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Written texts of the lectures

These texts are works-in-progress, awaiting advice and commentary; upon which they will be updated. Contact Brian Holmes for that, at bhcontinentaldrift (*) gmail.com. Each seminar features at least two speakers but not all have contributed written texts. Check the recordings for the other presentations.

Most texts don’t have footnotes, but the basic references on which they are built can be found in the Readings and Bibliography section.

Sept. 17:

1a. Introduction, Brian Holmes

Oct. 1:

2a. Between the Grassroots and Power, BH

2b.Crises of the 1880s and the Populist Response, Matthias Reagan

Oct. 15:

3a. American Dreams, BH

Oct. 29:

4a. 1968: Political Crisis in the Keynesian-Fordist Economy, BH

Nov. 5:

5a Meet the Reactionaries, BH

5b Incarceration in a Neoliberal State, Sarah Ross

Nov. 19:

6a The Financial Turn, BH

6b Notes on Special Economic Zones in the US, Rozalinda Borcila

Dec. 3:

7a Profanity and the Financial Markets, BH

Dec 10

What’s Next? Jim Nelson