Hello angels,

Ciorcal will be on tonight (and next Monday too!) and tomorrow Militarism & Neutrality will be chatting Tech Elites. The Capital group will be making its return next week for its second half of meetings, and Care & Community will be chatting about conflict! Busy, busy, but not too busy to be welcoming new pals into the mix! (Come along!!)

We have a few bits and pieces in the works and will have more news on that soon, and are also super excited to be working on our summer plans as well. It’s going to be good, comrades, it’s gonna be good.

P.S. One more week and the blessed stretch will mean that our meetings will be ending during daylight hours! Heaven!

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

Mon 23 Mar 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

Tue 24 Mar 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

Mon 30 Mar 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

Tue 31 Mar 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

Thu 2 Apr 7PM – Care & Community @ FLUX

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 23ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Dé Luain 30ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, and ná bí buartha, you have enough Irish! x

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 24 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Tech Elites and SaaS (Security as a Service)

Core Reading:

• FT, Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities (7 December 2025), available at: https://www.ft.com/content/b127ee7a-5ac4-4730-a395-c9f9619615
• Town & Country, Inside the Secretive World of Elite Private Security (27 February 2025), available at: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a63664735/elite-private-security-executive-protection-explained
• Intelligent Protection international Limited, Combating Activists (1 December 2025), available at: https://www.intelligent-protection.co.uk/combating-activists.html

Optional readings and strange websites to explore:

• Military.com, Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won’t Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings (27 June 2025), available at: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/27/tech-executives-commissioned-senior-army-officers-wont-recuse-themselves-dod-business-dealings.html
• Website: Praxis – Reunite the West – the World’s first Digital Nation, available at: https://www.praxisnation.com/
• Website: Erinys South Africa, available at: https://www.erinys.net/

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 31 March 2026 / 7pm-8.30pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Our Capital group is taking a short break due to the bank holiday but will be back again on the 31st. If you had been coming, or had wanted to come, you’re definitely welcome to take advantage of this break to catch up on the reading and come to our next meeting!

If you’d like to do this, please send an email by reply and we can add you to our Capital mailing list.

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…

Session Four

Required reading:

• Chapters 7, 8, 9 of Capital
• + corresponding Harvey chapter – “The Labor Process and the Production of Surplus-Value”

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Care & Community

Thursday 2nd April 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

How do we deal with conflict?

Required reading:

Punch Up Collective, “Planning to be Good to Each Other” from Briarpatch Magazine. (2026) Available at: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/planning-to-be-good-to-each-other

Jo Freeman, “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” from The Women’s Liberation Movement. (1970) Available at: https://disruptnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-Tyranny-of-Structurelessness-Jo-Freeman.pdf

Nora Loreto, “Navigating Conflict in Activist Spaces” (2025). Available at: https://noraloreto.substack.com/p/navigating-conflict-in-activist-spaces

Further readings: (optional!)

Sarah Lamble, “Practising Everyday Abolition” from Abolitionist Futures. (2021) Written article and audio version option available at: https://abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/practising-everyday-abolition

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

Our weekly Ciorcal will be taking place on Monday from 6pm upstairs in Chaplins, and on Tuesday our Militarism group will be meeting! 

Capital is currently taking a short break until the 31st, and if you’d like to catch up on the reading and come along then, you’d be very welcome to join us!

P.S. New attendees are always very very welcome! The more the merrier x

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

MON 23 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 24 MAR 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

MON 30 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 31 MAR 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 23ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, and ná bí buartha, you have enough Irish!

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 24 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Tech Elites and SaaS (Security as a Service)

Core Reading:

• FT, Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities (7 December 2025), available at: https://www.ft.com/content/b127ee7a-5ac4-4730-a395-c9f9619615
• Town & Country, Inside the Secretive World of Elite Private Security (27 February 2025), available at: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a63664735/elite-private-security-executive-protection-explained
• Intelligent Protection international Limited, Combating Activists (1 December 2025), available at: https://www.intelligent-protection.co.uk/combating-activists.html

Optional readings and strange websites to explore:

• Military.com, Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won’t Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings (27 June 2025), available at: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/27/tech-executives-commissioned-senior-army-officers-wont-recuse-themselves-dod-business-dealings.html
• Website: Praxis – Reunite the West – the World’s first Digital Nation, available at: https://www.praxisnation.com/
• Website: Erinys South Africa, available at: https://www.erinys.net/

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 31 March 2026 / 7pm-8.30pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Our Capital group is taking a short break due to the bank holiday but will be back again on the 31st. If you had been coming, or had wanted to come, you’re definitely welcome to take advantage of this break to catch up on the reading and come to our next meeting!

If you’d like to do this, please send an email by reply and we can add you to our Capital mailing list.

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…

Session Four

Required reading:

• Chapters 7, 8, 9 of Capital
• + corresponding Harvey chapter – “The Labor Process and the Production of Surplus-Value”

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

Quick reminder that our Ciorcal will be taking place this evening from 6pm upstairs in Chaplins, and also that we are going to be holding meetings of our Militarism and Film groups this week as well!

We’ve been so delighted with the interest in our Capital group, which is now taking a short break with the upcoming bank holiday. The reading for the next session is included below, but if you missed the first few meetings, and would like to catch up on the reading before the 31st and come along, you are very welcome to! Just send an email by reply to this newsletter, and we will add you to the register.

If you’re stuck outside a venue and/or can’t find us, we now have a club phone! So please fire a message/WhatsApp to 087 005 4389 if you’re having trouble finding us okay? x

P.S. New attendees are very very welcome! The more the merrier! 

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

MON 9 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 10 MAR 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

THU 12 MAR 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books

MON 16 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

THU 19 MAR 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

TUE 31 MAR 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 9ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, agus má bhraitheann tú beagainín neirbhíseach agus mura bhfuil a fhios agat cad le rá, is féidir leat breathnú ar an gclár is deanaí de Ros na Rún agus is féidir linn chat faoi sin! x

Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place every week upstairs in Chaplins. All are welcome, and if you are feeling a lil bit nervous and don’t know what you will chat about, you can watch a recent episode of Ros na Rún and we will chat about that! x

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 10 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Homonationalism

Core Readings:

• Jasbir Puar, Rethinking Homonationalism (2013), available at: https://jasbirkpuar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Puar_Rethinking-Homonationalism.pdf
• Irish Times, Life as a gay man in the Defence Forces: ‘A positive experience’ (29 October 2020), available at: https://archive.ph/53x4J

Further readings: (optional!)

• My Genderation, Trans Pilot: Ayla (16 August 2024), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA5ugaljpeE

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Film Club

Thursday 12 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Marrowbone Books, The Coombe, D8

Medium Cool (dir. Haskell Wexler, 1968)

Watch on YouTube!

John Cassellis is a television news cameraman. He and his sound recorder dispassionately film images of car accidents rather than help the victims. Cassellis is seemingly hardened to ethical and social issues; he is more concerned with his personal life and pursuing audience-grabbing stories. Yet once Cassellis finds out that his news station has been providing the stories and information gathered by the cameramen and news journalists to the FBI, he becomes enraged.

Suggested Reading
Paul Cronin, Interview with Haskell Wexler in The Sticking Place, available at: https://www.thestickingplace.com/medium-cool/

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Care & Community

Thursday 19th March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

Community Knowledge

Required reading:

Laurence Cox, “How do we think in movements? Learning, knowledge and struggle” from Handbook of Sociology for Social Justice. (2024) Available at: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19193/1/How%20do%20we%20think%20in%20movements%20pre-proof.pdf

Alan Sears, “Creating and Sustaining Communities of Struggle: Infrastructures of Dissent” from New Socialist. (2005) Available at: https://equitableeducation.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/alan-sears-infrastructure-of-dissent.pdf

Danesha N. Winfrey, “Popular and Non-Formal Education in Guatemala and Guinea-Bissau: The Legacies of Freire and Cabral” from the Commision for Adult Education. (2018) Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED597515.pdf

Further readings: (optional!)

Alan Sears & Anthony Youssef, “Histories, Erosions and Futures: On the Infrastructures of Dissent, A Conversation between Alan Sears & Anthony Youssef” from Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. (2023) Available at: https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Histories-Erosions-and-Futures_Pages.pdf

Dr Antonia McManus & Dr Thomas Kevin Walsh, “Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – Episode 1 – Learning in All Weathers” [Podcast] (2023) Available at: https://listenagain.org/?p=47913

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 31 March 2026 / 7pm-8.30pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Our Capital group is taking a short break due to the bank holiday but will be back again on the 31st. If you had been coming, or had wanted to come, you’re definitely welcome to take advantage of this break to catch up on the reading and come to our next meeting!

If you’d like to do this, please send an email by reply and we can add you to our Capital mailing list.

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…

Session Four

Required reading:

• Chapters 7, 8, 9 of Capital
• + corresponding Harvey chapter – “The Labor Process and the Production of Surplus-Value”

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

This evening our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place upstairs in Chaplins from 6! If you’re around beforehand, try to drop over to City Hall for a protest in support of the preservation of the Triple Lock. The protest will be running from 5 until 7 and a few of us will be there in support!

Our Capital reading group will be meeting tomorrow evening, and our Care & Community group will be meeting on Thursday to discuss the Jodi Dean’s Comrade.

If you’re stuck outside a venue and/or can’t find us, we now have a club phone! So please fire a message/WhatsApp to 087 005 4389 if you’re having trouble finding us okay? x

And guess what? New members are always welcome! In fact, your lovely little face appearing at our group will bring joy into the hearts of our lovely little organisers!

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

MON 2 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 3 MAR 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

THU 5 MAR 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

TUE 10 MAR 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

THU 12 MAR 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 2ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, agus má bhraitheann tú beagainín neirbhíseach agus mura bhfuil a fhios agat cad le rá, is féidir leat breathnú ar an gclár is deanaí de Ros na Rún agus is féidir linn chat faoi sin! x

Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place every week upstairs in Chaplins. All are welcome, and if you are feeling a lil bit nervous and don’t know what you will chat about, you can watch a recent episode of Ros na Rún and we will chat about that! x

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 3 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…

Session Three

Required reading:

• Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Capital
• + corresponding Harvey chapters

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Care & Community

Thursday 5 March 2026 / 7pm – 8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

Our last session discussed the first two chapters of the book, and we will be chatting about the final two at the next one. If you have read some, part, or all of the book, please feel free to come along, even if you didn’t make it along to the last session!

Required reading:

Jodi Dean, Chapter 3: “Four Theses on the Comrade” & Chapter 4: “You Are Not My Comrade” from Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging.

If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 10 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Homonationalism

Core Readings:

• Jasbir Puar, Rethinking Homonationalism (2013), available at: https://jasbirkpuar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Puar_Rethinking-Homonationalism.pdf
• Irish Times, Life as a gay man in the Defence Forces: ‘A positive experience’ (29 October 2020), available at: https://archive.ph/53x4J

Further readings: (optional!)

• My Genderation, Trans Pilot: Ayla (16 August 2024), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA5ugaljpeE

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Film Club

Thursday 12 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Marrowbone Books, The Coombe, D8

Medium Cool (dir. Haskell Wexler, 1968)

Watch on YouTube!

John Cassellis is a television news cameraman. He and his sound recorder dispassionately film images of car accidents rather than help the victims. Cassellis is seemingly hardened to ethical and social issues; he is more concerned with his personal life and pursuing audience-grabbing stories. Yet once Cassellis finds out that his news station has been providing the stories and information gathered by the cameramen and news journalists to the FBI, he becomes enraged.

Suggested Reading 
Paul Cronin, Interview with Haskell Wexler in The Sticking Place, available at: https://www.thestickingplace.com/medium-cool/

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

Tonight! Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place upstairs in Chaplins! It’s the first month of our meetings, so come join the lil gang! All levels are welcome!

Militarism & Neutrality are going to be meeting tomorrow evening to discuss militarism and the environment, and then next week the Capital group will be back again, and our Care & Community group too! Film is on a short break but will make its return on the 12th of March. xxxx

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

MON 23 FEB 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 24 FEB 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

MON 2 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 3 MAR 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

THU 5 MAR 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 23ú Feabhra 2026 / 6in-7in //
Dé Luain 2ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, agus má bhraitheann tú beagainín neirbhíseach agus mura bhfuil a fhios agat cad le rá, is féidir leat breathnú ar an gclár is deanaí de Ros na Rún agus is féidir linn chat faoi sin! x

Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place every week upstairs in Chaplins. All are welcome, and if you are feeling a lil bit nervous and don’t know what you will chat about, you can watch a recent episode of Ros na Rún and we will chat about that! x

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 24 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Militarism & the Environment

Core Readings:

• Environmental Management, The Overlooked Contributors to Climate and Biodiversity Crises: Military Operations and Wars (12 April 2024), available at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-024-01976-4.pdf
• Conflict and Environment Observatory, How the EU’s new carbon border undermines military decarbonisation (2 February 2026), available at: https://ceobs.org/how-the-eus-new-carbon-border-undermines-military-decarbonisation/

Further readings: (optional!)

• Abe Asher, The US Military Is Destroying the Planet Beyond Imagination (28 October 2025), available at: https://jacobin.com/2025/10/us-military-climate-crisis-documentary
• TNI, Climate in the Crosshairs: The planetary impact of NATO’s spending increases (8 July 2024, available at: https://www.tni.org/en/publication/climate-in-the-crosshairs
• Al Jazeera English, Militaries are fuelling the climate crisis (20 June 2024), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjAjO0dl3M (Video – approx 30 mins)

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 3 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…

Session Three

Required reading:

• Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Capital
• + corresponding Harvey chapters

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Care & Community

Thursday 5 March 2026 / 7pm – 8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

Our last session discussed the first two chapters of the book, and we will be chatting about the final two at the next one. If you have read some, part, or all of the book, please feel free to come along, even if you didn’t make it along to the last session!

Required reading:

Jodi Dean, Chapter 3: “Four Theses on the Comrade” & Chapter 4: “You Are Not My Comrade” from Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging.

If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

We hope you are keeping well! This evening we have our second session of our Capital, and on Thursday our Care & Community group will be discussing the first half of Jodi Dean’s Comrade, with the second half to be covered in the next session.

Also! We are now running our weekly Ciorcal Comhrá upstairs in Chaplins! All levels are very very welcome!

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

TUE 17 FEB 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

THU 19 FEB 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

MON 23 FEB 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 24 FEB 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 17 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…

Couldn’t make the first session? That’s okay – catch up with the week’s reading and come along to session two! We are asking that people commit to ~90% of the sessions, but we aren’t going to be tyrants about it xx

Session Two

Required reading:

• Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Capital (but most discussion will be on Ch 1 and 2)
• Chapter 1 & 2 of Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital

Advice for readers:

Read Ch 1 and 2, then Harvey’s Ch 1, then Ch 3, and Harvey’s Ch 2. For those who want to read more, first 200 pages of Heinrich are excellent on the current reading.

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Care & Community

Thursday 19 February 2026 / 7pm – 8pm //
Thursday 5 March 2026 / 7pm – 8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

We have broken up the book reading into two parts to allow our new care and community comrades to catch up with our upcoming readings. We also hope that this will assist in deeper conversations about the content of the book over the two sessions.

Session 1 – 19 Feb

Jodi Dean, Chapter 1: “From Allies to Comrades” & Chapter 2: “The Generic Comrade” from Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging.

Session 2 – 5 Mar

Jodi Dean, Chapter 3: “Four Theses on the Comrade” & Chapter 4: “You Are Not My Comrade” from Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging.

If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 23ú Feabhra 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, agus má bhraitheann tú beagainín neirbhíseach agus mura bhfuil a fhios agat cad le rá, is féidir leat breathnú ar an gclár is deanaí de Ros na Rún agus is féidir linn chat faoi sin! x

Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place every week upstairs in Chaplins. All are welcome, and if you are feeling a lil bit nervous and don’t know what you will chat about, you can watch a recent episode of Ros na Rún and we will chat about that! x

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 24 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Militarism & the Environment

Core Readings:

• Environmental Management, The Overlooked Contributors to Climate and Biodiversity Crises: Military Operations and Wars (12 April 2024), available at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-024-01976-4.pdf
• Conflict and Environment Observatory, How the EU’s new carbon border undermines military decarbonisation (2 February 2026), available at: https://ceobs.org/how-the-eus-new-carbon-border-undermines-military-decarbonisation/

Further readings: (optional!)

• Abe Asher, The US Military Is Destroying the Planet Beyond Imagination (28 October 2025), available at: https://jacobin.com/2025/10/us-military-climate-crisis-documentary
• TNI, Climate in the Crosshairs: The planetary impact of NATO’s spending increases (8 July 2024, available at: https://www.tni.org/en/publication/climate-in-the-crosshairs
• Al Jazeera English, Militaries are fuelling the climate crisis (20 June 2024), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjAjO0dl3M (Video – approx 30 mins)

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

Thanks so much to everyone who made it along to the screening of Koyaanisqatsi with BEFF last weekend, and also big grma to everyone who came along to our first (weekly!) ciorcal comhrá and our first session of the Capital reading group!

This week is busy busy busy with Militarism & Neutrality discussing EU Militarisation this evening, and both Film Club and our rescheduled Care & Community groups meeting on Thursday. More info, and our upcoming sessions, below!

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

TUE 10 FEB 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

THU 12 FEB 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books

THU 12 FEB 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

MON 16 FEB 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 17 FEB 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

THU 19 FEB 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 10 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

EU Militarisation: “Arming for peace”?

Core Readings:

• Colin Gannon, The European Union Is embracing militarization (25 March 2024), available at: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/european-union-militarization-austerity-defense
• Niamh Ní Bhriain, The EU is on a war path (23 June 2025), available at: https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-eu-is-on-a-war-path
• Irish Independent, Explainer: Ireland joins PESCO… is it the start of an EU army? (17 December 2017), available at: https://archive.ph/xfr5h

Further readings: (optional!)

• European Parliament Briefing, ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 (April 2025), available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/769566/EPRS_BRI(2025)769566_EN.pdf
• The Journal, Irish general in top EU role: Military build-up is not about war – it’s about sustaining peace (22 January 2026), available at: https://www.thejournal.ie/general-sean-clancy-eumc-european-union-deterence-for-war-6932137-Jan2026/
• Video: EU Commission, How to improve military mobility in the EU (20 November 2025), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs63TrYwFxA
• Radio Clip: RTE Radio 1, Debate on PESCO: Ger Aherne, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Ben Tonra (10 December 2017), available at: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/21284743/

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Care & Community

Thursday 12 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

The Radical Potential of Friendship – RESCHEDULED

Required reading:

• Carla Bergman, “Friendship, Freedom, Ethics, Affinity” from Joyful Militancy: Building Resistance in Toxic Times. Available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jo…
• Laura C. Forster & Joel White, “Periodising Friendship” from Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities. Available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ex…
• Tom Cutterham, “Just Friends” in The New Inquiry. Available at: https://thenewinquiry.com/just-friends/

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Thursday 19 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

While we usually focus on reading articles in our groups, we decided that we’d dig into this (quite short) book for this meeting. If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!

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Film Club

Thursday 12 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Marrowbone Books, 78 The Coombe, D8

(PS This is a discussion, not a screening!)

Koyaanisqatsi (dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1982) [LINK]

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Suggested reading

• Life Out Of Balance – an interview with Godfrey Reggio: https://thegreatnorthernfestival.com/life-out-of-balance/ 
• “What Ireland’s Data Center Crisis Means for the EU’s AI Sovereignty Plans”, Louis Boyd-Madsen, techpolicy press, 2025: https://www.techpolicy.press/what-irelands-data-center-crisi…
  

Further viewing: The other two films in the Qatsi trilogy: Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi, both dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1988 and 2002.

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 16ú Feabhra 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, agus má bhraitheann tú beagainín neirbhíseach agus mura bhfuil a fhios agat cad le rá, is féidir leat breathnú ar an gclár is deanaí de Ros na Rún agus is féidir linn chat faoi sin! x

Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place every week upstairs in Chaplins. All are welcome, and if you are feeling a lil bit nervous and don’t know what you will chat about, you can watch a recent episode of Ros na Rún and we will chat about that! x

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 17 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Sign up form: https://forms.gle/gDCy18k3MA3ivs6Z9

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…

Couldn’t make the first session? That’s okay – catch up with the week’s reading and come along to session two! We are asking that people commit to ~90% of the sessions, but we aren’t going to be tyrants about it xx

Session Two

Required reading:

• Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Capital (but most discussion will be on Ch 1 and 2)
• Chapter 1 & 2 of Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital

Advice for readers:

Read Ch 1 and 2, then Harvey’s Ch 1, then Ch 3, and Harvey’s Ch 2. For those who want to read more, first 200 pages of Heinrich are excellent on the current reading.

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

We’re back in full swing, with our Capital reading group kicking off tomorrow evening in Connolly Books, and Care & Community making its return on Thursday. We also, very excitingly, are collaborating with Bohs Environmental Justice Film Festival on a screening and panel discussion on Friday. All the info is available below, and we are always always happy and delighted to see you new faces! xox

Upcoming dates // readings & info below

TUE 3 FEB 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books

THU 5 FEB 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

FRI 6 FEB 7PM – Koyaanisqatsi screening with Bohs Environmental Justice Film Festival

MON 9 FEB 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

TUE 10 FEB 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

THU 12 FEB 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books

THU 19 FEB 7PM – Care & Community read a book! (Info below!)

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Capital, Volume 1

Tuesday 3 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Sign up form: https://forms.gle/gDCy18k3MA3ivs6Z9

Can’t make the first session? That’s okay – catch up with the week’s reading and come along to session two! We are asking that people commit to ~90% of the sessions, but we aren’t going to be tyrants about it xx

Session One

Required reading:

• Chapter 1 of Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital

(For future weeks we will also issue an annotated guide to the original text, but we’re gonna take a nice easy[ier] start!)

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Care & Community

Thursday 5 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

The Radical Potential of Friendship

Required reading:

• Carla Bergman, “Friendship, Freedom, Ethics, Affinity” from Joyful Militancy: Building Resistance in Toxic Times. Available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jo…
• Laura C. Forster & Joel White, “Periodising Friendship” from Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities. Available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ex…
• Tom Cutterham, “Just Friends” in The New Inquiry. Available at: https://thenewinquiry.com/just-friends/

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Thursday 19 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

While we usually focus on reading articles in our groups, we decided that we’d dig into this (quite short) book for this meeting. If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!

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Film Club

This Friday, 6th Feb, as part of a collaboration between ourselves and the Bohemian Environmental Justice Film Festival, there will be a screening of
Koyaanisqatsi in the Spark Lab in Phibsboro Tower.

The film will be followed by a short panel discussion about Ireland, our natural world, and technological developments.

Tickets are available on the BEFF website (beff.ie)!

Alongside this, our next Film Club will discuss Koyaanisqatsi, with the details and suggested readings just below! Hopefully see you on Friday, and then again on the 12th!

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Thursday 12 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Marrowbone Books, 78 The Coombe, D8

Koyaanisqatsi (dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1982) [LINK]

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Suggested reading

• Life Out Of Balance – an interview with Godfrey Reggio: https://thegreatnorthernfestival.com/life-out-of-balance/ 
• “What Ireland’s Data Center Crisis Means for the EU’s AI Sovereignty Plans”, Louis Boyd-Madsen, techpolicy press, 2025: https://www.techpolicy.press/what-irelands-data-center-crisi…
  

Further viewing: The other two films in the Qatsi trilogy: Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi, both dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1988 and 2002.

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Ciorcal Comhrá

Dé Luain 9ú Feabhra 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2

Our first ciorcal comhrá will be taking place this day week upstairs in Chaplins. All are welcome, and if you are feeling a lil bit nervous and don’t know what you will chat about, you can watch a recent episode of Ros na Rún and we will chat about that! x

Beidh ár gcéad chiorcal comhrá ar siúl an tseachtain seo chugainn. Fáilte roimh chách, agus má bhraitheann tú beagainín neirbhíseach agus mura bhfuil a fhios agat cad le rá, is féidir leat breathnú ar an gclár is deanaí de Ros na Rún agus is féidir linn chat faoi sin! x

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 10 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

EU Militarisation: “Arming for peace”?

Core Readings:

• Colin Gannon, The European Union Is embracing militarization (25 March 2024), available at: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/european-union-militarization-austerity-defense
• Niamh Ní Bhriain, The EU is on a war path (23 June 2025), available at: https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-eu-is-on-a-war-path
• Irish Independent, Explainer: Ireland joins PESCO… is it the start of an EU army? (17 December 2017), available at: https://archive.ph/xfr5h

Further readings: (optional!)

• European Parliament Briefing, ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 (April 2025), available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/769566/EPRS_BRI(2025)769566_EN.pdf
• The Journal, Irish general in top EU role: Military build-up is not about war – it’s about sustaining peace (22 January 2026), available at: https://www.thejournal.ie/general-sean-clancy-eumc-european-union-deterence-for-war-6932137-Jan2026/
• Video: EU Commission, How to improve military mobility in the EU (20 November 2025), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs63TrYwFxA
• Radio Clip: RTE Radio 1, Debate on PESCO: Ger Aherne, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Ben Tonra (10 December 2017), available at: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/21284743/

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

This Tuesday our Militarism & Neutrality group will be discussing the Militarisation of Culture and Fashion, and our Das Kapital and Care & Community groups will be kicking off next week! 

You can find out a bit more and sign up for our 11 session Das Kapital reading group at the following link: https://forms.gle/gDCy18k3MA3ivs6Z9, and the required reading for our first meeting is included just below in this very email.Guess what? New members are very welcome! The more comrades the merrier!

Upcoming dates

TUE 27 JAN 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

TUE 3 FEB 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ TBC

THU 5 FEB 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

FRI 6 FEB 7PM – Mysterious Koyaanisqatsi event @ ???

MON 9 FEB 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

THU 12 FEB 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books

THU 19 FEB 7PM – Care & Community read a book! (Info below!)

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 27 January 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Militarisation of Culture and Fashion

Required reading:

• Laura J Shephard, ‘Militarism’ in Visual Global Politics (2018), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Sh…
• Planet Money, ‘Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear‘ – Interview with Avery Trufelman, (10 December 2025), available at: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5639211
• The Standard, Apocalypse-core: why people in East London dress like the world is ending (31 October 2024), available at: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion/apocalypse-core-fashion-east-london-world-ending-b1191249.html

Further reading:

• Alex Adams and Amy Gaeta, Introduction: Militarisation and Pleasure (10 October 2024), available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14735784.2024.2394417
• Jane Tynan, ‘Images of Insurgency: Reading the Cuban Revolution through Military Aesthetics and Embodiment’ in Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics (2020), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ty…
• Samantha Cole, The State of Anti-Surveillance Design (5 January 2026), available at: https://www.404media.co/the-state-of-anti-surveillance-design/

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Das Kapital, Volume 1

Tuesday 3 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Venue: Dublin city centre, TBC

Sign up form: https://forms.gle/gDCy18k3MA3ivs6Z9

Can’t make the first session? That’s okay – catch up with the week’s reading and come along to session two! We are asking that people commit to ~90% of the sessions, but we aren’t going to be tyrants about it xx

Session One

Required reading:

• Chapter 1 of Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital

(For future weeks we will also issue an annotated guide to the original text, but we’re gonna take a nice easy[ier] start!)

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Care & Community

Thursday 5 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

The Radical Potential of Friendship

Required reading:

• Carla Bergman, “Friendship, Freedom, Ethics, Affinity” from Joyful Militancy: Building Resistance in Toxic Times. Available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jo…
• Laura C. Forster & Joel White, “Periodising Friendship” from Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities. Available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ex…
• Tom Cutterham, “Just Friends” in The New Inquiry. Available at: https://thenewinquiry.com/just-friends/

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Thursday 19 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2

Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

While we usually focus on reading articles in our groups, we decided that we’d dig into this (quite short) book for this meeting. If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!

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Film Club

Thursday 12 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Marrowbone Books, 78 The Coombe, D8

Koyaanisqatsi (dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1982)

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

We will be discussing this film in depth at our next Film Club meeting, but please keep your eyes peeled for an opportunity to watch this film in person as part of a special upcoming collaboration which will be announced very soon, on the evening of Friday 6th February 2026.

Suggested reading & further viewing: TBA

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷

Hello comrades,

Did you miss us? We missed you! 

We are kicking off again over the next few weeks, with Militarism & Neutrality back in action this coming Tuesday. Care & Community and Film Club are going to be making their returns in February too, and we also have two new new new meetings! 

We are going to be hosting a weekly Ciorcal Comhrá on Mondays in Chaplins and we are also going to be hosting a new reading group for Capital Vol. 1!While all of the rest of our groups are drop-in, and new members are welcome always forever eternally at any time, registration is required for our Capital reading group via our sign up form (https://forms.gle/gDCy18k3MA3ivs6Z9).

Upcoming dates

TUE 27 JAN 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books

TUE 3 FEB 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ TBC

THU 5 FEB 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St

FRI 6 FEB 7PM – Mysterious Koyaanisqatsi event @ ???

MON 9 FEB 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins

THU 12 FEB 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books

THU 19 FEB 7PM – Care & Community read a book! (Info below!)

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Militarism + Neutrality

Tuesday 27 January 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2

Militarisation of Culture and Fashion

Required reading:

• Laura J Shephard, ‘Militarism’ in Visual Global Politics (2018), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Sh…
• Planet Money, ‘Strange threadfellows: How the U.S. military shaped what we all wear‘ – Interview with Avery Trufelman, (10 December 2025), available at: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5639211
• The Standard, Apocalypse-core: why people in East London dress like the world is ending (31 October 2024), available at: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion/apocalypse-core-fashion-east-london-world-ending-b1191249.html

Further reading:

• Alex Adams and Amy Gaeta, Introduction: Militarisation and Pleasure (10 October 2024), available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14735784.2024.2394417
• Jane Tynan, ‘Images of Insurgency: Reading the Cuban Revolution through Military Aesthetics and Embodiment’ in Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics (2020), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ty…
• Samantha Cole, The State of Anti-Surveillance Design (5 January 2026), available at: https://www.404media.co/the-state-of-anti-surveillance-design/

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Film Club

Thursday 12 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Marrowbone Books, 78 The Coombe, D8

Koyaanisqatsi (dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1982)

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

We will be discussing this film in depth at our next Film Club meeting, but please keep your eyes peeled for an opportunity to watch this film in person as part of a special upcoming collaboration which will be announced very soon, on the evening of Friday 6th February 2026.

Suggested reading & further viewing: TBA

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Care & Community

Our usual meetings with Care & Community will resume on Thursday 5 Feb, with a reading list to follow next week, BUT at the Thu 19 Feb meeting we are going to be discussing:

Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

While we usually focus on reading articles in our groups, we decided that we’d dig into this (quite short) book for this meeting. If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!

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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷