Save the date!
LEFT FORUM 2008 will take place March 14-16 at The Cooper Union, New York City.

This year we are excited to present many speakers who are new to Left Forum audiences, from around the world and right here in New York City, as well as many who are joining us again: Naomi Klein, Grace Lee Boggs, Tariq Ali, Staughton Lynd, Billionaires for Bush, Mahmood Mamdani, Adam Hochschild, Jeremy Scahill, David Harvey, Max Elbaum, Stanley Aronowitz, Frances Fox Piven, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Patricia McFadden, Patrick Bond, John Bellamy Foster, Michael Albert, Carlos Vilas, Dennis Brutus, Deepa Fernandes, and many more will participate.

The theme of Left Forum 2008 is Cracks in the Edifice. What is the nature of the emerging crises in global political economy? How can the Left confront its current challenges to build stronger anti-capitalist movements? If another world is possible, what will it look like? We will be adding several movement-building workshops to our program, and plan to examine1968 after 40 years.read more »

December's Liberation Film Series:

DOWNLOAD FLIER HERE.

"Facing Fascism: New Yorkers Remember the Spanish Civil War”

• 2 PM on Sunday the 16th of December.
  The film will be followed by discussion and snacks.

• Moderator: Jonas Sjöstedt, Author and former Member of the European Parliament (European United Left/Swedish Left Party)
  
• Location:339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond), Manhattan, NYC.
  
• Free and open to the public
  
• Download Flier Here.
  
• Download Handbills Here.

The Socialist Party USA (NYC local) invites you to a viewing and discussion of a recently produced documentary entitled “Facing Fascism: New Yorkers Remember the Spanish Civil War.”

“Facing Fascism” uses first-person interviews to document the stories of five New Yorkers who joined the international solidarity movement to defend the democratically elected leftwing government of Spain against a fascist rebellion in 1936. The five participants became members of a group of American leftists who called themselves the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. read more »

Wednesday, December 12, 7:00pm
*A Tribute to Grace Paley*

*With Allan Gurganus, Amy Hempel, A.M. Homes, Galway Kinnell, Naomi Replansky, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Gerald Stern & Jean Valentine *

The literary and artistic communities come out en masse to honor the life and work of the revered short-story writer, poet and model of 'combative pacifism,' Grace Paley. After studying with W.H. Auden at The New School in the 1940s, Paley went on to become a writer renowned for her articulation of the New York experience and a beloved friend and mentor to generations of writers. /Co-sponsored by the New School Writing Program and the Unterberg Poetry Center./

@ Tishman Auditorium
New School University
66 West 12th Street
New York, NYread more »

Comrades,

The next meeting of the SP Discussion Club will be held this Tuesday night 13 November at 7:00p in the SP office. All these details are also posted on the Local's website:

http://spnyc. org

The readings for this week will include some classic writings on class and the role of consciousness. This will be our last scheduled week of readings in method. Subsequent meetings will focus on particular themes and topics.

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

Details...

CLASS AND CONSCIOUSNESS

Karl Marx, Preface to the Critique of Political Economy read more »