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Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. While Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez continues to capture headlines, a much larger story involving a wider cast of characters has gone largely ignored. Venezuela Speaks!, published by PM Press, is a collection of interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela’s social movements. From community media to land reform, cooperatives to communal councils, from the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan network, Venezuela Speaks! sheds light on the complex realities within the Bolivarian Revolution.
Russ Baker Discusses New Book on the Bush Dynasty: "Family of Secrets"
Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Join Russ Baker, an award-winning investigative journalist and founder of the nonprofit reporting website whowhatwhy.com, in discussing his latest book, "Family of Secrets: the Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America." The new book is available in hardcover and will be coming out in paperback this Fall. Gore Vidal calls it, "one of the most important books of the past ten years."
Joel Kovel: Overcoming Zionism - Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine
Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Join Overcoming Zionism author, Joel Kovel, in challenging the notion of "exceptionalism" and the resultant alienation of people and environment. Joel weaves together deep historical and structural analysis with insights into the development of the psyche. Wikipedia provides a useful overview of his thinking. However, it fails to provide a full account of the price that he is paying for publishing his critique of Zionism. For a complete list of his books, see Joel's website.
Steve Early: Embedded with Organized Labor

with Elaine Bernard & Rand Wilson
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Join Steve Early, author of Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home. Find out more about:
- Workers and the economic crisis
- The fight for health care reform
- The fate of "Employee Free Choice"
- Current struggles for union democracy and rank-and-file control
- The future of national labor federations like Change to Win and AFL-CIO
Steve will address his critique of organized labor, using examples from his book, propose his vision and what American workers can do to get out from under the terrible economic and political institutional constraints they endure.
The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization
Author Presentation with Daniel Faber
DATE CHANGED: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization
Author Presentation with Daniel Faber
January 15, 2009, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. NEW DATE: Thursday, March 5, 2009 (same time) Join us for a conversation with author Daniel Faber based on his book, "Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008). "Capitalizing..." is a comprehensive assessment of the environmental justice movement, examining the achievements and challenges confronting the movement, along with an emphasis on new strategies of environmental problem-solving and innovations in environmental policy. Updated flyer coming soon.
Stopping War at the Point of Production
Hidden away in Northwest Missouri, the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is one of the most integral mechanisms of the U.S. war machine. Producing over 90% of all small arms ammunition for the U.S. Military, Lake City is a linchpin in the U.S. war effort in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries.
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