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Marxism and Disability Network (MDN)
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Study and engagement network with a particular focus on Disability Politics & Marxism(s). We hold monthly talks. To join the mailing list, check out our contact page: https://marxismdisability.wordpress.com/Contact
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Marxism and Disability Network (MDN) @marxdisability.bsky.social · Jan 26
🟢Planning your time for the (new-ish) year?
🟢Intending to attend more Marxism & Disability monthly events this year?

Then look no further!

Add our monthly events (usually on the first Tuesday of the month) to your calendar now!
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#Marxism #Disability
Upcoming online monthly events of The Marxism & Disability Network (2024)
Coming up in 2025: On Tuesdays (usually) at 6.30pm BST/GMT February, Thursday 13th, 6:30pm (GMT) – Reading Group session on Health Communism March, Tuesday 4th, 6:00pm (GMT) – panel eve…
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3 weeks left to submit your abstract for a 2026 MDN presentation at an MDN event!
January 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events

Deadline: 31 January 2026
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#Marxism #Disability #DisabledSky #Marx #AntiCapitalism
MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events
We hope you all have been keeping well amidst a year of struggle but also success. To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, …
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January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Have you registered to attend the Worker Writing Workshop due to be delivered by the MDN Steering Committee & Notes From Below on 21st Jan from 6pm GMT?

If you're interested in contributing to the upcoming NfB issue on Disability and Work, join us!

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Poster for the workshop that reads 'worker witing workshop online, 6pm January 21st 2026 Marxism and Disability Network // Notes From Below"
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Want to join our mailing list? Tag us below & we'll send you the link!

#Marxism #Disability #DisabilityStudies #Anticapitalism
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Very excited to collaborate with Notes from Below on a Disability & Work Issue
On 21st January we'll be hosting an online workshop - an open space for sharing ideas on work, it'll draw on previous workers' inquiries to introduce methods/frameworks for writing about your experiences luma.com/spnoc68z
Worker Writing Workshop (Marxism & Disability Network + Notes From Below) · Luma
Join us for an online worker writing workshop! An open space to share your ideas for writing about work, we will draw on previous workers' inquiries to…
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December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Worker Writing Workshop (Marxism & Disability Network + Notes From Below) – Wed, 21st Jan 2026

The details have been shared with the MDN network's mailing list subscribers (reminder to register!).

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#Marxism #Disability
Worker Writing Workshop (Marxism & Disability Network + Notes From Below) – Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Join us for an online worker writing workshop on Wednesday, 21st January 2026, 6:00pm – 7:30pm GMT. ​An open space to share your ideas for writing about work, we will draw on previous workers…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Be it our on-line events, reading group sessions, conference participation, or publications, the MDN’s contribution to debates on Marxism and disability has grown exponentially. We invite you to submit your proposal for a 2026 event by the end of Jan.:
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/m...
MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events
We hope you all have been keeping well amidst a year of struggle but also success. To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, …
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December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Be it our on-line events, reading group sessions, conference participation, or publications, the MDN’s contribution to debates on Marxism and disability has grown exponentially. We invite you to submit your proposal for a 2026 event by the end of Jan.:
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/m...
MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events
We hope you all have been keeping well amidst a year of struggle but also success. To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, …
marxismdisability.wordpress.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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If you missed our event yesterday but are interested in accessing its video recording, it is now up on our youtube playlist.

Does Capital Presuppose a Neurotypical Laborer? (with Joel Wainwright) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCc...

#Marxism #Disability #MarxismDisability
Does Capital Presuppose a Neurotypical Laborer? (with Joel Wainwright)
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Many thanks to everyone who attended today's event! The video recording will become available on our YouTube playlist soon, so if you did not manage to attend today's event, check out our playlist!

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#Marxism #Disability #DisabilitySky
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Worker Writing Workshop (MDN & Notes From Below) in Jan

We will draw on previous workers' inquiries to introduce methods & frameworks for writing about your experiences of work & organising
The registration link has been shared on the MDN mailing list marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/w...
Worker Writing Workshop (Marxism & Disability Network + Notes From Below) – Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Join us for an online worker writing workshop on Wednesday, 21st January 2026, 6:00pm – 7:30pm GMT. ​An open space to share your ideas for writing about work, we will draw on previous workers…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This event is happening today!
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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2 Dec
MDN members are invited to read a brief section from Chapter 6 of Wainwright’s recent book The End: Marx, Darwin, and the natural history of the climate crisis (Verso, 2025) - this may prove stimulating and generate an interesting discussion during the event.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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2 Dec
MDN members are invited to read a brief section from Chapter 6 of Wainwright’s recent book The End: Marx, Darwin, and the natural history of the climate crisis (Verso, 2025) - this may prove stimulating and generate an interesting discussion during the event.
www.versobooks.com/products/334...
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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One week left!
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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10 days left until our December MDN Event (on Tue, 2nd Dec from 6:30pm GMT) with Joel Wainwright as guest presenter!

#Marxism #Disability
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026

To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, the steering committee is excited to announce this year’s call for proposals marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/m...
MDN call for abstracts for 2026 events
We hope you all have been keeping well amidst a year of struggle but also success. To continue efforts that heighten understanding while prefiguring the communities and society we want to live in, …
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November 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Our next MDN event will take place on Tue, 2nd December 2025 from 6:30pm GMT (UK time)

'Does Capital presuppose a neurotypical laborer?'
- Joel Wainwright

The abstract is available here:
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Join our mailing list for the link to the event!
December 2025: Joel Wainwright – Does Capital presuppose a neurotypical laborer?
Abstract: Marx’s conception of labor—a critical element of Capital, to say the least—is problematic. Marx writes that living labor (as distinct from the commodity labor power) is distinguished by h…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Missed our November event yesterday?

The video recording of Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis (presentation delivered by Anindya Raychaudhuri) is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/_0JjEYaZyrs?...
#Vertigo #DisabilitySky #Capitalism
Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis (with Anindya Raychaudhuri)
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Reminder - our November event is due to take place on Tuesday!

Anindya Raychaudhuri – Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis

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November 2025: Anindya Raychaudhuri – Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis
Described as the sensation that ‘you or everything around you is spinning’, vertigo is a very common symptom that may affect up to 40% of adults at some point in their lives. The wider project of w…
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October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Our November event will take place on Tuesday, 4th of November from 6:30pm GMT (UK time) with Anindya Raychaudhuri

Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis

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#Disability #Marxism
November 2025: Anindya Raychaudhuri – Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis
Described as the sensation that ‘you or everything around you is spinning’, vertigo is a very common symptom that may affect up to 40% of adults at some point in their lives. The wider project of w…
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October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Missed our October event with Court(ney) Felle?

The video recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ2I...
Young Adults with Rare Conditions: The ODA Generation (with Court(ney) Felle)
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Many thanks to everyone who attended our October event with Court(ney) Felle yesterday!

Our next event will take place on Tuesday, 4 November from 6:30pm UK time

'Lost in the Supermarket: Vertigo and Capitalism as Embodied Crisis' - Anindya Raychaudhur
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Online monthly events of The Marxism & Disability Network
Coming up in 2025: On Tuesdays (usually) at 6.30pm BST/GMT To receive the Zoom links for the events below, please subscribe to the MDN mailing list. November, Tuesday 4th, 6:30pm (GMT) – Anin…
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October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Courtney Felle – Where the ADA Generation and the Medical Model Meet: Young Adults with Rare Conditions

Tuesday, 7th October at 6:30pm UK time

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October 2025: Courtney Felle – Where the ADA Generation and the Medical Model Meet: Young Adults with Rare Conditions
I am interested in hosting a more collaborative discussion group around bringing a Marxist disability perspective to discussions of “rare disease.” I anticipate this would take the form of a short …
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October 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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This event is due to take place in a week's time! Join us.
September 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM