Archive for July, 2012
Next Entries »Javier Sethness-Castro on “Imperiled Life” July 19th 7pm @InternationalistBooks
Monday, July 16th, 2012Javier Sethness-Castro presents “Imperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe” July 19th 7pm Internationalist Books 405 West Franklin Street Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Imperiled Life theorizes an exit from the potentially terminal consequences of capital-induced climate change. It is a collection of reflections on the phenomenon of catastrophe—climatological, political, social—as well as on the possibilities of [...]
Javier Sethness-Castro on “Imperiled Life” July 17th 6pm @FirestormCafe
Monday, July 16th, 2012Javier Sethness-Castro presents “Imperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe” July 17th 6pm Firestorm Cafe 48 Commerce Street Ashville, NC 28801 Imperiled Life theorizes an exit from the potentially terminal consequences of capital-induced climate change. It is a collection of reflections on the phenomenon of catastrophe—climatological, political, social—as well as on the possibilities of overcoming disaster. [...]
Javier Sethness-Castro on “Imperiled Life” July 16th Knoxville, TN @TheBirdHouse
Monday, July 16th, 2012Javier Sethness-Castro presents “Imperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe” July 16th 6pm The Birdhouse 800 N. Fourth Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917 Imperiled Life theorizes an exit from the potentially terminal consequences of capital-induced climate change. It is a collection of reflections on the phenomenon of catastrophe—climatological, political, social—as well as on the possibilities of overcoming [...]
Eric Laursen on “The People’s Pension” 7/27 @ Skidompha Public Library (Damariscotta, Maine)
Monday, July 16th, 2012Social Security: not for nothing do politicians call it the “third rail of American politics—touch it, and you die.” Yet a powerful, well-funded movement to phase out Social Security or even privatize it has been gathering strength since the election of Ronald Reagan. Each time it comes close to succeeding, it’s beaten back by a [...]
Eric Laursen on “The People’s Pension” 7/26 @ Portland Public Library (Portland, Maine)
Monday, July 16th, 2012Social Security: not for nothing do politicians call it the “third rail of American politics—touch it, and you die.” Yet a powerful, well-funded movement to phase out Social Security or even privatize it has been gathering strength since the election of Ronald Reagan. Each time it comes close to succeeding, it’s beaten back by a [...]
Eric Laursen on “The People’s Pension” 7/26 @ Freeport Community Library (Freeport, Maine)
Monday, July 16th, 2012Social Security: not for nothing do politicians call it the “third rail of American politics—touch it, and you die.” Yet a powerful, well-funded movement to phase out Social Security or even privatize it has been gathering strength since the election of Ronald Reagan. Each time it comes close to succeeding, it’s beaten back by a [...]
Eric Laursen on “The People’s Pension” – July 31 at Busboys & Poets, Washington DC @tfcbooks @busboysandpoets
Monday, July 16th, 2012ERIC LAURSEN, author of “The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan” (AK Press), will be speaking at Washington’s Busboys and Poets about his book and about the political challenges facing Social Security and the 213 million Americans who participate in it. Social Security has been the centerpiece of one of the [...]
Nostalgic for Nothing: Emerging Authors Tackle the New Left at Pegasus Books, 7/20
Monday, July 2nd, 2012A conversation with authors: Michael Staudenmaier, Jason Ferreria, Amy Sonnie, and labor organizer Carole Travis. Moderated by James Tracy. What: Nostalgic for Nothing: Emerging Authors Tackle the New Left When: Friday, July 20, 7:30 pm Where: Pegasus Books Downtown What else: Wheelchair accessible; refreshments served. This event is free.
Michael Staudenmaier at The Green Arcade in SF, 7/21
Monday, July 2nd, 2012Truth and Revolution author Michael Staudenmaier discusses the history and legacy of the Sojourner Truth Organization – a revolutionary Leninist group active in the 1970s with an interesting critique of whiteness. Don’t miss it! Founded in Chicago in 1969 from the rubble of the recently crumbled SDS, the Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) brought working-class consciousness [...]
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