The Communist Manifesto (Das Kommunistische Manifest), originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party is a short 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the world’s most influential political manuscripts. Commissioned by the Communist League, it laid out the League’s purposes and program. …
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Originating as a field trip for “Progress & Poverty” students, our Invisible Robbery Tour is now open to all. See how the community and its infrastructure produce value. See who collects this value, and how it affects us all. We’ll walk about two kilometers, in about an hour and a half. You’ll get detailed, sourced, …
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This 1984 feature by Bill Duke “tells the little-known true story of the struggle to build an interracial labor union in the Chicago Stockyards” nearly a century ago. Find the above-quoted University of Chicago review here, links to some published reviews here. 118 minutes. Not to be confused with the 2007 Israeli movie of the …
Designed by Lindy Davies of the Henry George Institute and formerly taught by our late instructor John Kuchta, this course introduces the history, theory, and practice of liberation theology and its relationship to land reform. Some additional information is here. The course meets every Friday (except November 23) thru December 7, in our classroom at …
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Successful land speculation is really a matter of capturing for yourself the gains that belong to the community. George Menninger is one of many who have done it. Far beyond any need to earn a living, George now spends some of his time explaining how the bad public policy he exploited not only made him …
This term we’ll have two Thursday sections of Progress & Poverty, one taught by Bob Jene at 2:30 PM and one at 6:00 with George Menninger. Both of these are the modern version of the course, reading the modernized edition of the Progress & Poverty text (altho anyone who prefers the original unabridged text can …
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One of America’s most famous men by the 1890s, Henry George had hoped to get his teachings adopted as part of the standard courses in colleges of the era. But his ideas were too threatening to the established order, so he undertook to write his own textbook, a comprehensive presentation of the fundamentals of political …
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Which is more important, fiscal reform as proposed by Henry George, or monetary reform as represented in the the proposed American Monetary Act? Or are they both necessary to achieve fundamental economic justice? Bob Jene will examine the American Monetary Institute’s proposed Constitutional amendment, using AMI chief Steve Zarlenga’s speech on the subject to analyze …
The class schedule for our fall term is here (and is also linked from the tabs on the left side.) Fall events (which begin October 1) are being added as time and patience permit. You can get a hardcopy schedule (and get on the list for future postal mailings) by calling Bob Jene at 312 …
No, it’s not math and equations. We teach using observation, thought, and understanding of experiences you’ve probably already had. In his classic book Progress & Poverty, Henry George sought to understand why the economy’s increasing productivity has failed to significantly alleviate poverty. He was writing in 1877-79, when productivity came from steam, electricity, railroads and …
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