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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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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
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Tue, 7th October 2025 from 6:30pm BST

Courtney Felle – Where the ADA Generation and the Medical Model Meet: Young Adults with Rare Conditions
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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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September 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Tue, 7th October 2025 from 6:30pm BST

Courtney Felle – Where the ADA Generation and the Medical Model Meet: Young Adults with Rare Conditions
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/o...
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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September 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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The video recording of yesterday's event is now available online!

Advancing a Marxist Theory of Disablement: Historical Modality, Labor Power, and the Commodified Value Form - with Keith Rosenthal

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#Marxism #Disability
Advancing a Marxist Theory of Disablement (with Keith Rosenthal)
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Many thanks to everyone who attended our event with Keith Rosenthal yesterday!

The next MDN event will take place on Tue, 7 Oct from 6:30pm BST, with Courtney Felle

'Where the ADA Generation and the Medical Model Meet: Young Adults with Rare Conditions'
marxismdisability.wordpress.com/events-list/
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. October, Tuesday 7th, 6:30pm (BST) – Court…
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September 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Starting in 15 minutes!!
September 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Happening next week!
September 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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9th September 2025 from 6:30pm BST

Keith Rosenthal – Advancing a Marxist Theory of Disablement: Historical Modality, Labor Power, and the Commodified Value Form

Abstract: marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/s...

For the Zoom link, join our mailing list!
September 2025: Keith Rosenthal – Advancing a Marxist Theory of Disablement: Historical Modality, Labor Power, and the Commodified Value Form
A comprehensive Marxist theory of disablement remains an aspirational (rather than finished) project. The social model of disability provides an advantageous starting point, albeit limited by conce…
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August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference

Keynote by Ravi Malhotra (Professor of Law, University of Ottawa) – How Can Materialism Develop the Social Model (chair: Luke Beesley)
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#Disability #Neoliberalism #Marxism
(4/8)
SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference - How Can Materialism Develop the Social Model? Keynote
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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August 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference

Mobilising Rights, Building Movements session with P. Boopathi (chair: James Brittain)

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=bWqn...

Abstract(s): marxismdisability.wordpress.com/mobilising-r...
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#Neoliberalism #Marxism (3/8)
SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference - Mobilising Rights, Building Movements panel
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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July 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference - For & Against Rights: Legalism and Resistance under Neoliberalism with Lizzie Hughes & Jenny Logan (chair: Ioana Cerasella Chis)

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND9H...

Abstracts: marxismdisability.wordpress.com/for-and-agai...
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SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference - For and Against Rights: Legalism and Resistance panel
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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July 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The 8 video recordings of the Disability & Rights: The Possibilities and Limits of Rights Discourse under Neoliberalism conference co-organised/hosted with the SLSA Disability Law and Social Justice Stream are now available online!
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#Marxism #Disability
[Videos] SLSA-MDN Conference – Disability & Rights: The Possibilities and Limits of Rights Discourse under Neoliberalism
On Friday, 13th of June & Saturday, 14th of June 2025, the Disability Law and Social Justice Stream of the Socio-Legal Studies Association and the Marxism and Disability Network …
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July 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference - Opening Remarks (Clare Williams) & Workers’ and Charities’ Mobilisation of Rights panel (Shruti Iyer & Linda Steele)

Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6vx...

Abstracts: marxismdisability.wordpress.com/their-rights...

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#Marxism (1/8)
SLSA-MDN Disability & Rights Conference - Workers’ and Charities’ Mobilisation of Rights panel
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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July 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposted by Marxism and Disability Network (MDN)
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Are you interested in presenting and discussing your ideas on a topic related to disability through a Marxist perspective?

This autumn, we will be putting out a call for papers for the 2026 MDN series of events. Please consider submitting an abstract in a few months' time!

#Disability #Marxism
July 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Are you interested in presenting and discussing your ideas on a topic related to disability through a Marxist perspective?

This autumn, we will be putting out a call for papers for the 2026 MDN series of events. Please consider submitting an abstract in a few months' time!

#Disability #Marxism
July 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM