Peninsula DSA engages in ongoing political education in socialist history and thought because theory informs praxis.

Our reading group meets virtually on a Thursday at 7pm in the #general channel on the chapter’s Discord server. Request an invite to the Discord by emailing the Steering Committee at peninsuladsa@gmail.com.

Currently Reading

• Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World (2023) by Malcolm Harris.
  

We’ll break down our discussion of this 720-page book as follows:

• Introduction (pp. 3–7) + planning session: Thursday, October 26, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section I, 1850–1900 (pp. 11-86): Thursday, November 9, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section II, 1900-1945 (pp. 89-217): Thursday, November 30, 7-8pm on Discord and Thursday, December 14, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section III, 3.1 and 3.2, 1945-1975 (pp. 221-280): Thursday, January 4, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section III cont., 3.3 and 3.4, 1945-1975 (pp. 281-359): Thursday, January 18, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section IV, 4.1 and 4.2, 1975–2000 (pp. 361-438): Thursday, February 1, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section IV cont., 4.3 and 4.4, 1975–2000 (pp. 439-495): Thursday, February 15, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section V, 5.1 and 5.2, 2000–2020 (pp. 499-568): Thursday, February 29, 7-8pm on Discord
• Section V cont. & Resolution: 5.3 and 6.1 (pp 569–628): RESCHEDULED AGAIN Thursday, April 4, 7-8pm on Discord

Past Reads

2023

• The Wretched of the Earth (1961) by Frantz Fanon.

2022

• How to Read Marx’s Capital (2021) by Michael Heinrich, in tandem with Capital by Karl Marx
• How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2021) by Andreas Malm (Ecosocialism WG crossover!)
• The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (2020) by Vincent Bevins
• Why Marx Was Right (2011) by Terry Eagleton

2021

• Capitalism and Class Struggle (2020) by Vivek Chibber, from The ABCs of Capitalism series from Jacobin and Catalyst Journal
• Capitalism and the State (2020) by Vivek Chibber, from The ABCs of Capitalism series from Jacobin and Catalyst Journal
• Understanding Capitalism (2020) by Vivek Chibber, from The ABCs of Capitalism series from Jacobin and Catalyst Journal