Co-founders of the Mexico Solidarity Project, Bruce Hobson and Meizhu Lui will speak on why North American progressives should understand why Mexico is critical to advancing a vision of socialism and multiracial democracy in the United States.
Today, increasing numbers of people are finding socialism to be an attractive idea as an alternative to capitalism. But what is it? The socialist idea has a long history. In this 4-day class, political scientist Joan Roelofs will discuss various varieties of socialism from 19th century French socialism, British socialism, social democracy, 20th century socialism and socialism today.
Dr. Roelofs writes frequently for Counterpunch and is a contributing editor of the journal Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. She is author of Greening Cities: Building Just and Sustainable Communities as well as Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism. She has also translated the work of Charles Fourier and Victor Considerant.
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Co-founders of the Mexico Solidarity Project, Bruce Hobson and Meizhu Lui will speak on why North American progressives should understand why Mexico is critical to advancing a vision of socialism and multiracial democracy in the United States.
You are invited to join a discussion with filmmaker Santiago Esteinou and Cesar Fierro about the new documentaryThe Freedom of Fierro.
César Fierro has just become a free man, and he needs to rebuild his life after being wrongly sentenced to death in Texas. César spent 40 years in prison before being released... Read more