2014 Programs
2014 Programs
Peter Marcuse, Rachel Laforest, Matt Birkhold
With the election of Bill Deblasio to mayor of New York City prgressive possibilities could emerge that have been dormant for the past 25 years. As part of the Brecht Forum's "Re-Imagining the City" series, ...
On December 18th more than 45 people came to the Brecht Forum to discuss the political leadership of the Brecht Forum, what it contributes to movement building, and what it should contribute to movement...
Alan Akrivos, Jen Roesch, Bhaskar Sunkara, Moderated by John Halle
The 2013 municipal elections offered a few signs of hope for the Left. In Seattle, Kshama Sawant won a City Council seat as an avowed socialist, while fellow Socialist Alternative candidate Ty Moore finished...
A Left Analysis of the Current Situation
George Cicariello-Maher & Greg Wilpert. Moderated by Gerardo Renique.
December 8 marks the one-year anniversary in which Chávez made his last address to the Venezuelan people and designated Nicolas Maduro as his successor. Also, December 8 of this year were the elections for...
Lessons for Palestine, Political Prisoners, and Economic Justice
Glen Ford, Laura Whitehorn, and Joel Kovel
Millions mourned the recent death of South African leader Nelson Mandela, who was instrumental in bringing about an end to Apartheid in that country. In the midst of well-deserved accolades, however, little...