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Race and Revolution in the United States

General Baker Seminar Room 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

This course explores the position that historically oppressed groups in the US — Puerto Ricans and Native, African, Chinese, Japanese and Mexican Americans have occupied in the US economy. We outline the Materialist/Marxist analysis of race ideology and how if differs from other interpretations. We also analyze the theoretical and political contributions that radicals of color in the US have made to the fight for human liberation.

The Silence of Others

Violeta Parra Stage 320 West 37th Street, New York, United States

Joins us in a conversation with Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar ahead of the release of their award-winning documentary The Silence of Others (2018). A cautionary tale about fascism and the dangers of forgetting the past.

Exposure On Writing in Prison

What risks do incarcerated writers face when their words travel beyond prison walls? Dynamic authors, poets, activists, and actors Mahogany L. Browne, Aja Monet, Jon Sands, Christopher Soto, Kirya Traber and Jecoina Vinson bring the writers’ messages to life on the stage.

Lula: ’Truth Will Prevail’ – Neoliberalism, Political Persecution and Polarization

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Lurian Lula da Silva, former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's only daughter, will join us in New York for the book launch; she will make her first international appearance to denounce the judicial arbitrariness and human rights violations that put Lula in jail.

THE DEAD EYE AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join author Vannak Anan Prum, visiting from Cambodia, dor a celebration and discussion of his graphic memoir of slavery at sea. 

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Reading the Almanac of the Dead

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

This will be an immersive reading of Leslie Marmon Silko's "The Almanac of the Dead." This course will explore what might we learn from "The Almanac of the Dead" about capitalist production and its relationship to the Indigenous situation in the Americas.

HOME: Theater Performance

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us in experiencing the culminating performance of HOME. HOME is a theater piece created by people who have to tell you something about this human experience – its different aspects, abuses, struggles, hopes, circumstances and obstacles, and the fight to to be able to say, HOME.

FILM + Q&A: “WE THE STONES”/NOSOTROS LAS PIEDRAS

We the Stones /Nosotros las Piedras, a documentary by Costa Rican filmmaker Álvaro Torres Crespo, follows three gold panners deep in Costa Rica’s jungle. For years they have panned the rivers and exchanged their gold for food and alcohol. Now, the government has decided to expel them all.

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Capital, Volume 2 with the Capital Studies Group

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Volume I of Capital is just the beginning of unraveling the underlying laws of capitalist development. After solving the form that the production of wealth takes within a society where generalized commodity production prevails under the domination of capital, Marx takes on the next big question.

First they came for Julian… The Attacks on Privacy and the Criminalization of Journalism & Whistleblowing

Josina Muthemba Machel Classroom 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

On April 11th, Julian Assange was taken forcefully out of the Ecuadorian embassy. Hours later the US government issued their indictment against Assange and requested his extradition to the US. Join us for a teach-in on whistleblowers, freedom of the press, privacy and its implications for organizers and the movement.

Kashmir Charity Iftar

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Please join us for a Kashmir Charity Iftar on May 14, 7-10 PM. Everyone is welcome, and please bring your family and friends! We will be raising funds to support the Pellet Victims Welfare Trust, an organization that works to support the medical and financial needs of the more than 1300 victims of pellet guns in Kashmir.

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