The Communist Corresponding Society is a Marxist discussion group. We host regular public meetings in Oxford, and we have members in a few other places too. The topics we discuss are not confined to the narrow and artificial limits of ‘politics’ as the bourgeoisie understands it: we seek to develop Marxist approaches to questions ranging from economic theory to prehistoric burial practices, from genre fiction to law, from democratic ways of organizing to the reasons why people believe in flying saucers. We draw on multiple strands of Marxist and leftist thinking, and we aren’t always in a rush to nail down definitive answers. At a time when the perspectives for socialist change seem unclear and debatable, the CCS seeks to encourage discussion, analysis, self-education, and self-clarification.
We see ourselves as part of a plural socialist movement, within which no individual person and no organization can claim to carry out all the different kinds of work that socialists and communists could usefully be engaging in. Other people and other groups are making other contributions, and we salute them for it; this is the contribution we feel able to make. Anyone who would like to join in is invited to contact us.
Talks are posted on our audio page and remain up for a week.
Why do transphobes love Israel?
7:30pm, Thursday 17 October
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
The duty to keep and bear arms
7:30pm, Thursday 24 October
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
Anatomy of the classic ghost story
7:30pm, Thursday 31 October
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
What was done: Lenin’s miscalculation
7:30pm, Thursday 7 November
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
Sports fans’ loyalty to their team
7:30pm, Thursday 14 November
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
Blockchain radicals: on the work of Joshua Dávila
7:30pm, Thursday 21 November
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
A loom for algebra: the Analytical Engine
7:30pm, Thursday 28 November
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
Apollo 13 and the future of space exploration
7:30pm, Thursday 6 December
Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St)
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