru, Norway, and Sweden The meetings on this are on 11 Oct, 25 Oct, 8 Nov, and 22 Nov Tonight, i.e. 11 Oct 2026, 9 - 11 pm IST will be the first meeting of this theme. This is the 174th meeting of the circle 3/n
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The material for tonight is a collection of essays on Vietnam Chapters 1 to 8 of Rethinking Vietnam libgen.li/ads.php?md5=95bc05… Vietnam is a vital topic to study for any socialist. We hope to see all circle members in tonight's meeting!
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REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS Circle meeting 173 Tonight, i.e. on 27 Septembr 2026, 9 - 11 pm IST, is the fourth and last meeting on the current theme, the PRC. In this meeting we discuss the economic history of the PRC and how that has been influenced by its state 1/n
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The reading for this meeting is: How China Works by Xiaohuan Lan libgen.li/ads.php?md5=1dcd13… The importance of this topic, understanding the relation between state and capital of China, cannot be overstated. We hope to see all members in the meeting tonight
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REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS Circle meeting 172 We continue with the current theme, the PRC. The third meeting on China will be tonight, 13 September 2026, 9 - 11 pm IST. In this meeting we discuss the history of the working class in China 1/n
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The readings for this meeting are 1. China on Strike: Narratives of Workers’ Resistance by Hao Ren et al. libgen.li/edition.php?id=137… 2. Chinese Workers A new history by Jackie Sheehan files.libcom.org/files/Chine… We hope to see you all in the meeting tonight!
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REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS Circle meeting 171 We continue with the current theme, the PRC. The second meeting on China will be tomorrow night, 30 August 2026, 9 - 11 pm IST. In this meeting we discuss the capitalist development in China with its associated manifestations 1/n
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from Chuang issue 2 2. Red Dust: The Capitalist Transition in China 3. Spirit Breaking: Capitalism and Terror in Northwest China by Adam Hunerven chuangcn.org/wp-content/uplo… The social history of developmentalist capitalism is vital to study. We hope to see you all tomorrow!
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The art in the poster is from 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival', a genre painting of the Northern Song Dynasty
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO CIRCLE MEMBERS We now move to the fourth theme of this year, the PRC. Specifically, the theme is interested to look into the history of capitalist development of China and the history of socialist and labour movements it created. 1/n
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Given the rise of the PRC as the second most powerful capitalist economy, and its central place as the factory of the world and impact on contemporary capitalism, this is a vital topic to study for any socialist. The meetings are on 16 Aug, 30 Aug, 13 Sept, and 27 Sept 2/n
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For tomorrow, that is 16 August 2026, Sunday, 9 - 11 pm IST the reading material is The Cultural Revolution at the Margins by Yiching Wu libgen.li/ads.php?md5=d72e68… This is an excellent social history of the upheaval in China known as the cultural revolution. See you all tomorrow!
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REMINDER TO CIRCLE MEMBERS Circle meeting 169 Tonight, 2 August 2026, 9 - 11 pm IST Sunday, is the fourth and final meeting of the year on the theme of the USA. Tooday we finish our current book on the history of the tendency of American Democratic Socialism. 1/n
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In the last meeting we introduced the tendency of Democratic Socialism and studied its roots in the New American Movement and the Socialist Party of America. Tonight we explore how that tendency led to the founding of DSA and how over time DSA itself became what it is today 2/n
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The material is: Chapters 4 to 8 of American Democratic Socialism by Gary Dorrien z-lib.sk/book/Eq8WpmZrzD/ame… See you all tonight!
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