Lets Discuss Online: The myth of the West....

"It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose - a political, social and religious purpose - that our aesthetic judgements are always coloured by our prejudices and beliefs"
George Orwell

What is 'The West' and how has the image of it been artificially cultivated? Does its image today actually reflect historical or current reality?

Lets read and discuss an essay on this topic by the late, great David Graeber (anthropologist, writer, political activist):

https://davidgraeber.org/articles/there-never-was-a-west-or-democracy-emerges-from-the-spaces-in-between/
or
https://borderlandscritique.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/graeber_there-never-was-a-west.pdf

***The meeting will be held on Jitsi. This is a free, encrypted video-conferencing app, which you can join via a web browser (Google Chrome recommended) , without any software.***

It would be great if everyone can leave their video on and face visible which attending please. This meetup is intended to be a (friendly!) discussion, so out of courtesy for everyone and to improve communication, it would be greatly appreciated if you can keep yourself visible throughout so we can all see who is involved/listening!