Veronica Maio: Original accumulation processes in Sumerian society [ENGLISH] (07 April 2023)
Channel: Network for an Alternative Quest
Date: 2023-05-28

Italian version: → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuunIZ9aIG0 

Session II: The Multicide Regime 
2.3 Call for Papers topic: “Capitalism since Sumerian Times” 

Abdullah Öcalan dates capitalism back to the Sumerians arguing that it is not only an economic system but also a mode of governance. How can this thought be substantiated and how does it contribute to the discussions of the origin and spread of capitalism and its colonial nature? 

Veronica Maio was born in Bologna in 1997. She lives in Turin where she studies Philosophy at the University.