http://spnyc.org/main/taxonomy/term/94/0 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/599 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-start"><label>Start: </label>12/12/2007 - 7:00pm</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-end"><label>End: </label>12/12/2007 - 9:00pm</div></div> <p> Wednesday, December 12, 7:00pm<br /> *A Tribute to Grace Paley*</p> <p> *With Allan Gurganus, Amy Hempel, A.M. Homes, Galway Kinnell, Naomi Replansky, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Gerald Stern &amp; Jean Valentine *</p> <p> 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./</p> <p> @ Tishman Auditorium<br /> New School University<br /> 66 West 12th Street<br /> New York, NY<span class='read-more'><a href="http://spnyc.org/main/node/599">read more &raquo;</a></span></p> Activism General NYC Events History Local Solidarity Events Women Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:55:52 -0700 admin 599 at http://spnyc.org/main