Our very good friend Juliet Ucelli is speaking at an event at the Brecht Forum. This post should not be seen as an endorsement of any sort of vanguard party. I have noticed that each generation of activists re-invents "The Left." But these are good people and it should be an interesting dicussion.
Here's the info:
Tuesday, July 1, 7:30 pm
Which Way Is Left?
the Brecht Forum,
451 West St. (bt. Bank and Bethune sts.)
A new generation of left activists has begun to express the need for more than just single-issue activist groups and ad hoc coalitions. Some are raising the question of building a broad-based revolutionary organization, also known as a party or parties.
In association with Freedom Road's pamphlet Which Way is Left? Theory, Politics, Organization and 21st-Century Socialism, this forum will focus on the above topic.
Panelists:
Kamembe Balagun, writer, blackmanwithalibrary.com, Brecht Forum
Herm Jerome, NY Study Group--Party/Study/Party
Juliet Ucelli, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, OSCL
Kamau Franklin, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Questions to be explored include:
* Why do we need a broad-based, multi-issue revolutionary organization or party?
* What should it look like? Among what sectors should it be based?
* How might such an organization develop?
* What should be the relationship between a revolutionary organization and the mass social movements?
Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15
Free for Brecht Forum subscribers
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