**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Leigh Campoamor | One week, 3 sessions | Sunday June 28, Tuesday June 30, July 2 } 6:30-9:00 PM | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
It’s no secret that capitalism is harmful. But how exactly does capitalism work? Why does it create vast inequalities? And why do so many people see it as the only way? How have people contested capitalism over time, and what can we learn from this in the age of billionaires?
Join us for a one week intensive—we’ll meet every other day for three class sessions of 2.5 hours each–to explore the basics of political-economy: the study of the production and distribution of wealth and its social implications.
Our first session will focus on what Marx called “primitive accumulation”–the original hoarding of resources. We’ll cover core concepts of anti-capitalist critique, such as surplus value, class struggle, and the division of labor, and examine how capitalism works in relation to race, gender and geography. In the second session, we’ll study how capitalism reproduces itself through a process feminists have called “social reproduction.” We’ll explore how capitalism relies not only on wage labor, but also on the unpaid caring labor traditionally reserved for women in the context of the patriarchal nuclear family. The third session will interrogate neoliberalism, the dominant form of contemporary capitalism which links the economic to the personal by coupling market freedom with individual freedom. We’ll study neoliberalism’s conceptual origins and how it has exacerbated global inequalities while reducing us to atomized and precarious subjects. We’ll look to diverse examples of resistance and ask: if capitalism has brought us to our current moment of crisis, what openings does it leave for creating more liberatory ways of being in the world?
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SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Leigh Campoamor | One week, 3 sessions | Sunday June 28, Tuesday June 30, July 2 } 6:30-9:00 PM | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
It’s no secret that capitalism is harmful. But how exactly does capitalism work? Why does it create vast inequalities? And why do so many people see it as the only way? How have people contested capitalism over time, and what can we learn from this in the age of billionaires?
Join us for a one week intensive—we’ll meet every other day for three class sessions of 2.5 hours each–to explore the basics of political-economy: the study of the production and distribution of wealth and its social implications.
Our first session will focus on what Marx called “primitive accumulation”–the original hoarding of resources. We’ll cover core concepts of anti-capitalist critique, such as surplus value, class struggle, and the division of labor, and examine how capitalism works in relation to race, gender and geography. In the second session, we’ll study how capitalism reproduces itself through a process feminists have called “social reproduction.” We’ll explore how capitalism relies not only on wage labor, but also on the unpaid caring labor traditionally reserved for women in the context of the patriarchal nuclear family. The third session will interrogate neoliberalism, the dominant form of contemporary capitalism which links the economic to the personal by coupling market freedom with individual freedom. We’ll study neoliberalism’s conceptual origins and how it has exacerbated global inequalities while reducing us to atomized and precarious subjects. We’ll look to diverse examples of resistance and ask: if capitalism has brought us to our current moment of crisis, what openings does it leave for creating more liberatory ways of being in the world?
—
SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.
