A chairde,
Tonight our final Capital reading group meeting will be taking place and big massive congrats to those who’ve made it this far! For anyone who is still working through the readings, have no fear, we will be announcing some further Capital discussion events later in the year. In the meantime, everyone is very welcome to join for some drinks after the meeting to review the term and to thank Harun for all of his time and excellent guidance!! <3
Our final Neutrality & Militarism meeting for the summer term will be meeting this day week. There’ll be a break for August and the gang will be returning at the start of September. Newcomers are of course always welcome!
Our second banner-making workshop is this coming Saturday, 11am-1pm, at Fire Stations Artists Studios. If you couldn’t make the first session, you’ve very welcome to join for this session as we move from designing to actually constructing the banner!
And finally, oh boy!, we will have some exciting news to announce next week!! Keep your lil peepers peeled!
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
Tue 7 July 7PM- Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books
Tue 14 July 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
Sat 11 July 11AM – Banner making @ Fire Station Studios
Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷
Capital, Volume 1
Tuesday 7 July 2026 / 7pm-8.30pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…
Required reading:
- Chapters 26-33, and corresponding Harvey chapter (The Secret of Primitive Accumulation)
Militarism & Neutrality
Tuesday 14 July 2026 / 7pm-8.00pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, D2
Space & Militarism
Core Reading/Listening:
- Ciara Finnegan, Space wars: how outer space became a military zone (22 March 2022), available at: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/space-wars-how-outer-space-became-military-zone
- Human Security Centre, The Militarisation and Weaponisation of Space (2 January 2021), available at: https://www.hscentre.org/latest-articles/the-militarisation-and-weaponisation-of-space/
- SpaceNews, SpaceX wins $2.29 billion Space Force contract for military data network (26 May 2026), available at: https://spacenews.com/spacex-wins-2-29-billion-space-force-contract-for-military-data-network/
- The Arctic Institute, The Circumpolar Podcast – Geopolitics of Outer Space (29 April 2026), available at: https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-circumpolar-podcast-geopolitics-outer-space/
Further Reading:
- NATO, NATO’s approach to space (30 July 2025), available at: https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/deterrence-and-defence/natos-approach-to-space
- Euronews, The new space race: These are the different space strategies across Europe (24 November 2025), available at: https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/11/24/the-new-space-race-these-are-the-different-space-strategies-across-europe
- Namrata Goswami, The Second Space Race: Democratic Outcomes for the Future of Space (25 January 2022), available at: https://gjia.georgetown.edu/science-technology/the-second-space-race-democratic-outcomes-for-the-future-of-space/
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, The Military Rockets that Launched the Space Age (9 August 2023), available at: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/military-rockets-launched-space-age
EXTRA EXTRA Podcast links:
There are a LOT of recent podcasts about militarism & space from the US Government & armed forces, as well as right wing think tanks. We have attached some links below for anyone who wants to go down the rabbit hole but we won’t be discussing these extra podcasts at the reading group – there will be plenty to discuss with the core & further readings listed above!
- Institute for Policy Innovation: The Militarization of Space with Dr. Dan Garretson (23 Feb 2024), available at: https://www.ipi.org/multimedia/detail/the-militarization-of-space-with-dr-dan-garretson-audio-podcast – IPI is a right-wing think-tank linked to the US Republican Party.
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Are we entering an arms race in outer space? On the evolution of the US Space Force with the Council on Strategic Risks’ CEO Mallory Stewart (10 May 2026) – available at: https://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/starwars/ – Podcast from the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies which is in CUNY.
- Irregular Warfare Initiative, From Orbit to Objective: Space and the Future of Conflict (20 March 2026), available at: https://www.irregularwarfare.org/from-orbit-to-objective-space-and-the-future-of-conflict/ – Podcast sponsored by United States Military Academy, discussing academic research about irregular warfare.
- US Space Force Association, Spacepower Podcast, available at: https://ussfa.org/news-publications/podcasts/spacepower-podcast/ – This is an active PR/propaganda campaign from the US Space Force which started in Jan 2020 (Space Force itself was established in Dec 2019).