Socialist Reading Group

The Socialist Reading Group is a project of Democratic Socialists of America, the Denton County Green Party, and the International Socialist Organization. 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 Summer 2017 issue of Jacobin Magazine entitled “Earth, Wind, & Fire.” The discussion will center around the violence of fossil capital, solutions to the climate crisis, and climate justice.

Readings:
“Digging Free of Poverty” by Thea Riofrancos
https://jacobinmag.com/2017/08/digging-free-of-poverty/

“By Any Means Necessary” by Peter Frase
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/by-any-means-necessary/

“Living, Not Just Surviving” by Alyssa Battistoni
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/living-not-just-surviving

Supplementary Media:
Podcast – The Dig: Thea Riofrancos: Left Power and Environmentalism in Ecuador
https://www.blubrry.com/thedig/25335444/thea-riofrancos-left-power-and-environmentalism-in-ecuador/

Podcast: Labor, Race, and Climate Justice
https://wearemany.org/a/2015/07/labor-race-and-climate-justice

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 historically marginalized communities feel comfortable participating in our meetings.