A book talk and conversation between NYC housing and tenant organizer, Rima Begum, and author of Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State, Sam Stein, followed by a book signing
A book talk and conversation between NYC housing and tenant organizer, Rima Begum, and author of Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State, Sam Stein, followed by a book signing
As a part of an ongoing series hosted by The People's Forum, Histories of the Working Class in North America, Peter Cole, scholar and historian, will give a public talk on internationalist labor and union organizing struggles of dockworkers.
August 7, 2021: PEOPLE'S PLANNING: Kerala, Local Democracy and Development
In 1996, the state of Kerala launched possibly the world’s most extensive and successful experiment in decentralization. Join 1804 Books and Leftword Books for a discussion on the recent publication, People's Planning: Kerala, Local Democracy and Development.
August 13, 2021: U.S. Premiere Screening + Q&A: Fedayin
For over 35 years, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah has been imprisoned. A Lebanese communist engaged in resistance alongside Palestinian fighters, he has been imprisoned by the French judicial system and successive governments since 1984. Beyond the judicial harassment to which he has been subjected, this documentary film will trace the political course of Georges Abdallah and seeks to show how his ideas and struggle are still vital and necessary.
July 27, 2021
An Update on the Housing Crisis during COVID-19: gentrification, urban planning, and displacementA book talk and conversation between NYC housing and tenant organizer, Rima Begum, and author of Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State, Sam Stein, followed by a book signing
July 28, 2021
Dockworker Power: Race and Internationalism | Histories of the Working Class in North AmericaAs a part of an ongoing series hosted by The People's Forum, Histories of the Working Class in North America, Peter Cole, scholar and historian, will give a public talk on internationalist labor and union organizing struggles of dockworkers.
August 7, 2021
PEOPLE'S PLANNING: Kerala, Local Democracy and DevelopmentIn 1996, the state of Kerala launched possibly the world’s most extensive and successful experiment in decentralization. Join 1804 Books and Leftword Books for a discussion on the recent publication, People's Planning: Kerala, Local Democracy and Development.
August 13, 2021
U.S. Premiere Screening + Q&A: FedayinFor over 35 years, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah has been imprisoned. A Lebanese communist engaged in resistance alongside Palestinian fighters, he has been imprisoned by the French judicial system and successive governments since 1984. Beyond the judicial harassment to which he has been subjected, this documentary film will trace the political course of Georges Abdallah and seeks to show how his ideas and struggle are still vital and necessary.
August 6, 2021 @ 6pm
Freedom Summer Film Series | Haiti BetrayedAugust 13, 2021 @ 6pm
U.S. Premiere Screening + Q&A: Fedayin
