[Left_forum_event] Left Forum and Brecht Forum Event - Movement Building and the US Social Forum

[Left Forum]

      [image: Left Forum Main Logo]       Wednesday, September 15, 2010,
7:30 PM *Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, NYC*


 Join with Organizers from the Brecht Forum, the Left Forum, and the US
Social Forum to discuss:
 *How Does the US Social Forum Contribute to Building a New Progressive
Movement in the US?* *And What is the Relation of Other Forums to This
Process?*



Speakers:

*Seth Adler*, Left Forum Conference Coordinator

*Sam Anderson*, Black Left Unity Network, Brecht Forum Board of Directors

*Kazembe Balagun*, Brecht Forum Outreach Coordinator

*Rod Bush*, Sociology and Anthropology, St. John's University, Left Forum
Board of Directors

*Jerry Jeremie*, St. Johns University alumnae

*Alfredo Lopez*, may first/people link, U.S. Social Forum National Planning
Committee

*Liz Mestres*, Brecht Forum Director

*Frances Fox Piven*, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center, Left Forum
Board of Directors

*Maliha Safri*, Associate Editor, Rethinking Marxism, Brecht Forum Board of
Directors

*Max Uhlenbeck*, Brecht Forum Development Coordinator, Left Turn

Moderated by *Lorraine Minnite*, Left Forum Board of Directors


 Speakers will draw on their experiences at the US Social Forum in Detroit
to reflect on how the Forum contributes to its stated goal — to advance a
convergence of fragmented social movements into a strong and effective force
for a better world.  And they will discuss the role of the three forums in
the process of building a national progressive movement.


 *When: Wednesday September 15, 2010, 7:30 PM
Where:  Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets), NYC
10014
Phone: (212) 242-4201
Email: brechtforum at brechtforum.org, www.<javascript:void(0);/*1284165851829*/>
*brechtforum.org <javascript:void(0);/*1284165851829*/>
 *Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15 *
www.leftforum.org<javascript:void(0);/*1284165593297*/>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.people-link.net/pipermail/left_forum_event/attachments/20100911/d11996d9/attachment.htm>