A discussion on the meaning and direction of Leftist political "movements" historically and today.
With panelists: Luis Brennan (new Students for a Democratic Society) Elena Davis (Pomegranate Health Collective) Chuck Hendricks (UNITE/HERE labor union) Jorge Mujica (Movimiento de 10 Marzo) Richard Rubin (Platypus)
Thursday, October 16, 2008 7-9PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 280 S. Columbus Dr. main auditorium Chicago, IL 60603
http://www.platypus1917.com
"The desire for revolution cannot be born only when the situation is ripe, because among the conditions for this ripeness are the revolutionary demands made of an unripe reality." -- Leszek Kolakowski
"But it is absurd to think of a purely 'objective' foresight. The person who has foresight in reality has a 'programme' that he wants to see triumph, and foresight is precisely an element of this triumph." -- Antonio Gramsci
"The socialist order of society is not prevented by world history; it is historically possible. But it will not be realized by a logic that is immanent to history but by men trained in theory and determined to make things better. Otherwise, it will not be realized at all." -- Max Horkheimer
". . . every shortcoming in historical duty increases the necessary disorder and prepares more serious catastrophes." -- Antonio Gramsci
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