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Tuesday, February 14
7:30 pm
Global Capitalism
A Monthly Update & Discussion
Rick Wolff

These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad....

Tuesday, February 21
7:30 pm
Redefining Black Power
Reflections on the State of Black America
Esther Armah, Joanne Griffith, Akiba Solomon,Michaela angela Davis

The Obama presidency represents a major milestone in black history and the struggle for...

Thursday, March 1
7:30 pm
BOOK PARTY / FORUM
José Carlos Mariátegui
An Anthology
Marc Becker

José Carlos Mariátegui is one of Latin America’s most profound but overlooked thinkers. A self-taught journalist, social scientist, and activist from Peru, he was the first to emphasize...

Tuesday, March 6
7:30 pm
Global Capitalism
A Monthly Update & Discussion
Rick Wolff

These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad....

Friday, March 9
7:30 pm
BOOK PARTY / FORUM
Co-sponsor: The National Writers Union
AFL-CIO's Secret War against Developing Country Workers
Solidarity or Sabotage?
Kim Scipes

The principles of trade unionism are based on working people acting together in solidarity with each other, to improve wages, working conditions, and life for themselves and all others. In its most developed...

Sunday, March 18
5:00 pm
Co-Sponsor PM Press
Selma James:
Race, Sex and Class- Current Perspectives on the Movement
Selma James

In 1972, Selma James set out a new political perspective. Her starting point was the millions of unwaged women who, working in the home and on the land, were not seen as “workers” and their...

Friday, March 30
7:30 pm
REPORT BACK & DISCUSSION
Co-sponsor: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB)
Un-Occupying the Spirit
A Report-Back on Theater and Solidarity in Afghanistan
Kayhan Irani

In 2010 and 2011 Kayhan Irani, playwright and Theater of the Oppressed facilitator, worked in Afghanistan using Theater of the Oppressed with Afghan Education Projects, a media for development organization....

Tuesday, April 10
7:30 pm
Global Capitalism
A Monthly Update & Discussion
Rick Wolff

These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad....

Saturday, April 14
4:00 pm
Asia's Unknown Uprisings: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century
George Katsiaficas

 

South Korea's social movements are legendary yet relatively little is known about them. In this presentation, slides and other historical materials will be used to illustrate the...
Thursday, April 26
7:30 pm
BOOK PARTY / FORUM
Remaking Scarcity
From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy
Costas Panayotakis

The dominant schools of neoclassical and neoliberal economics tell us that material scarcity is an inevitable product of an insatiable human nature. Against this, Costas Panayotakis argues that scarcity is...

Tuesday, May 8
7:30 pm
Global Capitalism
A Monthly Update & Discussion
Rick Wolff

These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad....

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