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The Communist Corresponding Society is a Marxist discussion group

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Joined November 2010
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If you're around in Oxford this evening I am going to be solitary, poor, etc
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSocJul 5
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Political theory in the English Republic, part 1: Thomas Hobbes and geometry ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 16 July Town Hall (St Aldates) ——— All welcome
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A crooked road, a road where your feet feel the stones, a road that turns back on itself, is the road you can walk along with me if you're around in Oxford next week
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSocMar 27
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Viktor Shklovsky (1893–1984) and the theory of prose ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 28 May Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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Just posted: a bit of analysis of how the far left did in last week's elections. The handout collates the TUSC, CPB, YP, SSP, SPGB, SLP, & CL results (which you may already have seen on social media as they came in) edmundgriffiths.com/election…
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In view of the crisis in Mali, I've dug out & posted this talk I gave in 2023 on the politics of the Sahel edmundgriffiths.com/sahelcou…
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Just posted two recent CCS talks: 1776–2026: Edward Gibbon and the declining empire edmundgriffiths.com/gibbon.h… How to program in Refal (and other arts of the Brezhnev era) edmundgriffiths.com/refal.ht…
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The title of this one is not a bluff, by the way: there will be a bit of situating-in-the-wider-intellectual-context going on as well, but I will actually be teaching you how to program in the Soviet functional language Refal
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSocMar 12
Public meeting in Oxford ——— How to program in Refal (and other arts of the Brezhnev era) ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 2 April Town Hall (St Aldates) ——— All welcome
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If you're around in Oxford at the beginning of next month I'm going to be matching patterns & rewriting terms
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSocMar 12
Public meeting in Oxford ——— How to program in Refal (and other arts of the Brezhnev era) ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 2 April Town Hall (St Aldates) ——— All welcome
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Emergency protest this Sat at RAF Fairford, which the govt is allowing the USA to use in its aggression against Iran. Called by Drone Wars UK, CND, & Oxfordshire Peace Campaign. Details here: cnduk.org/events/hands-off-i… If you need or can offer a lift, ring Oxford CND on 01865749459
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New talk: Hegel Vs Logic. A journey from Aristotelian syllogistic to post-Fregean predicate logic, and the problematic logical pluralism of today. Can Hegel's vision of a one true science of logic explain these problems and point towards a resolution? ianwrightsite.wordpress.com/…
Hegel vs logic

Hegel vs logic

On formal logic and a Hegelian critique of it.

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Just posted: my CCS 'Kubla Khan' talk from yesterday edmundgriffiths.com/kubla.ht…
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If you're around in Oxford next week everyone's going to be taking one look at me & saying "Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair"
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSocJan 16
Public meeting in Oxford ——— What is Coleridge’s ‘Kubla Khan’ about? ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 29 January Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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Looking forward to giving this talk next month. Who will win?
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSocJan 16
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Hegel versus logic ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 26 February Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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Just posted: my Piltdown talk from yesterday edmundgriffiths.com/piltdown…
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I've got this talk coming up on Thursday, if you're around in Oxford. Not quite sure yet what I'm going to say; but that's all part of the mystery. Maybe I'll pull a sharp gravity-assisted manoeuvre in the inner system & invade the earth
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSoc29 Sep 2025
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Flying saucer update: 3𝙸/ATLAS and the politics of interstellar visitation ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 20 November Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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Reminder for the Oxford crowd that I'm doing this talk next week 🛸🛸🛸
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSoc29 Sep 2025
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Flying saucer update: 3𝙸/ATLAS and the politics of interstellar visitation ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 20 November Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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"Is value in the eye of the beholder? Subjectivism in the theory of economic value". What matters for economic value: objective costs or subjective utility? The history of how modern economics became value nihilist. ianwrightsite.wordpress.com/…
Is value in the eye of the beholder? Subjectivism in the theory of economic value (audio).

Is value in the eye of the beholder? Subjectivism in the theory of economic value (audio).

Is economic value determined by objective costs or subjective utility? The history of how modern economics become value nihilist.

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Really looking forward to this one. Hopefully the micro-sect, "Hospital Porters Against the New World Order", will join us.
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSoc29 Sep 2025
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Flying saucer update: 3𝙸/ATLAS and the politics of interstellar visitation ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 20 November Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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A special guest will be presenting this one.
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSoc29 Sep 2025
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Marx and the phases of capitalist development ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 13 November Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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If you're in Oxford in a fortnight's time & you haven't heard me banging the drum for sortition enough, you're in luck
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSoc29 Sep 2025
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Sortition and socialist democracy ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 16 October Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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Looking forward to giving this talk.
The CCS (@CCSoc) profile pictureThe CCS@CCSoc29 Sep 2025
Public meeting in Oxford ——— Is value in the eye of the beholder? On subjective theories of economic value ——— 7:30–9pm Thursday 30 October Wesley Memorial Church (New Inn Hall St) ——— All welcome
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