Monday⌗

6 January 2025

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Karl Marx, Degrowth Communist?

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

19:00 (7:00 pm) - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writing-workshop channel on the Discord.

20:00 (08:00 pm) - The Funny Hour

Similar to the Bring the Music hour but with stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday⌗

7 January 2025

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Communist Theory

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.

This week’s reading is a mixed media collection of the following:

  1. Van Gogh’s Café Terrace at Night
  2. Baudelaire’s prose poem The Eyes of the Poor (click on page 43)
  3. The song How Beautiful You Are by The Cure (lyrics)

There may or may not be a connection between the the painting and the prose poem, however they were contemporary with each other, but they can definitely viewed together while thinking about the Hausmannization of central Paris they relate to. The Cure to my knowledge has never credited Baudelaire, which is odd because it is so obviously inspired by it.

Wednesday⌗

8 January 2025

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Fredrich Engels Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy (1843)

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

20:30-21:30 (08:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Prof. Jon

Agenda: Video Discussion of the PBS American Experience Documentary The Gilded Age

Professor Jon will be hosting tonight’s session and leading the discussion.

What topic could be more apropos as we find ourselves on the edge of Trump’s entering the Oval Office and we enter into a full-fledged oligarchic dictatorship? As Jon noted in my discussion with him, this history lesson will be a good reminder that our nation has been through this before. Maybe, just maybe, those of us on the side of the resistance can face this future with a little more wisdom and knowledge that will help us do our part in steering our nation back to an even brighter, more democratic and more equitable future.

Thursday⌗

9 January 2025

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Branko Milanovic: Universal Economic Principles

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

19:00 (07:00 pm) - Watch-a-long: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. by Dr. Suess (1953) w/CinemaTAC

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. is a 1953 American musical fantasy film about a boy who dreams himself into a fantasy world ruled by a diabolical piano teacher enslaving children to practice piano forever.

21:00 (9:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.

Friday⌗

10 January 2025

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Theory of the Value-Form & Theory of the Exchange Process

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Open Dialogue

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S02E34

On tonight’s show:

20:30 (8:30 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: Come Wander with Me

Singer Floyd Burney searches the backwoods for new songs and finds Mary Rachel and much more deep in the Twilight Zone. With Gary Crosby and Bonnie Beecher.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Open Dialogue

Saturday⌗

11 January 2025

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Reading: Karl Marx Chapter 4 Vol. I Capital

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

Sunday⌗

12 January 2025

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom (separate Zoom)

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Reading: Karl Marx Chapter 4 Vol. I Capital, Cont’d.

16:30 (04:30 pm) - A Frozen Moment in Antiquity w/Joe in Norway

Take a stroll through a rebuilt 1st century Roman villa on the Greek island of Kos in a segment where I show photos and discuss some works of the art and architecture from ancient civilizations of the Aegean.

17:00 (05:00 pm) - A Star Trek Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: Hide and Q

Q is back to menace Picard and crew. He tempts Riker by endowing him with the powers of the Q.

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

Note: all times are EST.

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