COMREAD is a reading circle that aims to study communist histories and theories to better understand the trajectories of the international movement and its ideas. One of its tasks is to learn about difficult moments in the history of the Left and to do that from within, moving forward collectively.

COMREAD gathers at @museumofimpossibleforms and is organized by @minna.henriksson & @karolinakucia

Meeting Dates: Mondays – 27.1, 24.2, 31.3, 28.4, and 26.5
Time: 17:00–20:00

To join, email: comreadclub@gmail.com

Starting Text: Walter Rodney’s Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution
Decolonial Marxism (Verso, 2022) is a previously unpublished collection of Walter Rodney’s essays that explore his revolutionary engagement with Black Power, Ujamaa Villages, and the struggles of everyday people to end colonial rule. A key figure in the global Black diaspora, Rodney was not just a witness to Pan-African and socialist internationalism but an active contributor, building mass movements and theorizing anti-colonial paths to self-emancipation.

This volume brings together Rodney’s reflections on race and class, radical pedagogy, programs for newly independent nations, and the challenges of anti-colonial historiography. It captures his unwavering commitment to reimagining Marxism and his belief in the untapped potential of collective self-rule.