Presente! Left Movement Veterans Discuss the Path to Power and the Role of the Left in the US.

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Workshop Information
Event Date: 
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Event Location: 
Cobo Hall: W1-51
Full Description: 

Long-time activists Bill Fletcher, Lian Hurst Mann, and Chokwe Lumumba join other Leftists that have plied their trade for over 30 years in an urgent discussion on the role of the left in today's social movements. These Movement Veterans have seen the Left transform significantly from a period of widespread, frantic left activity to the period of decline the left has found itself in recently. Today, both the Left and social movements in this country are faced with immense opportunity to play a role in changing the oppressive conditions in this country and striking a blow against US-led Imperialism. What role will or should it play? What must the organized Left do to help create real and profound change in the US and the World? How will it transform itself to be ready to take on these challenges? Our panelists will tackle these and other critical questions. Join these veterans as they put their decades of experience to use in discussing these critical questions with you!

Other invited panelists include: Grace Lee Boggs, General Baker, and Jane Slaughter.

Organizer Email: 
frso@gmail.com
First Sponsoring Organization Name: 
Freedom Road Socialist Organization/OSCL
Language(s): 
English
Tracks: 
To the Left: building a movement for social justice: intersections and alliances across race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability…
Strategies for Building Power & Ensuring Community Needs (housing, education, jobs, clean air…)
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