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“What now?” is the question facing many young activists who have just dedicated a good portion of their political time and energy to electing Barack Obama. Even for those on the left who did not support him, the Democrats’ new electoral dominance changes the conditions in which we all fight. As radicals, we understand that power concedes nothing without a demand. Please come and take part in this dialogue about how we can capitalize on these new opportunities.
Among the speakers featured at the conference will be journalist Greg Palast, New York Times bestselling author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse; and John Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
Conference topics include: left-wing analysis of the election, immigration, education, militarism and foreign policy, democratic socialism, racial justice, feminist rights, LGBT issues, environmental sustainability, and more. Click here for a flier with the conference program.
The event is sponsored by YDS, Brothers for Awareness, Organization of Latin American Students, and Feminist Collective of William Paterson University. For more information please e-mail wpu-yds@hotmail.com.
William Paterson University
Registration w/ light breakfast starts at 8:30am
Student Center
Conference: 9:30am - 6:00pm
300 Pompton Road, Wayne NJ 07040
10:00am - Panel I- Leftist Critique of the Republican and Democratic parties - Shea Auditorium
Chair, Department of Political Science, Temple University and Chair, author of The Permanence of the Political, and The Future of Democratic Equality, also a member of the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America;
Dr. Joseph Schwartz, professor political science at Temple University, author The Permanence of the Political and The Future of Democratic Equality. Member of National Political Committee of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA; YDS’s parent organization)
Dr. Michael Thompson, professor of political science at William Paterson University, author of Confronting the New Conservatism: The Rise of the Right in America and The Politics of Inequality: A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America, and Founder and Editor of Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture. Member of DSA.
11:45am – Workshops
Racial Issues, Feminist Rights, LGBT Issues, Environmental Sustainability
Lunch
2:30pm – Panel II - US foreign military and economic policy – Shea Auditorium
Greg Palast, investigative journalist who broke the story of how Gov. Jeb Bush purged thousands of Black Florida citizens from voter roles before the 2000 election and New York Times bestselling author of Armed Madhouse and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
John Perkins, author of the New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which has been published in 25 languages. His new New York Times bestseller, The Secret History of the American Empire, details the clandestine operations that created the world’s first truly global empire and provides a compassionate plan for crafting a world that future generations will be proud to inherit.
4:15pm – Workshops
Immigration, Education, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Democratic Socialism
5:00pm – Closing – Multipurpose Room
Dr. Christine Kelly, professor of Political Science at WilliamPaterson University and serves on the Editorial Boards of two
peer-reviewed journals — New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture and Labor and Social Policy. She is an Editorial Board member of the book series Contemporary Issues and American Political Theory with the University Press of Kentucky.
*Moderators for the workshops include:
Madeline Hoffman, Executive Director of New Jersey Peace Action; DaveWatson-Hallowell, President of Sustainable West Milford; PresidentStafford X
To RSVP or for any questions including directions please email
wpu-yds@hotmail.com
*NJ Transit Available to Campus
Sponsored by:
*Young Democratic Socialists (YDS)
*Brothers For Awareness (BFA)
*Feminist Collective
*Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS)
Funded by the William Paterson University Student Government Association
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