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.
What do we mean when we use the term “fascism”? Do we apply it only to Europe in the first half of the 20th century? What is the relationship, if any, to autocracy, post fascism and neo-fascism? Fascism is a word often used to describe anything oppressive, a term of opprobrium that conjures up the odor of sulphur. But does using it that way lead to muddled thinking? Fascism not only has roots in Europe but in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. How can we use our history to analyze the present political moment and peek into our future?
Gregory Diamant is a lifelong social justice activist and writer and sometime actor in SMA. He was a private student of Howard Zinn and likes the way jokes can often shed light on knotty issues.
When
Mar 14th, 2019 1:00 pm
Location
Sala Quetzal
La Biblioteca Publica, Rejoj 50A, Centro
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Mexico
La Biblioteca Publica, Rejoj 50A, Centro
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Mexico
Events
|