Socialism and Hope
THIS SPRING AT THE BRECHT FORUM
Dear Friends,
Spring is here and things are heating up at the Brecht Forum. On April 15th we are hosting the legendary activist Grace Lee Boggs for a book party celebrating “The Next American Revolution” along with Academy award nominated actress Ruby Dee.
On May 20th, the Brecht Forum, Critical Resistance and the Mission and Social Justice Ministry of The Riverside Church welcomes Angela Y. Davis for a talk “The World We Need is The World We Want” hosted by GRIT TV’s Laura Flanders.
Also check out our classes in Spanish, Hubert Harrison,and a special seminar conducted by the 15th Street Manifesto Group.
Check out www.brechtforum.org for updates and as always, subscribers go to most events and classes for free.
Thanks!
Kazembe Balagun
Outreach Coordinator
Friday, April 15
7:30 pm
FORUM AND DISCUSSION
Co-Sponsor: The Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
The Next American Revolution:
Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
Grace Lee Boggs with Scott Kurashige Introduction by Ruby Dee
A world dominated by America and driven by cheap oil, easy credit, and conspicuous consumption is unraveling before our eyes. In this powerful,…
Friday, April 22
7:00 pm
PERFORMANCE
Deadly She Wolf Assassin at Armageddon
& Momma’s Song
Fred Ho and Afro Asian Ensemble
Revolutionary composer and Afro-Asian creator-extraordinaire Fred Ho has created another innovative “first”: a double manga-cd project,…
Thursday, May 5
7:30 pm- 9:30 pm
6-SESSION CLASS BEGINS
Hubert Harrison, Theodore W. Allen & the Continuing Centrality of the Fight Against White Supremacy
Jeffrey B. Perry with Others
This course will focus on Hubert H. Harrison (1883-1927) and Theodore W. Allen (1919-2005), two autodidactic, anti-white supremacist working class…
Friday, May 20
7:00 pm
SPECIAL FUNDRAISER FOR CRITICAL RESISTANCE AND THE BRECHT FORUM (THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH 490 RIVERSIDE DRIVE AT 120TH STREET)
Co-Sponsor:Mission and Social Justice Ministry of Riverside Church, Brecht Forum and Critical Resistance Presents
Conversations Uptown
The World We Want is the World We Need
Angela Y. Davis, Ruthie Gilmore, Vijay Prashad Moderated by Laura Flanders
Some 40 years after uprisings at Attica and her own arrest, Angela Davis comes to Riverside Church in Harlem to build bridges around issues of social equality.
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‘I believe in the afterlife.
It starts tomorrow,
When I go to work’
Cold Hands & Quarter Moon, ‘Human Herbs’ at: http://www.myspace.com/coldhandsmusic (recording) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h7tUq0HjIk (live)
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