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Wednesday, October 10, 7pm – Non-Fiction Tori Hogan author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Journey into the Realities of International Aid ($16.00 Seal Press) Young and idealistic, Tori Hogan travels to Kenya as an intern for Save the Children, intent upon doing her part to improve the lives of refugees. But the cynicism of a …
Saturday, July 7, 7pm – Non-Fiction Randall Amster author of Anarchism Today ($48.00 Praeger pub) With all of the provocative, sometimes highly destructive acts committed in the name of anarchy, this enlightening volume invites readers to discover the true meaning of anarchism, exploring its vivid history and its resurgent relevance for addressing today’s most vexing …
Sunday, June 3, 11am – Discussion Nation Discussion Group Presents SOCIALISM AND SENSUALITY Stelle Sheller and Jan Young will share photographs and impressions of their recent trip to Cuba – As members of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, these women traveled legally under the auspices of Global Exchange. The focus of the trip was …
Sunday, June 10, 9:00am “Stop Obama’s Wars: Occupy Imperialism!” Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Convention The theme of the 2012 National Convention of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM) is “Occupy Imperialism: Crisis, Resistance and Solidarity with the Liberation of Africans and other Oppressed Peoples”. The keynote speaker will be Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African Socialist …
Thursday, May 3 – 7pm Race in America: A Discussion with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Clarence Page and Linn Washington District 1199C Philadelphia Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street Erica Armstrong Dunbar specializes in 19th Century African American History and is author of A Fragile Freedom. Clarence Page is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist of The Chicago Tribune …
Wednesday, May 9 – 6pm Martin R. Delany & The Politics of Identity Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Panel with Molefi Kete Asante, historian, author of 100 Greatest African Americans; Alondra Nelson, sociologist, editor of Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of DMA, Race, and History; William Ayers, educator, author of Race Course. …
Thursday, May 10 – 7pm SONIA IS SICK AND WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE Martin R. Delany, Author Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th Discussion on Martin R. Delany’s books led by Sonia Sanchez including Blake or the Huts of America (a novel- For More Information www.moonstoneartscenter.org/martindelany
Wednesday April 4, 7pm – Film & Discussion Bayard Rustin was born 100 years ago. A new film, Brother Outsider, and a new book, I Must Resist, have both come out this year to commemorate the centennial. We will screen the film and discuss Bayard Rustin’s life and its meaning today. A master strategist and …
Friday, March 23, 6:30pm – Non-Fiction Wade Rathke in Discussion Wade founded and ran ACORN from 1970 until 2008, and since then has directed ACORN International, working in a dozen countries around the world, mostly in megaslums in India, Kenya, and Latin America, but also in Canada, Italy, and Czech Republic, where we are reproducing …