2008 Programs
2008 Programs
Join us for our annual celebration of the life and legacy of the legendary Bob Marley. With his universal message, Bob spoke to all people and crossed barriers between genres creating a global appreciation for...
Left Interpretations of the Financial Crisis
Hector Figueroa, David Harvey, Doug Henwood, Leo Panitch & Maliha Safri
<i>The Sea of Poppies Arrives</i> in the US
Amitav Ghosh in Conversation with Nicolas De Genova
Amitav Ghosh is today the most engaged, prolific and loved South Asian novelist. With six novels (including such landmarks as the The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide and Shadow Lines) and four...
Community Planning Confronts Global Real Estate
Tom Angotti
Remarkably, grassroots-based community planning flourishes in New York City--the self-proclaimed "real estate capital of the world"--with at least seventy community plans for different neighborhoods throughout...
US Hegemony or Transnational Capital?
Jerry Harris
Is globalization a project of US imperialism or an emerging transnational capitalist class? Harris will argue that while nationalism still plays a strong role in world affairs, particularly in the form of the...
Building a Just Educational System
Sam Anderson (Moderator), Martha Foote, Edwin Mayorga & Perla Palacencia
A coalition of progressive education groups have been working on an alternative vision of how public education should be people-centered and not supportive of privatization of public education. This forum will...
Can the Campaign that Elected Barack Obama Become a Movement to Ensure that He Creates a Progressive Agenda?
Anthony Arnove, Laura Flanders, Brian Jones, Terry Marshall & Gary Younge
In the days following his election, there’s been intense speculation as to whether Barack Obama will run a centrist or left-leaning presidency. Lists of potential appointees are read like runes of tea leaves....
Writings on War & Revolution
Jonah Raskin
A...
Part 2
Richard D. Wolff
This evening will continue the discussion that began in October at the Brecht Forum in Part 1 of this series and examine how economic and political changes in the US and abroad since our first discussion may...
A Public Dialogue
Speakers TBA
The recent violence in Mumbai has claimed the lives of close to 200 people and injured over 300 others. Even as we join the entire South Asian community in condemning this violence and asking for peace and...