Monday⌗

15 December

7 pm - Tripping Life Fantastic w/Joe in Norway

Taking stock of the photos (and a few videos) taken during the past year of travel across southern Europe, the Middle East, the Asian sub-continent, East and Southeast Asia and a couple Pacific islands.

8:00 pm - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nate in Wisconsin

Nate reads Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

9 pm - The Funny Hour

Bring your stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday⌗

16 December

6 pm - The Red Hour w/Bruce

Join the us for a short story discussion. See #the-red-hour Discord channel for more information.

This week’s reading: Duel by Richard Matheson

This Tuesday the Red hour will start an hour earlier 6pm ET. We will read the Richard Matheson short story Duel followed by a screening of the Spielberg directed made for TV version.

7 pm - The Red (Film) Hour Duel Screening w/Bruce

8:30 pm - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday⌗

17 December

6 pm - Weekly Marx Office Hour(s) w/Ann Li

Reading: Chapter 5 Mizuoka

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

Thursday⌗

18 December

7 pm - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

Friday⌗

19 December

7 pm - The After Hours Show S03E30

On tonight’s show:

8:30 pm - A Guided Tour of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: The Late Mr. Peddington

Impoverished Cora Peddington shops for a cheap funeral for her husband. Starring: Harry Morgan and Kim Hunter.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Poker Face w/Travis

I would like to invite everyone to join me for the mystery crime/comedy series, Poker Face. A Columbo inspired drama.

A mystery-of-the-week series following Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road in her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. Guest stars are plentiful throughout, from Ellen Barkin and Adrien Brody to Luis Guzmán and Chloë Sevigny. An inverted detective series, also known as a “howcatchem” and popularized by “Columbo,” the crime and perpetrator are shown at the beginning of each episode, and follows Charlie as she tries to solve the mystery.

Saturday⌗

20 December

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: Marty w/Susanna

🍿 Saturday Night Theatre will present the 📽️ 1955 Oscar winning Best Picture of the Year: MARTYby Paddy Chayefsky and starring Ernest Borgnine. A warm-hearted smash hit and a nice prelude to the holidays. 🦋

9 pm - Bring the Music

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

Sunday⌗

21 December

2 pm - Course: Oligarchy w/Class Unity

“The history of all hitherto existing societies,” Marx once wrote, “is the history of class struggle.” What if the central political form of our time is not democracy — the rule of the majority of people — but oligarchy — the rule of the few? This course examines the idea and structure of oligarchic power in theory, in history, and in contemporary practice. We’ll read political theorists and social scientists who have analyzed how wealth, status, and institutional control concentrate in the hands of a small elite even within ostensibly democratic societies. Core readings include Michael Parenti’s Democracy for the Few, G. William Domhoff’s Who Rules America?, and a selection of historical documents. We will trace how “national” concerns are invoked to justify decisions that primarily benefit dominant classes and will ask whether oligarchy today operates more through persuasion than coercion. We will also compare classical notions of aristocracy and plutocracy to modern networks of corporate, bureaucratic, and intelligence power.

5 pm - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: The Hunted

Investigating a planet applying for membership into the Federation, the crew of the Enterprise finds a group of inhabitants who used to be soldiers, but now fight for their very existence.

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

Note: all times in ET.

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