Marx and Marxism 2025: End-of-the-world capitalism
The age of polycrisis

Programme

August 25, 2025, Monday

14:00 – 17:30. Registration – Block P, ground floor

18:30 – 18:45. Opening: Organizing committee – Block P, auditorium

18:45 – 21:30. Plenary session 1. Polycrisis of capital, platformization of work, and social reproduction – Block P, auditorium

Marcelo Carcanholo (UFF), Ricardo Antunes (UNICAMP) and Márcia Lemos (UESB)

August 26, 2025, Tuesday

14:00 – 17:00. Workshop 1. Historical Fascism and Marxism Block P, auditorium

Demian Melo (UFF)

17:30 – 18:30. Discussion circle: making political and activist music – Block P, Auditorium

Tomás Rosati (musician from the band El Efecto and teacher at the Manguinhos School of Music)

19:00 – 21:30. Plenary session 2. Wars, colonialism, and imperialism – Block P, auditorium

Arlene Clemesha (USP) and Lucia Pradella (King’s College London)

August 27, 2025, Wednesday

09:30 – 12:30. Parallel sessions 1 (paper presentations)

14:00 – 17:00. Parallel sessions 2 (paper presentations)

17:30 – 18:30. Cultural activity – Block P, auditorium

19:00 – 21:30. Plenary session 3. Climate catastrophe, environmental struggles, and racial issues – Block P, auditorium

Henrique Tahan Novaes (UNESP – Marilia), Rhaysa Ruas (PPGD/UERJ) and Rita Maria da Silva Passos (IPPUR-UFRJ)

August 28, 2025, Thursday

09:30 – 12:30. Parallel sessions 3 (paper presentations)

14:00 – 17:00. Parallel sessions 4 (paper presentations)

17:30 – 20:00. Plenary session 4. Crisis of class subjectivity, fundamentalisms, and fascism – Block P, auditorium

Ellen Tristão (UVJM), Maurício Vieira Martins (UFF) and Demian Melo (UFF)

August 29, 2025, Friday

14:00 – 17:00. Workshop 2. 100 years of Frantz Fanon and Clóvis Moura – Block P, auditorium

Marcio Farias (PUC/SP)

18:00 – 22:00. Celebration*

* The launch of books and magazines will take place throughout the event, during the program breaks.