Red May 2026 Schedule
Empire’s Red Threads
SILICON EMPIRES:
The Fight for the Future of AI
Sunday, May 3, 2:00pm PDT
@YouTube
Nick Srnicek, Jason Smith, Jodi Dean, Jared Moore, Philip Wohlstetter (mod)
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BLUE POWER: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves
Sunday, May 3, 7:00pm PDT
@Elliott Bay Books
[This is an IN-PERSON event]
Stuart Schrader, Theresa Rocha Beardall
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STATE OF SIEGE (1972) Film by Costa-Gavras
Monday, May 4, 7:00pm PDT
@BeaconCinema
[This is an IN-PERSON event]
Stuart Schrader (introducing)
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Jensen Suther, Michael Lazarus, Karen Ng,
Ranjan Pradeep (mod)
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HEGEL SMILING at the END of the ROAD
Tuesday, May 5, 12:00pm PDT
@YouTube
ICE-AGE POLICING
Tuesday, May 5, 7:30pm PDT
@TownHall
[This is an IN-PERSON event]
Stuart Schrader, Dan Berger, Angelica Chazaro, Charmaine Chua, Philip Wohlstetter (mod)
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CULTURE WARS OR HISTORY WARS?
Thursday, May 7, 11:00am PDT
@YouTube
A.J.A. Woods, Quinn Slobodian, Jaleh Mansoor, Samir Gandesha, Philip Wohlstetter (mod)
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WORKERS INQUIRY: Hidden Hierarchies
Wednesday, May 13, 5:30pm PDT
@Vermillion
[This is an IN-PERSON event]
Michael Hardt & Kathi Weeks
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THE POLITICS OF FEELING: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism
Friday, May 15, 11:00am PDT
@YouTube
Ben Anderson, Anna Secor, Jason Read, Kyle Kubler (mod)
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CLASS COMPOSITIONS IN A TIME OF FASCISM
Sunday, May 17, 11:00am PDT
@YouTube
Charmaine Chua, Sarah Jaffe, Kieran Knutson, Peter Linebaugh, Kevin Van Meter (mod)
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THE MASK COMES OFF: THE PATH TO THE TRUMP DOCTRINE
Monday, May 18, 11:00am PDT
@YouTube
Rodrigo Nunes, Asli Bali, Aziz Rana, Philip Wohlstetter (mod)
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HELLWORLD
Sunday, May 24, 11:00am PDT
@YouTube
Nick Chavez, Phil A. Neel
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PAOLO VIRNO: Materialist Philosophy in Counter-Revolutionary Times
Wednesday, May 27, 11:00am PDT
@YouTube
Alberto Toscano, Jason Read, Elettra Stimilli, Arianna Bove
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KARL MARX IN AMERICA
Thursday, May 28, 2:00pm PDT
@YouTube
Andrew Hartman, Cedric Johnson, William Clare Roberts, Leigh Claire La Berge, Philip Wohlstetter (mod)
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SOCIALISM & REVOLUTION in ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Thursday, May 28, 6:30-8:00pm PDT
@HoodFamousBakery
[This is an IN-PERSON event]
Scott Kurashige & TBA
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CRITICAL THEORY AND SOCIAL FORM
Friday, May 29, 11:00am PDT
@YouTube
Chris O’Kane, Amy De’Ath, Naima Karczmar, Andrew Haas, Chris Nealon (mod)
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METROPOLITANS: New York Baseball, Class Struggle & the People’s Team
Thursday, June 4, 7pm PDT
@Elliott Bay Books
[This is an IN-PERSON event]
A.M. Gittlitz & Trevor May
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