Socialist Reading Group

Join us at the inaugural meeting of the Socialist Reading Group. The Socialist Reading Group is a project of multiple leftist organizations in the Denton area. We see the group as a space where comrades from different traditions and backgrounds, as well as people who might not yet identify as a socialists but are curious socialist politics, to come together to learn with and from one another.

This meeting we will be discussing the Spanish Left, the Catalan Left, and the push for Catalonian independence. Please read the two articles listed as main topics of discussion for the meeting, and if you have time look at the suggested readings too, they will provide greater context for the discussion but are not necessary.

Readings:
“Podemos and the Left in Spain” by Tom Lewis
https://isreview.org/issue/98/podemos-and-left-spain
“Debating Catalonia” by Alberto Garzóon and Pau Llonch
https://jacobinmag.com/2017/09/catalonia-independence-spain-referendum

Suggested Readings:
“The Catalan Left” by Boaz Vilallonga
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/10/catalan-referendum-spain-podemos-independence
“When Fascism Won’t Die: Why We Need to Support Catalonia” by Anna M. Hennessey
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/29/when-fascism-wont-die-why-we-need-to-support-catalonia/

Free childcare can be provided if a request is made to the organizers by 11:59 PM the night before the meeting. Please bring cash if possible because groups will be selling cool items, books, and asking for donations if you are in the financial position to donate.

This meeting is open to all people interested in having a productive, comradely conversation around the topic of the meeting. We reserve the right to ask anyone to leave who is disrupting the meeting, not abiding by the rules of the meeting, or is willfully engaging in harmful, discriminatory, or problematic behavior. This is a safe space, our top priority is making sure that members of marginalized communities feel comfortable in our meetings.