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SUMMARY:The Labor of Architecture with C. G. Beck and Professor Richard D. Wolff
DESCRIPTION:Architectural Workers United and Democracy at Work present the Labor of Architecture: A Conversation between C. G. Beck & Richard D. Wolff\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE!\n\n\n  \nJoin Architectural Workers United’s C. G. Beck and Democracy at Work’s Professor Richard D. Wolff for a conversation about labor\, architecture\, and democracy at The People’s Forum. Beck and Wolff will discuss Beck’s recently released book The Labor of Architecture: Creativity\, Design\, and the Building of a New Class Consciousness. From the standpoint of architect and union organizer\, The Labor of Architecture confronts the myths and realities of the profession\, advocating for a solidarity-based union movement to help build a more just society. Building off the success of the Mamdani campaign\, they will discuss the role of unions in shaping workplaces and strengthening democracy in a moment of profound historical change. \nThe Labor of Architecture examines the social and historical narratives that led to the illusory division between the “working class” and the “creative class.” In popular imagination\, as author C.G. Beck observes\, the architect is a singular genius\, obsessively working alone in the studio. Surrounded by beautiful drawings and intricate models\, the architect wrestles only with themselves and the purity of their design. This is certainly no longer the case—and perhaps never was. \nRichard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus\, University of Massachusetts\, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor of The New School in New York City. Professor Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. \nC. G. Beck is an architect and organizer based in Brooklyn\, NY. He served on the organizing and bargaining committees for BAU\, the first private-sector architecture union in the U.S. He continues to organize workers with AWU\, a campaign out of the IAM\, and also teaches at The New School.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/the-labor-of-architecture/
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK | Master Peace with Nikolas Kosmatopoulos & Yasmine Khayyat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book talk with author Nikolas Kosmatopoulos on his latest book\, Master Peace\, which examines the politics of expertise in the application of metropolitan theories of violence and practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon. Through ethnographic encounters\, archival research\, and interviews that shed light on the worlds of academic research\, UN agencies\, NGOs\, and think tanks\, Nikolas Kosmatopoulos argues that so-called experts\, from violence researchers to peace professionals\, have often misrepresented and exacerbated the violence they claim to be tackling\, through their deployment of racialized tropes of conflict and communalizing peace practices. \nThe assemblage of these tropes and practices\, which Kosmatopoulos calls “master peace\,” naturalizes social and structural inequalities by collapsing them into supposedly innate cultural and sectarian divisions. Master peace installs unequal relations of domination through the work of metropolitan theories\, as in “ethnic conflict” and “failed state\,” and practices\, such as conflict resolution workshops and crisis reports\, converting the radical demand for just peace into a postcolonial regime of dependence on technocratic tools\, unaccountable experts\, and external donors. \nKosmatopoulos shows how master peace has been framing debates\, designing interventions of peace and war\, and defining the problem of violence in Lebanon and the Middle East for decades\, to deleterious effect. As the supposed moral high ground that justifies external intervention and precludes political solutions or democratic forms of action\, master peace has obscured the geopolitical and ideological nature of violence in the region\, substituting democratic notions of peace for an elitist antipolitics of expertise characterized by dependence\, domination\, and epistemic violence. \n___ \nNikolas Kosmatopoulos is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies and the Department of Anthropology\, Sociology\, and Media Studies at the American University of Beirut. He is co-founder of the research collectives Floating Laboratory of Action and Theory at Sea and Decolonize Hellas. His research and teaching fields of interest include political anthropology\, policy expertise and global institutions\, and in particular peacemaking\, statebuilding and crisis resolution in the Middle East\, and as of late\, the politics of solidarity and resistance at sea and the political economies of ships. His research has been published in Peacebuilding\, Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale\, International Journal of Middle East Studies\, Public Culture\, Third World Quarterly\, Social Analysis\, Millenium\, and Anthropology Today\, among others. \nYasmine Khayyat is Associate Professor of Arabic literature in the Department of African\, Middle East\, South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) at Rutgers University. Her research and teaching interests include contemporary Arabic literature and poetry\, cultural memory studies\, and human/animal relationships in Arabic fiction. Her first book War Remains: Ruination and Resistance in Lebanon was published by Syracuse University Press on May 15\, 2023. It examines the figuration of the ruin as a site of resistance and potentiality in modern Lebanese novels\, poetry\, and sites of memory. Khayyat has articles published in the Journal of Arabic Literature\, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies and Critical Inquiry\, among others.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/masterpeace/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Culture,Education,Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: The Eyes of Gaza - Plestia Alaqad in Conversation with Morgan Spector
DESCRIPTION:On the morning of October 7\, 2023\, 21-year-old Plestia Alaqad woke to a flurry of messages and headlines: Gaza under bombardment. Civilians flee waves of Israeli strikes. In a few short days\, she and her family found themselves at the epicenter of a violence all too familiar to Palestinians—but this time\, she knew\, things would never be the same. \nA recent university graduate dreaming of a career as a journalist\, Plestia donned the press vest in the following days and began broadcasting videos of violence and destruction to millions online — becoming known across the world as “The Eyes of Gaza.”\n \n\n\nTHE EYES OF GAZA (September 30 / Little\, Brown and Company) is a series of diary extracts from the weeks following October 7\, a gutting\, on-the-ground record of the suffering and horror endured by the people of Palestine. \nAs Alaqad fled from neighborhood to neighborhood\, from hospital to hospital\, she documented all she saw — the destruction of beloved homes\, waves of bombs\, and most of all\, the boundless bravery and generosity of her people — all the while trying to memorize the faces of those around her “so somebody will have known them before the end\,” and wondering if\, one day\, her own journal will be discovered amidst the rubble. \nFew books have been written by the Palestinians directly impacted by this violence\, because they simply cannot leave or have not survived. With Palestinians having now faced more than 600 days of genocide\, this is more than a book\, more than a memoir; THE EYES OF GAZA is a manifesto of hope\, a document of the indomitable Palestinian spirit\, and a tribute to Plestia’s beloved homeland: “I am who I am because of Gaza… Everything I do is for Gaza. In a way\, it is giving back to the city that raised me.” (Interview\, GQ Middle East) \n–Praise for THE EYES OF GAZA: \n  \n“How do you get over a genocide? The question Plestia asks is rhetorical\, yet it lingers long after the page is turned\, heavy with grief and impossible to answer. Plestia is more than a journalist\, she is a witness\, a storyteller and an unrelenting seeker of truth. With a camera in one hand and a pen in the other\, she has dedicated her life to ensuring the world does not look away. Through her lens\, she captures not only the devastation of genocide in Gaza\, but also the weight of a lifetime lived under Israeli occupation. Her writing is deeply personal\, at times reading like a journal entry or a letter from a friend. She weaves hope and pain so seamlessly that it often hurts to read\, each word a testament to both resilience and loss. Plestia’s ink serves as the veins of Gaza\, giving life to stories that might otherwise be erased. With striking imagery and intimate detail\, her reporting is more than documentation\, it is resistance. Her words left me both devastated and inspired – moved by the strength found in community\, the unwavering spirit of her people\, and the urgent need for collective liberation.”–Macklemore\, Grammy Award-winning Musician \n  \n“The Eyes of Gaza transforms pain into poetry\, offering readers an unfiltered glimpse into the depths of loss\, hope and survival.”–Rupi Kaur\, Poet \n  \n“The raw truth of The Eyes of Gaza hurts. But what’s the point of anything if we can’t face the truth? Palestinians are just like us; they feel as we feel. Please read this joyful\, tragic account of life in Gaza. And celebrate Plestia Alaqad’s courage and skill and stop the killing.”–Miriam Margolyes\, Comedian and Author \n  \nPlestia Alaqad is a Palestinian journalist and author who has emerged as a vital voice in the midst of the destruction in Gaza. At just twenty-one years old\, she captivated audiences with her raw and poignant coverage of her surroundings. Through her unflinching dispatches shared on social media\, Alaqad has offered the world an unfiltered glimpse into the harrowing realities of life under siege\, her experiences resonating deeply with millions across the globe. In November 2023\, as the war escalated\, Alaqad and her family were forced to leave Gaza. Since then\, she has been awarded the Shireen Abu Akleh Memorial Scholarship for a master’s in media studies at the American University of Beirut\, where she continues to advocate for justice. Her advocacy has transcended borders\, drawing attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine and calling for freedom and accountability. Alaqad’s remarkable journalism has earned her multiple prestigious accolades\, including being named one of the BBC’s 100 Women in 2024 and winning the One Young World Journalist of the Year Award\, the Lyra McKee Award for Bravery\, and a Human Rights Defender Award.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/the-eyes-of-gaza/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Carceral Republics: Political Prisoners in the U.S.\, India\, and Israel
DESCRIPTION:At a time when states across the world are silencing dissent\, the stories of political prisoners offer an unflinching map of resistance. Join us for a conversation focusing on three “democracies” — the United States (often styled the “oldest”)\, India (the “largest”)\, and Israel (branded the Middle East’s “only”) — to trace how they mobilize courts\, police\, and prisons to suppress political movements. We’ll explore the criminalization of dissent\, the laws and courts that enable repression\, and the solidarity that persists behind bars\, featuring authors\, editors\, publishers\, and organizers connected to Manifestations of Thought\, The Trinity of Fundamentals\, and How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? \nFrom Black political prisoners targeted for confronting white supremacy\, to Indian activists and scholars charged under sweeping security laws\, to Palestinians held as hostages in Israeli jails\, we examine how power consolidates through carceral control and how resistance persists. What do these cases reveal about the nature of democratic rule today? And what solidarities are needed to meet the moment? \nSPEAKERS\nSuchitra Vijayan is an essayist\, lawyer\, and photographer working across oral history\, state violence\, and visual storytelling. She is the author of How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? Voices of Indian Political Prisoners and founder of the Polis Project. \nEugene Puryear is journalist\, writer\, activist\, politician\, and host on The Freedom Side\, a weekly show by BreakThrough News. \nLameess Mohammed is an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement. PYM focuses on campaigns like Mask off Maersk to demand a global arms embargo\, international fundraising initiatives for Gaza\, mass mobilizations\, and political education projects like the translation of The Trinity of Fundamentals.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/the-carceral-republics-political-prisoners-in-the-u-s-india-and-israel/
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Transnational Literature of Resistance - Guyana and Palestine\, 1950s-1980s with Salam Darwazah Mir
DESCRIPTION:Join Bloomsbury author Salam Darwazah Mir as she discusses her book\, Transnational Literature of Resistance: Guyana and Palestine\, 1950s-1980s. Her book examines resistance literatures from Guyana – a British exploitation colony – and Palestine – a settler-colony – at a specific historical moment\, by contesting the provinciality and Eurocentric focus of comparative literature\, delivering the discipline’s universal objectives\, and expanding the discipline’s practice by comparing two literatures and histories from the Global South. \nSalam Darwazah Mir is an independent scholar in the US and previously Associate Professor of English\, Lasell University. At Lasell\, she lauched Middle Eastern and postcolonial studies in 2009 and taught several literature courses. She has previously taught at the University of Maryland\, Johns Hopkins University\, and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. She is a book review editor at Arab Studies Quarterly.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-transnational-literature-of-resistance-guyana-and-palestine-1950s-1980s-with-salam-darwazah-mir/
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Words For My Comrades A Political History of Tupac Shakur
DESCRIPTION:📷⁩ ⁨🎤 Join us for a book talk on Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur on the 29th anniversary of his death. We’ll be joined by the author and music journalist Dean Van Nguyen to discuss the icon\, rapper\, and son of a Black Panther whose artistic and political legacy still resonates today. \n✊🏾 Before his murder at age twenty-five\, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the preeminent storyteller of the 1990s\, building\, in the process\, one of the most iconic public personas of the last half century. Using oral histories from conversations with the people who directly witnessed Tupac’s life and career\, Van Nguyen demonstrates how Tupac became one of the most enduring musical legends in hip-hop history\, and how intimately his name is threaded with the legacy of Black Panther politics—including how he and Afeni Shakur\, his mother and a Panther herself\, championed the disenfranchised in distinct ways. \n📙 Words for My Comrades is the story of how the energy of the Black political movement was subsumed by culture\, and how America produced two of its most iconic\, enduring revolutionaries. \n📅 Sat\, September 13\, 6PM  \n📍Times Square\, New York City   \n  \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-words-for-my-comrades-2025/
LOCATION:Violeta Parra Stage\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Culture
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SUMMARY:Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice: NYC Edition w/ Red Canary Song
DESCRIPTION:Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice: NYC Edition\nHear from the co-authors of Not Your Rescue Project\, the first book on migrant sex worker struggles and organizing\, and from Red Canary Song about how migrants in the sex industry are being affected by immigration raids and racism–and how their anti-fascist resistance in the massage parlor serves as a blueprint for creative resistance and solidarity for everyone.  \nYves Tong Nguyen (they/she/he) is a Vietnamese queer disabled abolitionist organizer and cultural worker who is currently organizing with Red Canary Song and Survived & Punished NY\, and formerly organized with Free Them All 4 Public Health. They are personally concerned with supporting survivors of all forms of violence through organizing and informal community support. They have experience in supporting sex workers\, migrant workers\, and survivors of gender-based violence\, particularly criminalized survivors of abuse. \nChanelle Gallant is a movement writer\, organizer\, strategist and consultant and co-author of Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice (Haymarket Books\, 2024). She co-founded the Migrant Sex Workers Project\, SURJ-Toronto and has provided training and advocacy on sex work and racial justice\, from city hall to the United Nations. Chanelle sits on the national board for Showing Up for Racial Justice and Catalyst Project and has helped to move millions into organizing through donor advising and grassroots fundraising. She holds an MA in Sociology and was a Lambda Literary Fellow. Find her at chanellegallant.com  \nElene Lam is an activist\, artist\, community organizer\, educator\, human rights defender and the coauthor of Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice. She has fought for sex worker\, migrant\, gender\, labor and racial justice for over 20 years. She is the founder of Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network) and the co-founder of Migrant Sex Workers Project. She has used diverse and innovative approaches to advocate social justice for migrant sex workers\, such as leadership building and community mobilization. She holds Master’s degrees in law and social work and a Ph.D. in social work\, where she studied the harms of the anti-trafficking movement. She was awarded the Constance E. Hamilton Award for Women’s Equality by the City of Toronto.\nRed Canary Song is a grassroots organization of Asian and migrant sex workers and massage workers\, organizing transnationally. Our work is in the tradition of sex worker mutual aid\, and we center base-building with migrant massage workers through a labor rights\, migrant justice\, and PIC abolitionist framework. We believe that the full decriminalization of sex work is necessary for the safety and survival of massage workers and trafficking survivors.  \nWe\, ourselves\, are not a 501c3 nonprofit as we work against saviorism and the nonprofit industrial complex that often positions themselves as rescuers of Asian and Migrant sex workers\, massage workers\, and other marginalized groups who engage in informal labor economies. We do not participate in advocacy\, social work\, or activism as a career. We are a volunteer-based group with a core collective of sex workers\, massage workers\, and trusted allies who are fiscally sponsored by a 501c3 organization that manages our donations\, grants\, and taxes\, while we get to autonomously make organizing decisions to serve our community on a direct needs basis. \nMutual aid\, as opposed to charity\, does not connote moral superiority of the giver over the receiver. Our mutual aid includes\, but is not limited to: interpretation/translation services\, connection to legal\, medical\, and immigration services\, emergency cash\, courtroom support\, groceries\, medical & hygiene supplies\, clothing and other forms of care. We promote safety\, health\, pride\, and mutual care\, whilst fighting stigma\, isolation and systemic violence.\n\nPlease donate to help us cover event costs and worker transportation. \nButterfly is a grassroots\, community-led organization centering the voices and leadership of Asian and migrant sex workers. For over a decade\, the organization has mobilized and supported more than 5\,000 Asian and Migrant massage and sex workers through outreach\, advocacy\, mutual aid\, and community-based education. Butterfly advocates for decriminalization and abolition\, including an end to the anti-trafficking industry. Through developing member-led support networks\, community leadership\, and grassroots organizing\, Butterfly ensures migrant sex workers’ voices are heard at the  local\, federal\, and international level. By centering these perspectives\, Butterfly unmasks the intersecting and deeply rooted oppressions woven into multiple systems. As a member of national coalitions such as the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform and the Migrant Rights Network\, Butterfly builds solidarity across allied movements\, positioning migrant sex workers at the forefront of broader struggles for racial\, economic\, and gender justice
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/not-your-rescue-project-migrant-sex-workers-fighting-for-justice-nyc-edition-w-red-canary-song/
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH | Disability and Empire: Class\, US Imperialism\, and the Struggle for Disability Justice with Joyce Chediac\, Jane Cutter\, and Sunil Freeman
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book launch for Disability and Empire: Class\, US Imperialism\, and the Struggle for Disability Justice. Exploring the social construction of “disability” in the US\, the authors look at the history of the disability rights movement\, bringing in the stories and voices of those engaged in the daily fight for a better world: from solidarity with liberation struggles of the 1950s\, ’60s\, and ’70s; to building solidarity between care workers and clients; to the victories won by disability activists and the status of rights for people with disabilities today. \nThis book aims to bring visibility to the liberation struggle of people with disabilities\, adding an internationalist and class perspective—and making them the subject\, not the object\, of history. It expands beyond the US\, critically examining the role of U.S. imperialism in killing and disabling millions\, as well as studying how other societies deal with disability. Looking ahead\, it paints a picture of what disability justice may look like under socialism. \nThe event will be a presentation of the book followed by a brief Q&A. There are masks available at the front desk for those attending in person. \n_____ \nJOYCE CHEDIAC has participated in activism going back to the Civil Rights\, womens’\, and anti-Vietnam War movements of the 1960s. An Arab-American\, she has written on the Middle East and women’s issues for over five decades. She is a registered nurse\, and the former assistant editor of The American Journal of Public Health. Chediac is hard of hearing and dyslectic. Her writings on disability include: “People with disabilities are half of people killed by cops” and “Disability rights in the age of austerity.” She is currently a national editor of the Liberation News website and lives in New York City. \nJANE CUTTER is a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. She is a life-long caregiver\, starting as a teen providing care to family members and neighbors with disabilities. Since the early 1990s\, she has taught students with disabilities and earned a doctorate in Special Education in 2003. Some of her earliest experiences as an activist include participating in protests at the Sacks theater chain in Boston with the Disabled People’s Liberation Front. She has contributed to other books including Revolutionary Education and Socialist Reconstruction\, and edited Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism by Tina Landis. She is a member of the national editorial team for Liberation News. \nSUNIL FREEMAN was the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s 2020 Vice Presidential candidate\, running with Gloria La Riva. He has written for Liberation News\, and his essays have been published in journals including Gargoyle\, American Kahani\, Delmarva Review\, Washingtonian\, The International\, and Jaggery. His music reviews have appeared in The Washington Post\, and fiction in The Account. Now retired\, he worked for many years as Assistant Director of The Writer’s Center\, a non-profit in Bethesda\, Maryland.
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: "Menace to Empire" with Moon-Ho Jung
DESCRIPTION:Menace to Empire traces both the colonial violence and the anticolonial rage that the United States spread across the Pacific between the Philippine-American War and World War II. Moon-Ho Jung argues that the US national security state as we know it was born out of attempts to repress and silence anticolonial subjects\, from the Philippines and Hawaiʻi to California and beyond. Radicalized by their opposition to the US empire and racialized as threats to US security\, peoples in and from Asia pursued a revolutionary politics that engendered and haunted the national security state—the heart and soul of the US empire ever since.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-menace-to-empire-with-moon-ho-jung/
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SUMMARY:"We Are the Union" Book Launch with Eric Blanc
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion about how bottom-up workplace organizing can defeat Trumpism and the billionaires. Eric Blanc’s new book\, We Are the Union\, shows that recent struggles from Starbucks\, to Amazon\, to southern auto\, have developed a new organizing model — worker-to-worker unionism — which builds scalable power by giving rank-and-filers an unprecedented degree of leadership. As UAW president Shawn Fain puts it\, “We Are the Union is an urgently needed blueprint for how we beat the billionaire class. Every worker should read this book.” \nSpeakers include: Alex Press (Jacobin)\, Eric Blanc (Author)\, Tyrick Pollard (Amazon Worker Organizer)\, and Adan Esa (Starbucks Worker Organizer) \nEvent co-sponsors: NYC-DSA\, Jacobin\, NYC-EWOC\, and Debt Collective.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/we-are-the-union/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:Book Dialogue: Beyond the Mountains: Social and Political Imaginaries in Gilgit-Baltistan
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Beyond the Mountains: Social and Political Imaginaries in Gilgit-Baltistan\, published by @raachipress\, an independent press based in Gilgit-Baltistan and Asia\, dedicated to centering perspectives from the margins. \nThis special event will feature Dr. Nosheen Ali\, co-editor of Beyond the Mountains\, in conversation with Madhuri Sastry\, Culture Editor at The Polis Project.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-dialogue-beyond-the-mountains-social-and-political-imaginaries-in-gilgit-baltistan/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:Red Books Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:About Red Books Day: \nEvery year\, thousands of people across the world commemorate Red Books Day to stand in solidarity with left books\, their authors\, and the people’s movements they ushered forward. While Red Books Day takes place on the publication day of the Communist Manifesto\, February 21 also marks the sixtieth anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination. As we commemorate 100 years of his life in 2025\, we remember the legacy he leaves behind for organizers across the world—a legacy cut short by those who feared his message of resistance and revolution. \nJoin us Feb. 21 from 4pm to 9pm for an evening to commemorate Malcolm X’s life\, and to stand in defense of revolutionary voices\, amplifying them even more! \nAll Evening | Screen Printing + Book Swap + Communal Reading \nBring clothes or accessories to print on\, but most importantly bring your books: books to swap with other revolutionary readers\, or books you’re reading so you can discuss it with your comrades! \n7–8PM | Reading Malcolm X \nCelebrate the life and legacy of Malcolm X\, and join us for a collective reading of the words of Malcolm X. TPF staff and community members will be reading\, and we encourage you to bring your friends and spend an evening with revolutionary literature! \n8–9PM | Cultural Perfomance \nDid we mention it’s also Nina Simone’s birthday? Come by and celebrate the sounds of Black liberation and resistance through a tribute to Nina Simone. \nP.S. We’ll have 15% off in-store purchases just for the evening\, so there’s no better time to pick out your next red book. See you there!
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/red-books-day-2025/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,Book Talks,Culture,Public Meetings,Reading Group
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Dr. Suzanne Ross | Born Jewish in Nazi Europe – My Journey to Become Anti-Zionist
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Suzanne Ross is a longtime fighter against racism and war. As a child\, she escaped the Nazi Holocaust and lived on a kibbutz in British-occupied Palestine. Her new book tells of her journey to militant anti-Zionism. She debunks the foundational myths of Zionism and exposes the roots of today’s genocide in early Zionist ideology and culture. Join Dr. Ross\, Pam Africa\, Immortal Technique and others for the book launch \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/dec19/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S BOOK READING: Sitti's Bird - A Gaza Story
DESCRIPTION:Join author and artist Malak Mattar on Saturday\, November 16 at 5 PM for a reading of her children’s book\, Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story. Written and illustrated by Malak\, this unique and sensitive picture book reflects her childhood in occupied Palestine. It tells the story of a young girl whose love for her family and passion for art help her overcome the fear and trauma of the 2014 Gaza airstrikes— traumas experienced by many children in Gaza and beyond. \nMalak is a little girl who lives in Gaza with her parents. She goes to school\, plays in the ocean\, and visits Sitti’s house on Fridays. One day while she is in school\, bombings begin. She spends the next 50 days at home with her parents worrying and feeling scared\, until one day she picks up her paintbrush …
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/childrens-book-reading-sittis-bird-a-gaza-story/
CATEGORIES:art,Book Talks,Children,Culture
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Rashid Khalidi in Conversation with Katie Halper
DESCRIPTION:Join us for An Evening With Rashid Khalidi in Conversation with Katie Halper! \nThe event is sold out but please RSVP to join us online: YouTube.com/thekatiehalpershow \nJoin us for an evening with renowned historian and author Rashid Khalidi as he discusses his book The 100 Years War. Engage in thought-provoking conversations and gain valuable insights into the Israel/Palestine conflict. The event will be moderated by Katie Halper\, a writer\, podcast host and video correspondent. She hosts The Katie Halper Show Livestream\, podcast and WBAI radio show and co-hosts the podcast and youtube show Useful Idiots. You won’t want to miss this unique opportunity! \nEvent details: \n\nDate: October 29\, 2024\nTime: 6:30pm- 8:30pm\nLocation: YouTube.com/thekatiehalpershow
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/rashid-khalidi-in-conversation-with-katie-halper/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:Abolish Rent Book Launch: Organizing for a World Without Landlords
DESCRIPTION:Join two co-founders of the LA Tenants Union\, Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis\, in celebrating the launch of their book\, Abolish Rent. With organizers from Crown Heights Tenant Union and Brooklyn Eviction Defense\, they’ll discuss the resurgent tenant movement and how we can fight back\, stay put\, and take control of our homes.\n\n\n\nRent drives millions into debt\, despair\, and onto the streets. The social cost of rent is too damn high. For anyone fed up with the permanent housing crisis\, complicit politicians\, and real estate greed\, Abolish Rent dissects our housing system from the perspective of those it immiserates. Through unsparing analysis and striking stories of resistance\, it shows us how tenants can\, through organizing and collective action\, harness our power and win the housing we deserve.\n\n\n\n\nKhadija Haynes is an organizer with Brooklyn Eviction Defense and Right to Counsel\, and she is the founder of Black Women for Theory and Praxis.\n\n\nBen Mabie is an editor and organizer based in Brooklyn. A member of the Crown Heights Tenant Union\, he works for the NewsGuild of New York\, IFPTE Local 98 and Dan Denvir’s podcast the Dig; he also co-hosts Fragile Juggernaut\, a Haymarket podcast on the meaning of the CIO.\n\n\nTracy Rosenthal is a cofounder of the L.A. Tenants Union\, a frequent contributor to the New Republic\, and the author\, with Leonardo Vilchis\, of Abolish Rent\, forthcoming from Haymarket. They are now on rent strike in New York City.\n\n\nLeonardo Vilchis has been organizing tenants in Boyle Heights for more than thirty years. Trained in liberation theology\, he co-founded Union de Vecinos in 1996 and the L.A. Tenants Union in 2015.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/abolish-rent-book-launch-organizing-for-a-world-without-landlords/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: I AM MAROON THE TRUE STORY OF AN AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONER
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and discussion for I Am Maroon: The True Story of an American Political Prisoner\, the story of Russell Maroon Shoatz\, a political prisoner and former Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army member who was sentenced to death-by-incarceration in 1972\, but paroled in 2021. He passed away 53 days after his release. This discussion will include hip-hop artist Nejma Nefertiti\, co-writer of I Am Maroon Kanya D’Almeida\, and Kempis Ghani Songster with Right to Redemption (R2R). \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nWatch the livestream of the event HERE. 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-i-am-maroon-the-true-story-of-an-american-political-prisoner/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: BEYOND POLICING w/ PHILIP V. McHARRIS & THENJIWE McHARRIS
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a book launch for Beyond Policing by Philip V. McHarris in conversation with Thenjiwe McHarris. \nIt’s evident that policing is a problem. But what is the best way forward? In Beyond Policing\, distinguished scholar and writer Philip V. McHarris reimagines the world without police to find answers and reveal how we can make police departments obsolete. \nBeyond Policing tackles thorny issues with evidence\, including data and personal stories\, to uncover the weight of policing on people and communities and the patterns that prove police reform only leads to more policing. \nMcHarris challenges us to envision a future where safety is not synonymous with policing but is built on the foundation of community support and preventive measures. He explores innovative community-based safety models (like community mediators and violence interrupters)\, the decriminalization of driving offenses\, and the creation of nonpolice crisis response teams. McHarris also outlines strategies for responding to conflict and harm in ways that transform the conditions that give rise to the issues. He asks us to imagine a world where people thrive without the shadow of inequality\, where our approach to safety is a collective achievement. \nMcHarris writes\, “What if our response to crisis wasn’t about control but about care? How can we create conditions where safety is a shared responsibility? How can we design justice so that no community is routinely oppressed? Envisioning such a world isn’t just a daydream; it’s the first step toward building a society where violence and fear no longer dictate our lives.” \nTransformative and forward thinking\, Beyond Policing provides a blueprint for a brighter\, safer world. McHarris’s vision is clear: we must dare to move beyond policing and foster a society where everyone has the resources to thrive and feel safe. \nPhilip V. McHarris is an assistant professor in the Frederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies at the University of Rochester. McHarris was a presidential postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University in the Department of African American Studies and the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. He earned his PhD in sociology and African American studies at Yale University. He was named one of the Root 100s Most Influential African Americans in 2020. McHarris has appeared on MSNBC\, CNN\, and PBS and in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Guardian\, and more.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-launch-beyond-policing/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Education
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH | NATO: A Reckoning with the Atlantic Alliance with Sevim Dagdelen & Katrina vanden Heuvel
DESCRIPTION:On its 75th anniversary\, NATO—the so-called “defence alliance”—appears to be at the height of its offensive power. In NATO: A Reckoning\, German politician and NATO expert Sevim Dagdelen explains NATO’s bloody trail. With its thirst for geopolitical expansion\, she says NATO today is driving the world closer to the brink of a third world war than ever before. What began with the delivery of helmets to Ukraine is now a call for soldiers on the frontline in a war that will only kill many thousands more. It is time for a reckoning\, demands Sevim Dagdelen. \nSevim Dagdelen has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2005. The politician is foreign policy spokesperson for the group “Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance: Reason and Justice” (BSW) and member of the parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sevim Dagdelen is a member of the US Parliamentary Group. She was a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly for many years\, in which parliamentarians from the member countries of the military pact discuss security and defence policy issues. She was the first MP to visit journalist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2012. Since then\, she has been actively campaigning worldwide for ending his prosecution\, both within and outside parliament. \n\n\nKatrina vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation\, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019. She has also edited or co-edited several books\, including “The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama” (2011)\, “Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover” (2009). She is a frequent commentator on U.S. and international politics for ABC\, MSNBC\, CNN\, PBS\, WNYC and Democracy Now\, and her articles have also appeared in the Los Angeles Times\, the New York Times and the Boston Globe.\n\nWatch the livestream HERE.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-nato/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:Psychic Worlds Under Stress
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a teach-in on mental healthcare in Palestine as Drs. Lara and Stephen Sheehi join Healthcare Workers for Palestine to discuss their book\, “Psychoanalysis Under Occupation” on Saturday\, June 1\, 12-2PM.\nIn Palestine\, the occupation permeates every aspect of life\, and mental healthcare is not immune to it. Who is allowed access to treatment? Who is allowed to live\, who is allowed to die? Israeli necropolitics demands the slow or sudden deaths of Palestinians. As Dr. Samah Jabr states\, there is no “post-” traumatic stress disorder in Palestine—they live under a constant state of stress. Clinicians process the very same horrors that their patients do during therapeutic sessions. \nDrs. Lara and Stephen Sheehi join Healthcare Workers for Palestine to discuss their book “Psychoanalysis Under Occupation” and its present-day significance. How do Palestinians resist zionism’s psychic intrusion\, and instead reimagine lives and worlds after the end of occupation? We will also discuss what it means to deliver mental healthcare under the apartheid state\, which constantly surveils and evaluates patients through a colonial lens\, and connect it to our practice of medicine in the West. \nMasks are mandatory for this event. \nView the livestream HERE.  \n  \n\n  \n\n \n\n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/psychic-worlds-under-stress/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence
DESCRIPTION:Please join Fahd Ahmed\, Mizue Aizeki\, Arun Kundnani\, and Miriam Ticktin to discuss the new Haymarket book: \nResisting Borders and Technologies of Violence\nEdited by Mizue Aizeki\, Matt Mahmoudi\, and Coline Schupfer\nForeword by Ruha Benjamin\nhttps://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2094-resisting-borders-and-technologies-of-violence \nThe border regimes of imperialist states have brutally oppressed migrants throughout the world. To enforce their borders\, these states have constructed a new digital fortress with far-reaching and ever-evolving new technologies. This pathbreaking volume exposes these insidious means of surveillance\, control\, and violence. \nIn the name of “smart” borders\, the U.S. and Europe have turned to private companies to develop a neocolonial laboratory now deployed against the Global South\, borderlands\, and routes of migration. They have established immigrant databases\, digital IDs\, electronic tracking systems\, facial recognition software\, data fusion centers\, and more\, all to more “efficiently” categorize and control human beings and their movement. \nThese technologies rarely capture widespread public attention or outrage\, but they are quietly remaking our world\, scaling up colonial efforts of times past to divide desirables from undesirables\, rich from poor\, expat from migrant\, and citizen from undocumented. The essays and case studies in Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence shed light on this threat\, offering analyses of how the high-tech system of borders developed and inspiring stories of resistance to it. \nThe organizers\, journalists\, and scholars in these pages are charting a new path forward\, employing creative tools to subvert the status quo\, organize globally against high-tech border imperialism\, and help us imagine a world without borders. \n* \nFahd Ahmed is Executive Direct of DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving. Fahd co-led the work with Muslim\, Arab\, and South Asian immigrant detainees before\, and immediately after 9/11\, by coordinating the detainee visitation program and later ran the End Racial Profiling Campaign. \nMizue Aizeki is Executive Director and founder of the Surveillance Resistance Lab. Aizeki’s photographic work appears in Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid and Policing the Planet. \nArun Kundnani is a writer interested in race\, Islamophobia\, surveillance\, political violence\, and radicalism. The Guardian has described him as “one of Britain’s best political writers.” Kundnani is the author of What is Antiracism?\, The Muslims are Coming!\, and The End of Tolerance. \nMiriam Ticktin is Professor of Anthropology in Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. She publishes widely on topics such as immigration\, humanitarianism\, and racial and gendered inequalities. Most notably\, she is the author of Casualties of Care: Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France\, and co-editor of In the Name of Humanity: The Government of Threat and Care. \nWatch the livestream HERE.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-resisting-borders-and-technologies-of-violence/
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SUMMARY:UNBUILD WALLS w/ SILKY SHAH
DESCRIPTION:Join Silky Shah\, Alina Das\, and a panel of organizers for a conversation about the intersections between immigrant rights\, racial justice\, and prison abolition. \n“Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I am going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I’m going to go unbuild walls.” \n—Ursula K. Le Guin\, The Dispossessed \nDrawing from over twenty years of activism on local and national levels\, Silky Shah’s Unbuild Walls offers an organizer’s perspective on the intersections of immigrant rights\, racial justice\, and prison abolition. In the wake of post-9/11 xenophobia\, Obama’s record-level deportations\, Trump’s immigration policies\, and the 2020 uprisings for racial justice\, the US remains entrenched in a circular discourse regarding migrant justice. As organizer Silky Shah argues in Unbuild Walls\, we must move beyond building nicer cages or advocating for comprehensive immigration reform. Our only hope for creating a liberated society for all\, she insists\, is abolition. Unbuild Walls dives into US immigration policy and its relationship to mass incarceration\, from the last forty years up to the present\, showing how the prison-industrial complex and immigration enforcement are intertwined systems of repression. Incorporating historical and legal analyses\, Shah’s personal experience as an organizer\, as well as stories of people\, campaigns\, organizations\, and localities that have resisted detention and deportation\, Shah assesses the movement’s strategies\, challenges\, successes\, and shortcomings. Featuring a foreword by Amna A. Akbar\, Unbuild Walls is an expansive and radical intervention\, bridging the gaps between movements for immigrant rights\, racial justice\, and prison abolition. \nAlina Das is an immigrant rights attorney\, activist\, and James Weldon Johnson professor at New York University (NYU) School of Law. Professor Das is the co-director of the NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic\, a leading institution in national and local struggles for immigrant rights. She defends the rights of immigrants facing deportation and partners with community groups on immigrant rights campaigns. Her legal scholarship has been published by leading law journals and cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. She is the author of No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants (Bold Type Books\, April 2020). She is a recipient of numerous awards including the Immigrant Defense Project Champion of Justice Award\, the Daniel Levy Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Immigration Law\, and the NYU Law School Podell Distinguished Teaching Award. She is a frequent commentator on immigration law and policy for national and local media outlets. Professor Das lives with her family in Brooklyn\, New York. \nSophia Elena Gurulé is a member of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA)-UAW Local 2325 as well as an organizer with Critical Resistance and UAW Labor for Palestine. She is also a Senior Staff Attorney and Senior Policy Counsel to the Immigration Practice at The Bronx Defenders\, where she defends people in ICE detention facing deportation as well as advocates for policies to protect criminalized\, working class immigrant communities from ICE enforcement. \nTania Mattos\, a proud Aymara descendant born in Bolivia and raised in Queens\, NY\, is a seasoned organizer\, activist\, and policy advocate with over 13 years of dedicated service. As a founding member of the Abolish ICE NY NJ Coalition\, established in 2018 to galvanize efforts to end ICE detention in both states. Moreover\, she also recently won a three-decades-long fight to stay in the United States with the support of UnLocal\, an immigration legal organization she now leads as the Interim Executive Director. Fuelled by her rich cultural heritage and upbringing in Queens\, Tania draws inspiration from her cultural heritage and Queens upbringing\, fueling her unwavering commitment to organizing\, fostering leadership\, and striving for freedom within all impacted communities. \nMon Mohapatra (she/they) is a writer\, organizer and artist originally from India\, based on Canarsee Land (NYC) whose work involves building capacity for abolitionist organizing through political education\, participatory research\, and direct action. In particular\, her work focuses on ending pretrial detention by resourcing criminalized and imprisoned people to organize themselves\, while creating opportunities for collaboration on anti-carceral strategies across feminist\, anti-caste\, and anti-capitalist movements. Mon was a founding coordinator of the No New Jails Network\, a national network of campaigns fighting new jail construction and to close old jails\, without expanding supervision and social control. \nWatch the livestream for the event HERE.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/unbuild-walls-w-silky-shah/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Education,Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: TWILIGHT PRISONERS w/ SIDDHARTHA DEB and NERMEEN SHAIKH
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author Siddhartha Deb\, and co-host of Democracy Now!\,  Nermeen Shaikh in a discussion of  Deb’s latest book\, Twilight Prisoners at the People’s Forum on May 7th. \nTraveling across India\, interviewing Hindu zealots\, armed insurgents\, jailed dissidents\, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum\, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing—and disturbing—portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia\, one depicted here with a novelist’s precise language and eye for detail. \nPrime Minister Narendra Modi and his party—a formation explicitly drawing on European fascism—has deftly exploited modern technologies\, the media\, and market forces to launch a relentless campaign on minorities\, women\, dissenters\, and the poor. Deb profiles these people\, as well as those fighting back\, including writers\, scholars\, and journalists. Twilight Prisoners sounds the alarm now that the world’s largest democracy is under threat in ways that echo the fissures in the United States\, United Kingdom\, and so-called democracies the world over. \nWatch the livestream HERE.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-twilight-prisoners-w-siddhartha-deb-and-nermeen-shaikh/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Education
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SUMMARY:BOOK EVENT | Palestine\, Israel and the U.S. Empire
DESCRIPTION:Join 1804 Books and the Palestinian Youth Movement to discuss Palestine\, Israel\, and the U.S. Empire with author and organizer Richard Becker. Taking a firm anti-Zionist perspective on the history of Palestine and Israel\, this book traces the movements of resistance from British colonialism to the fight back in Gaza and the West Bank today. From the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement\, to the founding of Israel and its role as a watchdog for US interests\, to present day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution—this narrative is firmly rooted in the politics of Palestinian liberation. \nOriginally published in 2009\, Palestine\, Israel\, and U.S. Empire is presented here in its newest edition\, released following the events of October 7\, 2023. Updated to reflect the rapidly changing political landscape of the struggle for Palestinian liberation since the Al-Aqsa Flood\, this book is a key tool for organizers taking the streets for Palestine today. This text and discussion are opportunities to deepen your understanding of why fighting for Palestine is not only a fight for our shared humanity\, but absolutely necessary for our own fight for liberation here in the United States. \nThe event will be a discussion between Richard Becker and local organizers\, followed by a period of Q&A from the audience. It will be held in-person at The People’s Forum and streamed on our YouTube channel. Masks are recommended and will be provided at the front desk. \nRichard Becker is the Western Region Coordinator of the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Coalition\, and the author of Palestine\, Israel and the U.S. Empire\, and The Myth of Democracy and the Rule of the Banks. \nWatch the livestream for the event HERE. \nIN-PERSON TICKETS \n \n\n  \nONLINE-ONLY TICKETS
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-event-palestine/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Slow Down with Kohei Saito
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hybrid book talk on Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto\, with author Kōhei Saitō and local organizers and scholars. In it\, Saitō asks: Why\, in our affluent society\, do so many people live in poverty\, without access to health care\, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet\, with no future prospects\, while the planet is burning? \nIn this international bestseller\, Saitō argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and climate change\, subsequent calls for “sustainable growth” and a “Green New Deal” are a dangerous compromise. Capitalism creates artificial scarcity by pursuing profit based on the value of products rather than their usefulness and by putting perpetual growth above all else. It is therefore impossible to reverse climate change in a capitalist society—more: the system that caused the problem in the first place cannot be an integral part of the solution. \nInstead\, Saitō advocates for degrowth and deceleration\, which he conceives as the slowing of economic activity through the democratic reform of labor and production. By returning to a system of social ownership\, he argues\, we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life\, effectively reversing climate change and saving the planet. \nWatch the livestream HERE. \nPANELISTS\nKohei Saito is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He received his PhD in philosophy from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin in 2016. He was awarded the 2018 Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize\, the most prestigious academic award for Marxian studies\, making Saito its youngest recipient. In 2020 the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science awarded him the highly prestigious JSPS prize\, awarded to the top 25 scholars (only a few in humanities and social sciences) in the entire country under the age of 45. In 2021\, Slow Down received the “Best Asian Books of the Year” prize from the Asia Book Awards. \nKate Aronoff is a staff writer at The New Republic. She is the author of Overheated (Bold Type Press)\, co-author of A Planet To Win: Why We Need A Green New Deal (Verso)\, and the co-editor of We Own The Future: Democratic Socialism\, American Style (The New Press). \nSalvatore Engel-Di Mauro is a Professor at the Geography and Environmental Studies Department of SUNY New Paltz. He is senior editor for the journals Capitalism Nature Socialism and Human Geography. He is the author of Socialist States and the Environment: Lessons for Ecosocialist Futures (Pluto). \nErica Jung is a member of DegrowNYC\, a group of organizers of the Global South based in occupied Lenapehoking who view degrowth as a revolutionary process & a form of ecological reparations. \nDaniel Wortel-London is a historian of 20th century economic thought\, public policy\, and urban politics. A graduate of New York University’s History Ph.D program\, his writing has been featured in the Journal of Urban History\, the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era\, the Journal of Tourism History\, the Harvard Business History Review\, and the Journal of Social History. His book\, The Menace of Prosperity: Private Growth\, Public Costs\, and the Struggle for Economic Development in New York City\, will be published by University of Chicago Press. He is a policy specialist at the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). \n  \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/slow-down-with-kohei-saito/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Education,Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: DISMANTLING GREEN COLONIALISM
DESCRIPTION:There is an assumption in much of the media and even among many political activists today that winning a Green New Deal (GND) is the leading edge of contemporary environmental politics. But what does GND mean for Global South nations? And what if the transition to renewable energy that is at the core of GND programs in the Global North leads to a new round of extraction in poor nations? How are we to fight what could be called green colonialism? \nThis discussion between Hamza Hamouchene\, co-editor of Dismantling Green Colonialism\, Manal Shqair\, a Palestinian climate activist and contributor to Dismantling Green Colonialism\, and Ashley Dawson\, author of Environmentalism from Below\, discusses the ways in which the imperative to transition off fossil fuels is leading to neo-colonial forms of energy and resource extraction in the countries of North Africa and beyond. The conversation will illuminate how popular movements in Global South nations are fighting a new bout of resource-grabbing\, and how such movements are pushing for just\, locally controlled forms of energy democracy. \nWatch the livestream HERE. 
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CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Education,Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:Seeing\, Questioning\, Acting: A reading and conversation from an anti-zionist Jewish perspective.
DESCRIPTION:RSVP HERE \nWhat does it mean to see\, question\, and act in this moment of genocide as anti-zionist Jews? Authors of three recent books will be in conversation with each other and engage with the audience about how to build community to more effectively reject Israeli settler colonialism and the US-Israel alliance\, as well as all forms of racism and oppression. Our books\, written from intersectional feminist\, anti-racist\, queer\, historical and international as well as very personal perspectives\, offer urgent testimonies on the harms Zionist ideology and politics have wrought in our lifetimes. How can we become stronger partners in the struggle for Palestinian liberation? How can we build Judaism beyond Zionism? How can we draw on our histories to build a better future for all?  \n  \nA Land With A People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism  \nEdited by Esther Farmer\, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky and Sarah Sills \n  \nEsther Farmer Is a Palestinian Jew who has been active in Palestinian solidarity for 50 years. She is the co -editor of the book\, A Land With A People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism\, (2021)\, and the director and script writer of the theater project\, Wrestling with Zionism.  She has also spearheaded the National Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) project\, How to Have Hard Conversations about Israel/Palestine. She is on the leadership team of New York City JVP. \n  \nRosalind Petchesky is Distinguished Professor Emerita (retired) of Political Science at Hunter College and the Graduate Center\, City University of New York. She is a widely published feminist scholar and recipient of a MacArthur (“genius”) Fellowship. Her first book\, Abortion and Women’s Choice: The state\, sexuality and reproductive freedom (1984\,1990) was cited by the United States Supreme Court in its landmark decision\, Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)\, and received an award from the American Historical Association. It will be issued by Verso in a new edition in March 2024 as part of their Feminist Classics series. Her many subsequent articles and books in the field of reproductive and sexual rights and justice have been translated and circulated in countries across the globe. Since 2013\, Professor Petchesky has been an active member of Jewish Voice for Peace and part of the New York City chapter’s leadership team\, with whom she co-edited/authored A Land With A People: Palestinians and Jews \nconfront Zionism (Monthly Review\, 2021). She lives in New York City with her two cats and is the proud grandmother of Anna and Jack Macias Petchesky. \n  \nSarah Sills (co-editor) is a lifelong artist-activist\, graphic designer\, organizer\, and event producer. Over the years she co-led a Teamsters trade union delegation to China\, organized clerical workers at Columbia University\, raised money for women’s cooperatives in El Salvador during the civil war in the early 1990s\, and worked at a pro-Aristide Haitian newspaper. After a trip to Palestine in 2012 she became an active supporter of the Palestinian House of Friendship and a Jewish Voice Peace-NYC chapter leader\, dedicating herself to fighting for Palestinian rights. In addition to co-editing and designing A Land With A People\, she has been involved with producing storytelling workshops and the Wrestling with Zionism Readers Theater.  \n  \nQuestions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah \nEdited by Morgan Bassichis\, Jay Saper\, and Rachel Valinsky \n  \nMorgan Bassichis is an anti-zionist Jewish comedian\, musician\, and writer living in Brooklyn. Their work has been presented by Abrons Arts Center\, Danspace Project\, The Kitchen\, and the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard University. They co-edited with Jay Saper and Rachel Valinsky the young adult anthology Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah\, published by Wendy’s Subway in 2023.  \n  \nJay Saper is an artist\, writer\, translator\, and organizer who lives in Brooklyn\, New York. Their artist books and zines honoring the legacy of Yiddish print and activist culture\, under the imprint Pashkevil Press\, are held in the collection of the Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Along with Morgan Bassichis and Rachel Valinsky\, Jay is co-editor of Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah (Wendy’s Subway 2023). \n  \nRachel Valinsky is a writer\, translator\, and editor living in New York\, where she serves as Artistic Director at Wendy’s Subway\, a reading room\, writing space\, and independent publisher; and Managing Editor at the Center for Art\, Research and Alliances in New York.  \n  \nPush the Water (an anti-zionist memoir)  \nWritten by Irit Reinheimer \n  \nIrit Reinheimer is an artist and writer based in Philadelphia. Her writing is influenced by her background in experimental filmmaking\, where she has taken a sculptural approach to examining themes of loss and inheritance through shorts films constructed from her late father’s 8mm home movies\, archival materials\, and new footage. Irit’s films Young\, Jewish and Left\, How the Bridge Works\, I Told Her This Was Home\, and Of Origins have screened nationally and internationally. Beyond her artistic practices\, Irit has spent over a decade working for community-based projects and organizations focused on social change. She is also a long-time member of Jewish Voice for Peace. \n  \nSeeing\, Questioning\, Acting: A reading and conversation from an anti-zionist Jewish perspective. April 3\, 6:30pm The People’s Forum\, NYC. Sponsored by JVP NY
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/seeing-questioning-acting-a-reading-and-conversation-from-an-anti-zionist-jewish-perspective/
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: "Power Lines"
DESCRIPTION:Join Power Lines editors Jeff Ordower and Lindsay Zafir as they discuss the intertwined nature of climate and labor movement with Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds (Weequahic Park Association) and Sara Cullinane (Make the Road NJ). \nAfter their organizations dedicated years of struggle against retail behemoth Amazon\, Victor Hinds and Cullinane collaborated to contribute Ch. 10\, “Good Jobs\, Clean Air: How Community\, Environmental Justice\, and Labor Groups Stopped Amazon’s Air Hub in New Jersey.” \nPower Lines: Building A Labor–Climate Justice Movement goes beyond an analysis of the class politics of climate change or the imperative of federal climate legislation\, making the case for the urgency of a robust labor–climate justice movement. It also shows us how we can build momentum by sharing some of the most creative organizing happening on the ground right now. Readers learn about planting seeds for the future from Winona La Duke and Ashley Fairbanks; about achieving a Just Transition from José Bravo; about listening to the land from frontline farmworker organizations; about how young people can bridge the climate–labor gap\, and more. \nRegister at https://bit.ly/rsvp-powerlines-tpf for in-person attendance at The People’s Forum. \nThis event will also be streamed live on The People Forum’s YouTube page. \n  \nJeff Ordower \nJeff Ordower is the North America director of 350.org. Prior to joining 350\, he was a co-founder of the Green Workers Alliance. The co-editor (with Lindsay Zafir) of Power Lines (The New Press)\, he lives in Philadelphia. \nLindsay Zafir \nLindsay Zafir is a distinguished lecturer at City College of New York and the academic director of Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice. She is the former editor of The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice. The co-author (with Jeff Ordower) of Power Lines (The New Press)\, she lives in New York City. \nWynnie-Fred Victor Hinds \nWynnie-Fred Victor Hinds\, born in Haiti\, has extensive experience working with public\, grassroots organizations and businesses in the U.S. and Latin America. She is currently the Executive Director of the Weequahic Park Association\, an Olmsted Park Conservancy in Newark\, NJ\, where she resides. She serves as a Trustee on several Boards such as Clean Water Action (NJ and National)\, The New Jersey Highlands Coalition\, Maryknoll Lay Volunteers and La Fondation Alfred Béliard.  She was appointed to the City of Newark Environmental Commission in 2015\, and continues to serve as an Environmental Commissioner. As a community advocate\, she is very involved with Environmental Justice and Social Justice issues\, not only in Newark\, but throughout New Jersey and nationally. \nSara Cullinane \nUnder Sara’s leadership\, MRA in NJ has quickly established itself as a key political player in the state\, leading strategic voter mobilization efforts in state and federal races. For the general election\, her team completed 140\,000 calls and text messages to voters in key House districts\, helping to ensure the re-election of vulnerable Democrats. Previously\, Sara was a staff attorney and Equal Justice Works fellow at Make the Road New York. She is a commissioner on the New Jersey Census Complete Count Commission and was Co-Chair of Governor-Elect Phil Murphy’s Transition Team’s Law and Justice Committee.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-talk-power-lines/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society with Michael Heinrich
DESCRIPTION:Michael Heinrich joins us to present his biography-in-progress of Karl Marx\, which has already gained glowing reviews from Marxist scholars the world over. In the first volume published in English by Monthly Review Press\, Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society\, Heinrich deals extensively with Marx’s youth and his studies in Bonn and Berlin. It also examines the function of poetry in Marx’s intellectual development and his first encounter with Hegelian philosophy and the so-called “young Hegelians.” The volume begins a multidimensional look at Karl Marx and aims to include what most biographies have reduced to mere background: the contemporary conflicts\, struggles\, and disputes that engaged Marx at the time of his writings\, alongside his complex relationships with a varied assortment of friends and opponents. \n“A masterful work by one of the leading Marx scholars of his generation. Simply wonderful—analytical depth\, critical knowledge\, clarity of comprehension and presentation\, grasp of theoretical and historical contexts\, combine to create a most insightful Marx biography that will be an indispensable and lasting resource that scholars and researchers\, activists and critics alike\, should—and will—return to frequently.” —Werner Bonefeld\, University of York\, UK; author\, Critical Theory and the Critique of Political Economy \nMarx has found his perfect biographer…. Heinrich’s attitude is the same as that of Marx: DOUBT EVERYTHING\, even Marx himself. Only through this critical perspective Marx’s ambiguities and contradictions can be revealed\, and his greatness and legacy be reclaimed. — Riccardo Bellofiore\, University of Bergamo\, Italy; author\, In Marx’s Laboratory: Critical Interpretations of the Grundrisse \nMichael Heinrich teaches economics in Berlin and is managing editor of PROKLA: Journal for Critical Social Science. He is the author of The Science of Value: Marx’s Critique of Political Economy between Scientific Revolution and Classical Tradition\, and editor\, with Werner Bonefeld\, of Capital and Critique: After the “New Reading” of Marx. \nPresented live and in-person at The People’s Forum in New York City\, with an online Zoom option for remote participants. If attending in person\, masking is encouraged\, and masks are available at the front desk if needed. \nZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83090650126?pwd=bTM5N1hXUGY0Q2E0Z0pUWTlranJ4Zz09
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/karl-marx-and-the-birth-of-modern-society-with-michael-heinrich/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Classes,Education
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: It's Not Where You Live\, It's How You Live with John Bissett
DESCRIPTION:Its Not Where You Live Its How You Live is a story about the everyday struggles of working class people in a public housing estate in Dublin\, Ireland. Struggles over work\, money\, food\, love and care. These are the ‘How you Live’ issues. They are all here wrapped in a tight weave which is dense and often oppressive. We need to understand what we want to change. The book provides that understanding of what needs to change and also why things need to change. It provides the material for class\, gender and race struggles within public housing and across cities. The book tells a particular story that is at the same time universal in that it is as common to New York or Chicago as it is to Dublin. Books might help change the world but it is people who will abolish capitalism and provide the imagination for a new world where war and profit and exploitation are not its dominant themes. Building strong connections between our understanding and our activism is crucial. The book is a contribution to that process. it is an absolute pleasure to be able to come to the People’s Forum to discuss the book and perhaps more importantly to share our common struggles across the world. \nWatch the livestream HERE.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-launch-its-not-where-you-live-its-how-you-live-with-john-bissett/
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Education
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