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SUMMARY:Race and Revolution in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Duration: This class meets for six weeks\, Tuesdays 6-8pm\, from October 9 to November 13. \nContent: In the early 20th Century Black radicals in NY began to theorize the fallout of race ideology as a unique social injury distinct from\, but interconnected with\, class exploitation. They linked racial oppression to capitalism and imperialism\, and black liberation to the socialist project. They also argued that the struggle for socialism in the US  required a strong anti-racist platform and organizing agenda within the socialist movement—a position that differed from the one held by white American socialists at the time. Their analysis of race and class and the organizational conclusions they drew have been foundational for revolutionaries the world over. 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. Topics include ideology\, race ideology in the US\, gender and sexuality\, Karl Marx on the Civil War\, the New Imperialism of the late 19th Century\, the African Blood Brotherhood\, interventions by Black Americans at the Comintern in Moscow\, Revolutionary Nationalism\, Communists in Harlem\, the Young Lords\, the Black Panthers\, the Brown Berets\, I Wor Kuen\, and the American Indian Movement\, among others. \nImage © ‘Se Siente El Miedo\,’ by Michelle Angela Ortiz
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/race-and-revolution-in-the-united-states/2018-10-16/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Education
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Marxism for Women Only
DESCRIPTION:Duration: This is a ten-week class on Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm\, starting October 2 and ending December 4. \nContent: We’ll explore some key concepts about human beings\, society and history\, and our relationship to the rest of nature. Readings will be short and accessible excerpts from writings by Marx and Engels or later Marxists. I believe that this theory can help us analyze the social and economic realities and structures we live in–who holds power and how–and fight more effectively for liberation. \nIn a continuing attempt to increase access for those who have been historically excluded\, turned off or silenced by the way this theory is often taught and discussed\, we are offering this intro class for women only. Everyone who identifies as a woman is welcome.  \nSome of the central questions that we’ll address are: \nHow did the oppression of women\, and the division of societies into people who work and others who exploit them\, originate and develop historically? What are the driving dynamics of capitalism that make it make it so productive\, innovative\, brutal and ecologically destructive? What intellectual tools can help us understand industry’s complex impacts on our bodies\, our psyches and the nature around us—impacts that capitalists\, and people who think like them\, don’t want to see or cannot see? What did Marx understand—and not understand—about white supremacy and Eurocentrism\, and how has that analysis been deepened and modified by later Marxists?
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/introduction-to-marxism-for-women-only/2018-10-16/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Education
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181016T213000
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SUMMARY:DETROIT 48202: CONVERSATIONS ALONG A POSTAL ROUTE
DESCRIPTION:Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route is a feature documentary that examines the rise\, demise\, and contested resurgence of Detroit through the lens of African-American mail carrier\, Wendell Watkins\, and the residents he has faithfully served for thirty years.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/detroit-48202-conversations-along-a-postal-route/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Film Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181017T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181017T203000
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SUMMARY:Beginner Spanish for Social Movements (Evening Sessions)
DESCRIPTION:Duration: Wednesdays & Fridays 5:30-8:30pm (3hrs. a week; 45 hrs.)  \nDates: October 17 – Dec. 14\, 2018 \nThe Center for Language Justice and the People’s Forum are offering beginner-level courses to folks who have little to no prior knowledge of Spanish/Arabic. Through weekly social justice themes\, and using a communicative and integrated skills approach\, participants will improve their listening\, speaking\, reading\, and writing of the target language. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in the U.S. and Latin America. \nThe course contribution is $300 (Sliding-scale option available*). This includes all course materials. \n*A sliding-scale payment plan and scholarships are available for those accepted who cannot afford the full contribution. Priority will be given to heritage speakers of Spanish/Arabic\, Black/Native/Latinx/Arab/people of color\, working class\, long-term NYC residents\, women\, trans\, gender non-confirming folks and/or those directly working with Spanish- or Arabic-speaking immigrant/refugee communities.  \nPlease apply below. Only selected participants will be contacted by the instructor. \nLoading…
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/beginner-spanish-for-social-movements-friday-sessions/2018-10-17/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Education,Spanish
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SUMMARY:Music\, Resistance\, Repression
DESCRIPTION:Some of the most prominent folk singers of the twentieth century\, Woody Guthrie\, ‘Sis Cunningham\, Pete Seeger\, Lee Hays\, Burl Ives\, etc.\, were also political activists with various associations with the American Communist Party. As a consequence the FBI\, along with other governmental and right-wing organizations were monitoring them\, keeping meticulous files running many thousands of pages\, and making (and carrying out) plans to purge them from the cultural realm.  \nUsing music\, video selections\, news clippings\, and records from extensive Freedom of Information Act filings — including never before released material — this presentation will bring to life these artists and the systematic way they were subject to government surveillance and suppression. \nSpeakers  \nAaron Leonard\, author of Folksingers and the FBI \nMat Callahan\, author of The Explosion of Deferred Dreams \nDJ Dennis O’Neill \nSpeaker Biographies  \nMat Callahan is a musician and author originally from San Francisco\, where he founded Komotion International. He is the author of three books\, Sex\, Death & the Angry Young Man\, Testimony\, and The Trouble with Music as well as the editor of Songs of Freedom: The James Connolly Songbook. He currently resides in Bern\, Switzerland. \nAaron Leonard is a writer and historian. He is a regular contributor to Truthout\, Rabble.ca\, the History News Network\, PhysicsWorld\, and Canadian Dimension magazine. His research interests focus on twentieth century US history\, particularly Sixties history. He is also a veteran political activist who has participated and written on events ranging from protests by Iranian students aiming to depose the Shah in the late 1970s\, the street actions in the wake of the torture of Abner Louima in 1996\, to the wave of demonstrations surrounding the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.   \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/music-resistance-repression/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Education,Panel Discussions,Performances
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SUMMARY:Who are the Poor and Why are we Poor? Who are the Rich and Why are they Rich?
DESCRIPTION:Duration: Thursday\, October 18\, 6-9pm \nThis one-day course uses popular education methodologies to take a critical look at common explanations for poverty and inequality\, and the ways those concepts are usually defined and talked about. It also introduces the concepts of class\, exploitation\, and dispossession as an alternative way of understanding the relationship between wealth and poverty. This course is a continuation of the Introduction to Popular Education class\, but it isn’t a requirement that students participate in that class to be part of this one.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/who-are-the-poor-and-why-are-we-poor-who-are-the-rich-and-why-are-they-rich/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T183000
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SUMMARY:In Defense of Ancestral Lands
DESCRIPTION:Nidiria Ruiz Medina \, a community organizer\, educator and women’s peace activist from the Naya River in Cauca\, Colombia\, will talk about Afro-Colombian women resisting U.S. Militarization and the War on Drugs. Nidiria is 27 years old and was selected by the CONPAZ network to represent their national peace-building efforts on this Northeast Speaker’s Tour. \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/in-defense-of-ancestral-lands/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:Dance Party with Strings N Skins
DESCRIPTION:Come out and dance to the Afro-Diaspora inspired music of Strings N Skins\, a Brooklyn based band that will take you on journey around our Mother Earth. Their sound is an explosive mixture of the classical\, yet sensual sound of the violin and the rhythmic pulse of the West African djembe.  \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/dance-party-with-strings-n-skins/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T173000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181022T171624Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the National Union of the Homeless
DESCRIPTION:Duration: Saturday October 21\, 10am-1pm & 2:30-5:30pm. Please note there is a break between sessions\, from 1pm -2:30pm. \nContent: It’s been 30 years since the Tompkins Square Park “riot\,” and the story of how homeless individuals and families organized and built a formidable political force in the 80’s and 90’s is still misunderstood and understudied. \nThis course is an introduction to the National Union of the Homeless (NUH) – an organization led by homeless individuals and families which was active from the mid-80’s to the early 90’s\, and came to include some of the key leaders of the Tompkins Square Park encampment. At its height\, the NUH had over 25\,000 members in over 20 cities\, and led coordinated campaigns to takeover empty HUD housing and demand it be turned over to homeless families to live in. The instructors were all active leaders in the NUH and its affiliated student organization\, Empty the Shelters. The course will cover the context for the rise of the NUH\, the history of the movement\, lessons from its successes and failures\, and the organizing approach it helped to define – “the poor organizing the poor.”
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/lessons-from-the-national-union-of-the-homeless/
LOCATION:Josina Machel & Michael Ratner Combined Classroom\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181002T153215Z
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SUMMARY:Letter writing for Political Prisoner/Prisoner of War
DESCRIPTION:There are hundreds of freedom fighters behind bars in the United States. Many who have continued to support and reaffirm their commitment to our people’s struggles while being imprisoned. Join us every last Sunday of the month as we learn more about our political prisoners\, the ongoing campaigns to bring them home\, and engage in letter-writing.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/letter-writing-for-political-prisoner-prisoner-of-war/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T183000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181022T171634Z
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SUMMARY:Stop Police Brutality: A Community Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Panel Discussion + Photo Exhibit \nA Community conversation on state violence\, the criminalization of the poor and police brutality\, and the different way in which communities are fighting back. Panelists will include some of the leading organizations and family members impacted by police brutality.  \nPhoto Exhibition: Mothers Against Police Brutality by Imani Vidal\, an organizer and photo-journalist.  \nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nYul-San Liem\, Co- Director of the Justice Committee.\nHawa Bah\, mother of Mohamed Bah killed by NYPD.\nVirgilio Bravo\, filmmaker\, educator and community activist.\nModerated by Kerbie Joseph\, community educator and organizer.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/stop-police-brutality-a-community-conversion/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Panel Discussions
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