http://spnyc.org/main/taxonomy/term/86/0 en http://spnyc.org/main/node/609 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-start"><label>Start: </label>03/14/2008 - 11:00am</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-end"><label>End: </label>03/16/2008 - 8:00pm</div></div> <p>Save the date!<br /> LEFT FORUM 2008 will take place March 14-16 at The Cooper Union, New York City.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.<span class='read-more'><a href="http://spnyc.org/main/node/609">read more &raquo;</a></span></p> Activism Civil Rights Class Communication Rights Direct Democracy Education General NYC Events GLBT Rights Globalization History Ideologies Innovation Labor Law Local Events National Liberation Political Parties Process Race Repression Resource Wars Social Security Socialism Women Work and Leisure Youth Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:42:45 -0700 admin 609 at http://spnyc.org/main http://spnyc.org/main/node/602 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-start"><label>Start: </label>12/16/2007 - 2:00pm</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-end"><label>End: </label>12/16/2007 - 5:00pm</div></div> <h3>December's Liberation Film Series:</h3> <div class="storyimgright"> <a href="http://www.spnyc.org/main/pdf/facing-fascism.pdf"><img src="http://www.spnyc.org/main/img/events/facing-fascism_th.jpg" alt="Facing Fascism Flyer"></a><br><a class="pdf" href="http://www.spnyc.org/main/pdf/facing-fascism.pdf">DOWNLOAD FLIER HERE</a>.<br> </div> <p>"Facing Fascism: New Yorkers Remember the Spanish Civil War”</p> <ul> <li /><b>2 PM on Sunday the 16th of December.</b><br /> The film will be followed by discussion and snacks. </p> <li /><b>Moderator:</b> <a class="external" href="http://www.jonassjostedt.com">Jonas Sjöstedt</a>, Author and former Member of the European Parliament (European United Left/Swedish Left Party)<br /> <li /><b>Location:</b>339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker &amp; Bond), Manhattan, NYC.<br /> <li /><b>Free and open to the public</b><br /> <li /><a class="pdf" href="http://www.spnyc.org/main/pdf/facing-fascism.pdf">Download Flier Here</a>.<br /> <li /><a class="pdf" href="http://www.spnyc.org/main/pdf/facing-fascism-handbills.pdf">Download Handbills Here</a>. </ul> <p><hr /></p> <p>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.”</p> <p> “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. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://spnyc.org/main/node/602">read more &raquo;</a></span></p> SPNYC Official Events Film Series History Ideologies National Liberation Socialism Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:41:58 -0700 admin 602 at http://spnyc.org/main