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DESCRIPTION:Philosopher and social theorist Alain Badiou argues his "politics of 
 emancipation" is radically new.  He says it rescues communism by 
 "unburdening" it of the past -- rejecting the experience of communist 
 revolutions in Russia and China, and the "party-state paradigm" -- the need 
 for a vanguard party and revolutionary state power.  \n\nDiscussions, 
 clarification, and polemics of political theory are essential to developing 
 a movement for revolution. In this discussion we ask "will this lead to 
 liberation?"  We will interrogate Badiou's theories and compare and 
 contrast them to Bob Avakian's new synthesis:\n\nIs Badiou corrrect in 
 theorizing communism as "a pure Idea of equality" or is real communism 
 something far more radical?\n\n"Were the socialist revolutions in Russia 
 and China Mainly negative, or were they overwhelmingly positive 
 achievements with secondary problems?"\n\nIs Badiou correct in saying the 
 "age of revolutions is over"? \n\nWhat is the logic behind proposing 
 struggles "at a distance from the state?" \n\nWhat does Badiou mean by the 
 "party/state" paradigm?\n\nThe questions being examined are directly 
 relevant to the issues that humanity confronts, including those being 
 discussed and debated in the Occupy movement. We welcome people from this 
 movement, as well as people who may have studied and want to argue for 
 Badiou's project to voice their thinking and be a part of this 
 discussion.\n\nJoin us for a vital discussion of the Introduction and 
 Chapter 5 of "Alain Badiou's 'Politics of Emancipation': A Communism Locked 
 Within the Confines of the Bourgeois World," by Raymond Lotta, Nayi Duniya, 
 and K.J.A. in Demarcations, a Journal of Communist Theory and Polemic, 
 Issue Number 1, Summer-Fall 2009. (This essay is available in print at 
 Revolution Books and on-line at www.demarcations-journal.org.)  We 
 encourage reading the entire polemic.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/01/23/18705514.php
SUMMARY:Discussion of Alain Badiou's "Politics of Emancipation"
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2425 Channing Way(in the Sather Gate Parking Mall off of 
 Telegraph Avenue).Wheelchair accessible, donations accepted.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/01/23/18705514.php
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