New York Fair Food Event:
• http://www.ciw-online.org/
  
• http://www.fairfoodnyc.org/

Law Students for Human Rights presents:

NOBODIES: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy

Discussion with Author John Bowe

Where: NYU School of Law
Vanderbilt Hall Room 201
40 Washington Square South (West 4th St.) at MacDougal St.
It's just a block from the W. 4th St. stop of the ACE/BDFV

When: Wednesday, October 31st
12:30pm

Free, but Members of the public should bring ID

Most Americans would be shocked to discover that slavery still exists in the United States -- from southern Florida, to Tulsa, Las Vegas, New York City, Washington state, Minnesota, Indiana, and even Maine. Yet most of us buy goods made by people who aren't paid for their labor—people who are trapped financially, and often physically. Indeed, products made by slaves are fattening bottom lines of companies we patronize every day, including Tropicana, Minute Maid, Taco Bell, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's, Kroger, Wal-Mart, and virtually every large retail food vendor in America. In NOBODIES: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy , award-winning journalist John Bowe exposes the outsourcing, corporate chicanery, immigration fraud, and sleights of hand that allow forced labor to continue in the United States while the rest of us notice nothing but the everyday low price at the checkout counter.read more »

Second Meeting of the 2007 Discussion Club
• Free,
  
• Open to the public,
  
• no pushy newspaper selling!

The first meeting of the SP-USA (NYC) Discussion Group was held last week. We had a very broad discussion which included topics such as anarchism in the Spanish Civil War, the French Revolution and the labor theory of value. One highlight was the introduction of lupini beans to the group discussion (by me). Although these were rejected by the majority of participants, I still hold firm that they will be an important snack in any democratic socialist society. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_beans

So, our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 6 November at 7pm in the SP office. The topic for the meeting is an introduction to the concepts of dialectics and historial materialism.

The selected readings are perhaps the most challenging
of the list as we will examine the analytical tool
known as dialectics. This method of conceiving the
world has offered many generations of Socialists a way
to link theory and action. Activists get the chance
to utilize high theory to make smarter more effective
campaigns and intellectuals face the challenge of
transforming abstractions into concrete strategies for
liberation.

So, once again please brings ideas, criticisms and
questions. Also some food (vegan friendly is popular)
and/or drink to share.

Details...

INTRODUCTION TO DIALECTICAL THOUGHT Bertell Ollman, “The Meaning of Dialectics,” in Dance of the Dialectic

www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/docs/dd_ch01.phpread more »