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Join us for the second of our Politics of the Pandemic panels.\nParticipants:\n\nAndreas Malm \u2018War communism in the 21st century: Searching for ways out of the chronic emergency\u2019\n\nPanagiotis Sotiris \u2018Beyond the lockdown: the left, the pandemic and the possibility of a communist governmentality'\n\nThe COVID-19 Pandemic has been both a major health emergency and the catalyst for a broader economic and social crisis. The emergence of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 points to the destructive ecological effects of contemporary capitalist accumulation, whereas the extent of the pandemic and the cost in human lives points to the many ways that vulnerability is socially produced within contemporary neoliberal capitalism. The various measures and strategies adopted to tackle the pandemic raise important questions in regards to not only their effectiveness, but also their social and political repercussions and the deep marks they are going to leave. Consequently, the pandemic makes an anticapitalist perspective urgently and critically necessary but also raises significant political and theoretical challenges for anyone seeking such a radical left approach. The two \u2018Politics of the Pandemic\u2019 panels organised as part of HM On Line hope to contribute to this discussion.\n\nPlease consider subscribing to the Historical Materialism journal, published by BRILL, who are currently offering a 25% discount on individual subscriptions, valid until the end of the year. To use the offer, quote the discount code 70997 when subscribing at: www.brill.com/hima\n\nAlso, please consider subscribing to the Historical Materialism book series through Haymarket Books. For $25 per month, this subscription gets you every new title from the Historical Materialism series when it is released (as long as your subscription remains active) plus a 50% discount on *all* Haymarket books titles via our website. Non-US subscribers will be charged an extra $20/month for international shipping. \nhttps://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/894-haymarket-book-club-historical-materialism-series\n\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/1NU4ou37z4U\n\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\n\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks