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May Day 2009: Immigrants, Jobs and Politics in a Time of Economic Crisis; Haitians
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Panel presentation at Left Forum 2009: “Turning Points,” Pace University, NYC, April 17-19, 2009
The panel was recorded, edited, and posted online by the Platypus Affiliated Society (http://platypus1917.org/).
Alexander L. Hanna (chair): former organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops
Atlee McFellin: Students for a Democratic Society, New School Radical Student Union
Pam Nogales: Platypus (New York)
C. J. Pereira Di Salvo: former organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops
Laurie Rojas: Platypus (Chicago), former member of Students for a Democratic Society
A short description of the panel, along with C. J. Pereira’s talk, are posted below the jump.
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The following are descriptions of four panels that the Marxist-Humanist Initiative recommends at the Left Forum next weekend. The Left Forum will be held April 17-19 at Pace University (near City Hall).
More Information at leftforum.org
We recommend:
Marx’s Capital and the Economic Crisis
Saturday, April 18, 10 AM-12 PM
Politics of the Contemporary Student Left: Hopes and Failures
Saturday, April 18, 12-2 PM
Building Solidarity with Iraq’s Civil Resistance
Sunday, April 19, 10 AM-12 PM
Concretizing Marx’s Alternative to Capitalism: A Marxist-Humanist Perspective
Sunday, April 19 at 3-5 PM
(This panel is co-sponsored by the Marxist-Humanist Initiative)
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