Explain the bookclub: We are reading Volumes 1, 2, and 3 in one year and discussing it in weekly threads. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included in this particular reading club, but comrades are encouraged to do other solo and collaborative reading.) This bookclub will repeat yearly. The three volumes in a year works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46⅔ pages a week.

I'll post the readings at the start of each week and @mention anybody interested. Let me know if you want to be added or removed.


Just joining us? You can use the archives below to help you reading up to where the group is. There is another reading group on a different schedule at https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzhou (federated at !genzhou@lemmygrad.ml ) which may fit your schedule better. The idea is for the bookclub to repeat annually, so there's always next year.

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Week 29, July 15-21. We are reading the Chapter 21 of Volume II, titled 'Accumulation and Reproduction on an Expanded Scale'


https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1885-c2/index.htm


Discuss the week's reading in the comments.

    • Doubledee [comrade/them]
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      1 month ago

      Yeah that kinda sneaked up on me. I wasn't expecting to be through Vol.2 before August. Feels good to know progress.

      • Kolibri [she/her]
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        1 month ago

        Yea! It was surprisingly short. It feels like Marx hyped vol 3 somewhat with how many times how he said he will discuss things in vol 3, so it's nice to finally get around to finishing vol 2 and getting to where like he really wants to elaborate more on stuff in vol 3.