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2008 program
TUESDAY MARCH 11, 7:00pm
SPECIAL
EVENT! (separate ticket required-brechtforum.org/zizek)
Slavoj
Žižek: RESIST,
ATTACK, UNDERMINE... WHERE ARE WE 40 YEARS AFTER '68?
SOLD OUT! Tickets
for overflow rooms with video feed available at the door
FRIDAY, March 14
5-6:00 PM
COCKTAIL
PARTY for everyone at COOPER UNION
$5 per person to help us cover costs
6:30 pm
OPENING
PLENARY
CRACKS IN THE EDIFICE
SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH
10:00 AM
EVALUATING CHAVEZ FROM THE LEFT
DECLINE OF THE DOLLAR: DECLINE OR FLEXIBILITY OF THE EMPIRE?
DANIEL SINGER ESSAY PRIZE: “ECO-SOCIALISM IN THE TIME OF GLOBAL WARMING”
OIL AND POLITICS IN A NEOLIBERAL WORLD ECONOMY
UNDERSTANDING TURKEY TODAY: CLASS DYNAMICS, STATE RESTRUCTURING AND POLITICAL ALTERNATIVES
RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS SOLIDARITY: BREACHING THE BARRIERS
THE
EVOLUTION OF REVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND PRACTICE
CORPORATE VS. POPULAR SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
SOLDIERS RESIST: ORGANIZING AGAINST WAR
MARXISM, FEMINISM AND CRITICAL THEORY IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
NON-DEGREED THEORIZINGS ARE POSSIBLE, NON-TRADITIONAL REVOLUTIONS ARE NECESSARY: MUSIC IS THE WEAPON
CLOSED DOORS: HOUSEHOLD EXPLOITATION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW SOCIETY
10:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: NORTH AMERICAN NEW HUMANIST FORUM
11:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: JERICHO AMNESTY MOVEMENT
SATURDAY, 12-2:00 PM
CHANGING THE WORLD BY TAKING POWER? CHALLENGES FACING THE LATIN AMERICAN LEFT
REIMAGINING 1968: THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT AND ITS LEGACIES
IN
THE SHADOW OF THE ANTI-LABOR LAW
THE PLEASURE FRONTIER: AN INTERGENERATIONAL
DIALOGUE ON SEX IN FEMINISM
THE THOUSAND-YARD STARE: PUBLIC HEALTH ON A CORRUPT TRAJECTORY
POPULAR STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY IN KENYA: LESSONS FROM THE 2007 ELECTIONS
THE INTERPLAY OF MOVEMENTS AND ELECTORAL POLITICS IN THE US
CHINA: ECONOMIC CRISIS, ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE AND WORKERS’ STRUGGLES IN CHINA’S MARKET STALINISM
HOMELESSNESS & RESISTANCE IN NEW YORK CITY
NOT POLITICALLY FEASIBLE? NOT SO FAST!: ORGANIZING FOR SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IN AN ELECTION YEAR
TRANSFORMATIVE THINKING, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM
BETWEEN TEACHING, FACILITATING AND PROMOTING: WHAT KIND OF WORLDS DO TEACHERS ENVISON?
12:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: ICARUS
1:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: CASA ATABEX ACHE
2:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: DOMESTIC WORKERS UNITED
SATURDAY, 3-5:00 PM
WHY HAVE THE WOMEN’S AND BLACK MOVEMENTS STALLED? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO RESTART THEM?
NO NEOLIBERALISM WITHOUT 1968? THE CONTRADICTORY LEGACY OF THE CULTURAL REBELLION
DIMENSIONS
OF THE FINANCIALIZATION CRISIS
ANARCHISM AND THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
WHITHER THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM?
USABLE PASTS: APPROACHES TO MOVEMENT HISTORIES FOR TODAY'S STRUGGLES
MILITANT PUERTO RICANS: DIASPORA, STRUGGLE & POLITICAL PRISONERS
DANGEROUS LIAISON: FEMINISM AND NEO-LIBERALISM
RACE & ETHNICITY IN AMERICA: A LEFT PERSPECTIVE
THE ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN POLICE STATE
THE BACKLASH AGAINST DISSENT ON ISRAEL - STRATEGIES FOR RESPONSE
THE BATTLE FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: FROM DIALOGUE TO ACTION
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: TIMELY OR ABSURD?
LITERATURE AND POLITICS: A SESSION IN MEMORY OF ANNETTE RUBINSTEIN
RADICALIZING RIGHTS: BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS HOME
3:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: NO BASES
4:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: AL-AWDA
SATURDAY, 5-7:00 PM
LEFT PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRATION CONTROVERSIES
POLITICAL SATIRE: SPEAKING SPOOF TO POWER
BEYOND WALLS AND CAGES: LINKING IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND PRISON ABOLITION MOVEMENTS
NEOLIBERALISM, CITIZENSHIP, AND LAND WARS IN THE "NEW INDIA"
THE BALKANS IN CRISIS: (1990-2008)
WHAT WOULD A FEMINIST LEFT BE LIKE?
THE AFRICAN CRISIS: POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: A ROUNDTABLE
UP TO OUR EYEBALLS: AMERICA'S UNFOLDING CRISIS OF PERSONAL DEBT
US MANUFACTURING: RESTRUCTURING OR DISAPPEARING?
REAL UTOPIA: PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
GENDER, ETHNICITY AND CULTURE: ORGANIZING ON THE MARGINS
5:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: NEW YORK METRO ALLIANCE OF ANARCHISTS
6:00 - INTERACTIVIST WORKSHOP: THE RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER OF NEW YORK
SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY EVENING FILMS: 1968-2000: CELEBRATING FORTY YEARS OF MEDIA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
SUNDAY, MARCH 16
10:00 AM
THE STATE OF THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
SOUTHERN AFRICA: POPULIST LEADERS AND THE LEFT
RADICAL APPROACHES TO GLOBAL WARMING
CONNECTING GLOBALIZATION AND REVOLUTION
MOVEMENT-BUILDING: FINDING COMMON GROUND
THE IRAN CRISIS: CONTINUING THREAT OF WAR, POST-NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
KEEPING DOWN THE BLACK VOTE: RACE AND THE DEMOBILIZATION OF AMERICAN VOTERS
THE SOLIDARITY ECONOMY AS A PATH TOWARDS RADICAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
POVERTY AND POOR PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS – SOCIAL ANALYSIS AND REFLECTIONS ON STRATEGIES
LEFT PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOANALYSIS
STUDY GROUPS IN SEARCH OF THE QUESTIONS
DIALECTICS OF LIBERATION: PRAXIS FOR A NEW CENTURY
BUILDING THE LEFT IN NORTHERN CORE CAPITALIST COUNTRIES
12-2:00 PM
REORGANIZING THE WORKING CLASS
ADVANCING A LEFT FEMINIST AGENDA
WATER PRIVATIZATION: THE ULTIMATE THEFT
AUTONOMY, SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE GLOBAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT
A
LABOR MOVEMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
RACIAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
NEW PARTICIPATORY WORKING CLASS MOVEMENTS CHALLENGE LEFT REFORMISM IN LATIN AMERICA
UNEMBEDDED
FROM CORPORATE JOURNALISM AT HOME: GRASSROOTS MEDIA-MAKING
IS A RADICAL HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA POSSIBLE?
HOW CAN STUDYING WORKERS’ CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS HELPS TO RAISE IT?
PRECARIOUS WORK, PRECARIOUS LIVES
TOWARDS A REVOLUTIONARY STUDENT MOVEMENT: ORGANIZATION, VISION AND STRATEGY FOR A REVITALIZED LEFT
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF OIL, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
THE RADICAL ROOTS OF THEOLOGY: WHAT LEFT MOVEMENTS CAN LEARN FROM RELIGION
3-5:00 PM
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: THE LEGACY OF ’68
LESSONS OF THE IRAQ OCCUPATION
TORTURE
AND THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS OF ANARCHISM AND MARXISM?
EDUCATION
VERSUS SCHOOLING - THE ROLES OF THE POLITICAL INTELLECTUAL IN AND OUT OF ACADEMIA
THE COMING DEPRESSION?
URBAN ROOTS OF RESISTANCE AND THE NEW LEFT IN LATIN AMERICA
SEX WORK, TRAFFICKING, AND LEFT POLITICS: TOWARDS A NEW VISION ON PROSTITUTION AND JUSTICE
THE LEFT ANALYZES EVERYDAY LIFE
LOOKING PRESIDENTIAL? SYMBOLS AND SUBSTANCE, OBAMA AND CLINTON
5:30 pm
RESISTANCE
IS FERTILE: CHANGING THE WORLD FROM THE GROUND UP