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From Rapid Response to Permanently Organized | March 27, 2026

[Español abajo] For years we’ve known that the system is collapsing. What happens if we start from an understanding that the crisis is here, that fascism is the “wrong answer to the right question” about how we’ll survive the present and coming catastrophes?
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Marxism 101 – Spring 2026 Online

Have you ever felt that Marxist theory was a kind of secret knowledge? Have you read, talked with, listened to Marxist thinkers but never studied Marx’s ideas for yourself? This course will introduce you to key writings by Marx and other revolutionary theorists, help ground you in Marxism as a set of tools for making change, and briefly explore how Marxists have waged anticapitalist, anticolonial, and antiracist struggles throughout the world.
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Venezuela – A Dialectical View

Last month, CPE hosted a strategic conversation and two online discussions on US imperialism in Venezuela and the Caribbean. Venezuela-based writer and professor Chris Gilbert joined us from Caracas for our first online event to talk about the immediate impact of the US abduction of President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
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Marxism 101 – Fall 2025 | Bay Area Cohort

Tell your friends, colleagues and comrades that Marxism 101 applications are open! Have you ever felt that Marxist theory was a kind of secret knowledge? Have you read, talked with, listened to Marxist thinkers but never studied Marx’s ideas for yourself?
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Marxism 101 – Spring Cohort ’25

MARXISM 101 – Introduction to Marxist Theory and Practice Have you ever felt that Marxist theory was a kind of secret knowledge? Have you read, talked with, listened to Marxist thinkers but never studied Marx’s ideas for yourself? This course will introduce you to key writings by Marx and other revolutionary theorists, help ground you in Marxism as a set of tools for making change, and briefly explore how Marxists have waged anticapitalist, anticolonial, and antiracist struggles throughout the world.
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