ASN Study Group 2022: 5th session

Topic: Monopoly, imperialist rent and permanent war
Main readings:
– S. Amin (2010). The Law of Worldwide Value. NY: MR.
– A. Kadri (2016). Permanent War in the Arab World. In: The Unmaking of Arab Socialism. London & NY: Anthem.
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022, 1 – 3pm (UTC).
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Is Marxist Method Political Economy?, by Issa Shivji
Professor Issa Shivji’s paper “Is Marxist Method Political Economy?” has been published in the latest issue of CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 1, 2022.
The paper is available here.
Interpret the World Correctly in Advance of Changing it, by Max Ajl
Professor Max Ajl’s paper “Interpret the World Correctly in Advance of Changing it“, a review of “Rethinking the Social Sciences with Sam Moyo” (eds. Praveen Jha, Paris Yeros, and Walter Chambati), has been published in the latest issue of CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 1, 2022.
The paper is available here.
Research Webinar Series: Zimbabwe’s Command Agriculture

RESEARCH WEBINAR SERIES: “Zimbabwe’s Command Agriculture: An Assessment of Heterodox Economic Measures under Neoliberalism” by Freedom Mazwi
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022, 11 am – 12.30 pm.
Enquiries: sarchisp@unisa.ac.za
Join the Webinar on MS Teams .
Book Launch: Farming and Working under Contract

BOOK LAUNCH: Farming and Working under Contract: Peasant and Workers in Global Agricultural Value Systems
Editors: P. Jha, P. Yeros, W. Chambati & F. Mazwi.
Publisher: Tulika Books (New Delhi).
Speakers: H. Kassa, T. Lima, & A. Prasad.
Date & Time: June 29th, 2022, 1-3 pm (UTC).
Register on Zoom or tune in on Facebook .
ASN Research Bulletin Mar-Apr 2022
Our new research bulletin is out!
This and the previous editions can be found in our Research Bulletin page.
Agrarian South Network Research Bulletin: “The Anti-humanism of Capitalism”
This issue examines the fate of the unseen, unheard, and permanently precarious working people in capitalism’s now obsolete march, whose uncertain destiny has been aggravated by COVID-19 crisis. Click the link to read more http://www.agrariansouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ASN_RB_Oct-Nov_2021.pdf
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Elementos de um Novo Bandung: Para uma Frente de Solidariedade Internacional
Paris Yeros*
Trad. Kenia Cardoso
http://www.agrariansouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/YEROS__Elementos-de-um-Novo-Bandung.pdf
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South Afrca- unequal, unstable and unsustainable by Mazibuko Jara
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Elements of a New Bandung by Paris Yeros
The World Pre-revolutionary Situation
We stand at the threshold of a world revolutionary situation. We can be certain now that mass mobilizations and serial insurrectional outbreaks will occur throughout this decade and that they will amount to much more than a passing phase of social unrest. Polarization is far advanced in the peripheries of the world economy and it has also made a leap in the centres since 2008. Faith in neoliberal tenets has been shaken by protracted crisis and the continuing rise of China. The pandemic tragedy has further shifted subjective conditions worldwide. The decisive historical moment that will define the twenty-first century and beyond is upon us. For more click on the following link: http://www.agrariansouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/YEROS__Elements-of-a-New-Bandung__Final-.pdf
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