Members of Iskra Books will be invited speakers as part of Critical Theory Workshop’s 2026 Summer School. We will also have a book stall available each day.

More details on CTW’s website.

21 July (5-7pm)
“Rencontre” with Max Ajl

Material:
Max Ajl, “Settler Colonialism in the Late Neocolonial Period.”

Max Ajl’s preface to the AIM/Iskra edition of Ali Kadri’s The Accumulation of Waste.

Optional Material:
Ali Kadri, The Accumulation of Waste (forthcoming new edition in the AIM book series with Iskra)

22 July (5-7pm)
Workshop on the work of Domenico Losurdo with Jennifer Ponce de León & Gabriel Rockhill, as well as authors Taylor Genovese and David Peat, focusing on the special issue of International Critical Thought on his contributions and their contemporary relevance.

Material:
Jennifer Ponce de León & Gabriel Rockhill, “Imperialism and Emancipation: An Introduction to Losurdo,” International Critical Thought.

Taylor Genovese and David Peat, “Herrenvolk Marxism as Class Collaboration: Recovering the “Struggle for Recognition” through Losurdo’s Methodology,” International Critical Thought

Optional Material:
Other articles from the Losurdo special issue published by International Critical Thought.

23 July (5-7pm)
Workshop with Jennifer Ponce de León & Gabriel Rockhill regarding the essay below by Bertolt Brecht, as well as an open discussion and debate concerning the material from the first week and related issues. Participants are strongly encouraged to formulate questions in advance.

Material:
Bertolt Brecht, “Writing the Truth: Five Difficulties.”