Misogny, Racism & Anti-Semitism

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 6:00pm

Gregory Diamant & Paula James, moderated by Trish Snyder

We live in a time when social sociopathy seems to be rearing its virulent head with more and energy. Different but related types of hate are spewing out their bile in our society. Paula James and Gregory Diamant explore these poisons and the antidotes we need to explore in our fight against them.

Paula James is a retired attorney, lifelong feminist, and author of two books on divorce mediation who will speak on “#Me Too: What Next” and Gregory Diamant is a lifelong social justice activist who will speak on social sociopathy. The panel will be followed by a lively discussion.

Upcoming Tours

Jan 26, 2025

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Visit Cuba with the Center for Global Justice We would like to invite you to join us in an exciting visit to Cuba--a country committed to building socialism. Learn about Cuba’s public goods such as free health care and education, how Cuba dealt with the pandemic, its collective production in agricultural and urban cooperatives and much more... Read more

Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, July 29, 2024 - 1:00pm

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The Delicate Art of Covering the Narco Beat in Sinaloa

Arturo Santamaria Gómez

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Everyday life in the San Miguel "bubble" is worlds away from that in Sinaloa, where cartel activity is a normal presence in the every fiber of politics, commerce and everyday life. Its perception within Sinaloa comes at least as much from ambient backdrop as through efforts in the media to pierce the curtain. Not many writers take on that... Read more

Monday, August 5, 2024 - 1:00pm

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Book Party

This is Life; "Haik al-Haya:" Five Years Teaching in Palestine

Cynthia Yoder

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Cynthia Yoder's memoir tells her story of working in a new university in Palestine during a time of political strife and upheaval. She describes the joys of life in Palestine against the backdrop of military occupation and the second intifada, which began soon after she arrived in 2000. Rather than give political analysis, the book... Read more

Monday, August 12, 2024 - 1:00pm

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The Contradictions of Global Migration

Vijay Prashad

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Each year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) releases its World Migration Report. In 2000, it wrote that “it is estimated that there are more migrants in the world than ever before.” Between 1985 and 1990, the IOM calculated, that the rate... Read more