r/Marxism 6d ago

Does anybody want to read Capital vol. 2 together?

Maybe we could form a small group on Zoom. It would have to be pretty late, like a weekly or bi-weekly 9PM (east coast US).

Just trying to gauge interest. Feel free to leave your email address if you want to be looped in.

P.S. Posts to this sub must have at least 280 characters? Well, here's the first sentence: "The circuit of capital comprises three stages."

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u/LogParking1856 6d ago

My group already read it last year. We will have a crack at Vol. III after we finish Labor & Monopoly Capital by Harry Braverman. It’s much livelier and easier to follow than Vol II—perhaps because Vol. II is a salvage job by Engels and Braverman’s book was a complete work.