2011 Programs

2011 Programs

Saturday, March 26 2011
8:00 pm
Celebrate a Decade of Jean Rice

A Benefit for Picture the Homeless

If you have spent any amount of time with Picture the Homeless- whether in the office, at actions, or on a trip out of town, you have likely encountered the wit and warmth of our elder statesman Jean Rice. A...

Friday, September 9 2011
6:30 pm
ATTICA IS ALL OF US

asha bandele, Amiri Baraka, Dhoruba Al-Mujahid Bin-Wahad, Soffiyah Elijah, Elizabeth Fink, Amy Goodman, Joseph Harris, Joseph “Jazz” Hayden, Calvin “Hutch” Hutchinson, Jamal Joseph, William Anthony Maynard, Melvin Muhammad, Che Nieves, Carlos Roche, Al Hajji Sharif & Cornel West

Join us on Friday September 9th 2011 at The Riverside Church for Attica is All of Us, an evening of music, performances and conversation to mark the 40th anniversary of the Attica Rebellion and Massacre and...

Wednesday, September 28 2011
5:30 pm
Constructing Directly Democratic Organizations

Discussion led by Brooke Lehman

Occupy Wall Street continues to capture the imagination of millions across the globe. Join us for a series "People's University at Occupy Walls Street" as we connect the dots, build bridges and move forward...

Thursday, September 29 2011
5:30 pm
From Madrid to New York to....

A History of Occupations

Discussion with Gerardo Renique

Occupy Wall Street continues to capture the imagination of millions across the globe. Join us for a series "People's University at Occupy Walls Street" as we connect the dots, build bridges and move forward...

Sunday, October 2 2011
6:00 pm
15M Movement in Spain
Monday, October 3 2011
6:00 pm
Update from the Living Wage NYC Campaign
Tuesday, October 4 2011
5:30 pm
Economic Update with Rick Wolff

Occupy Wall Street continues to capture the imagination of millions across the globe. Join us for a series "People's University at Occupy Walls Street" as we connect the dots, build bridges and move forward...

Thursday, October 6 2011
6:00 pm
Naomi Klein
Friday, October 7 2011
6:00 pm
Uprising in Greece

A Report from the Squares

Stathis Gougouris & Kostas Karpozilos

The Brecht Forum continues its public education series at #OccupyWallStreet with a discussion of the Greek crisis and revolt.

This event will take place at Freedom Square (Zucotti Park) at Liberty...

Sunday, October 9 2011
6:00 pm
Update from the Movement for Justice in El Barrio Campaign
Monday, October 10 2011
6:00 pm
Media Justice

Betty Yu & Steven Renderos

Tuesday, October 11 2011
6:00 pm
Why Inequality Destabilizes the Economy

(& What We Can Do About It)

Sara Burke

Wednesday, October 12 2011
6:00 pm
The Future of the US Economy

Considering a Solidarity Economy

Thursday, October 13 2011
6:00 pm
Organizing Effectively Without Hierarchy
Friday, October 14 2011
6:00 pm
The Attack on the Public Sector

A New Global Strategy for Labor Market Restructuring

Friday, October 14 2011
7:30 pm
Science & Society at 75

A Special Celebration & Tribute

Keynote Speaker: Gerald Horne

Join us for a reception at 7:30pm. The program will begin at 8:00pm.

Published quarterly since 1936, Science & Society is the longest continuously-published journal of Marxist...

Saturday, October 15 2011
6:00 pm
Credit Unions

Charles Reindhart

Sunday, October 16 2011
5:00 pm
Liberation Poker League World Tournament

Fundraiser for Your Favorite Activist Organization

Oppressors and Capitalists Beware: The Liberation Poker League is coming to NYC!

Learn a great game, show off your poker face, and fund local causes fighting for a better world. Where? At the 1st...

Tuesday, October 18 2011
6:00 pm
On CLR James

Ruthie Gilmore

Wednesday, October 19 2011
5:00 pm
Is Student Debt a Form of Indenture?

Andrew Ross

Wednesday, October 19 2011
6:00 pm
Teachers for Justice Now

Jennifer Saunders

Saturday, October 22 2011
6:00 pm
The Student Loan Debt Abolition Movement

George Caffentzis

Sunday, October 23 2011
12:00 pm
Capitalism & Ecological Crisis

Fred Magdoff & John Bellamy Foster

Monday, October 24 2011
6:00 pm
Community Radio, the Culture of Impunity & the Narco-Military State:

Postcards from “Post” War Guatemala

with Lisa Maya Knauer

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Square.) The purpose of the...

Tuesday, October 25 2011
5:00 pm
US Housing Policy vs. Housing as a Human Right

Peter Marcuse & Tom Angotti

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Square.) The purpose of the...

Wednesday, October 26 2011
5:00 pm
Free Our Siblings, Free Ourselves

Gender Self Determination & Occupy Wall Street Movements

Sylvia Rivera Law Project Teach in

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special tech-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Square.) The purpose of the teach ins are...

Thursday, October 27 2011
4:00 pm
A History of Occupation from Latin America to El Norte

with Marina Sitrin & Cristy Thornton

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Square.) The purpose of the...

Friday, October 28 2011
1:30 pm
Gentrification & Public Space

Neil Smith @ Washington Square Park

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Square.) The purpose of the...

Friday, October 28 2011
6:00 pm
Eco-socialism

Joel Kovel

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Square.) The purpose of the...

Saturday, October 29 2011
6:00 pm
Wall Street & Capitalist Appropriation of Sociall-Created Wealth

Doug Henwood

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Square.) The purpose of the...

Sunday, October 30 2011
5:00 pm
What's Wrong with Capitalism?

Alex Callinicos

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Plaza.) The purpose of the...

Sunday, October 30 2011
6:00 pm
Foreclosures

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Plaza.) The purpose of the...

Tuesday, November 1 2011
6:00 am
Yemeni Uprising & the Arab Spring

Ibrahim Mothana

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty...

Wednesday, November 2 2011
6:00 pm
The 2008 - 20?? Financial Crisis

Max Fraad Wolff

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a series of special "OPEN FORUM" teach-ins at Zucotti Park (aka Liberty Plaza.) The purpose of the...

Thursday, November 3 2011
6:00 pm
U.S. Military & Economic Violence in Nicaragua: Roots of Migration

Uriel Antonio Carazo Garcia

For more info, http://www.nycga.net/events

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and Empowerment working group and collaborating on a...

Friday, November 4 2011
1:00 pm
Emerging Pathways to an America Beyond Capitalism

Gar Alperovitz

For more info, http://www.nycga.net/events

The Brecht Forum is participating in the OWS Education and...

Friday, November 4 2011
6:00 pm
What's Wrong with Wall Street?

Cathy O'Neil

For more info, http://www.nycga.net/events

The Brecht Forum is participating in...

Wednesday, December 14 2011
6:00 pm
Party Like Zucotti: Brecht Holiday Party

Join your favorite radicals, rebel rousers, for a party like none other!

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