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DESCRIPTION:An Eco-Materialist Critique of Historical Materialism\nPresented by Craig 
 Collins\n\nMarx's historical materialism provides essential insights into 
 the underlying patterns and forces shaping human history. However, in its 
 present form, this theory has run into some serious dead-ends. These 
 weaknesses can be rectified by integrating an understanding of the 
 importance that energy and ecosystems play in shaping history, including 
 the current crises undermining global capitalism and the industrial mode of 
 production. An eco-materialist reformulation of Marx's theory improves our 
 understanding of why and how people abandoned hunting & gathering for 
 agriculture, and then replaced agricultural with industrial civilization. 
 In addition, Eco-materialism helps clarify why working class revolts have 
 been unable to replace industrial capitalism with a truly socialist 
 alternative. And finally, eco-materialism offers some key insights into the 
 emerging forces that may generate a potentially sustainable, democratic 
 revolutionary alternative to the declining industrial mode of 
 production.\n\nSunday April 26th, 2009, 10:00 AM - Noon\nNiebyl-Proctor 
 Marxist Library \n6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/25/18591236.php
SUMMARY:An Eco-Materialist Critique of Historical Materialism
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library\n6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland\n(1 block north 
 of Alcatraz Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/25/18591236.php
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