Speak Out Now 2016 Revolutionary University

Speak Out Now 2016 Revolutionary University
Tools for Changing Society

Join us for two days of presentations and discussion on some of the major questions of our time.

Saturday, March 12th & Sunday, March 13th
Niebyl Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland
$3 Donation Requested

Come to all sessions or choose the ones that interest you.
(Note: Sunday is the first day of Daylight Savings time)

Saturday 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Syria and the Conflict in the Middle East
Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil,
Professor of political science at CSU Stanislaus and author of Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
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3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
The Life of Victor Serge: Learning from the Past – Looking to Our Future
Susan Weissman,
Professor of Politics at St. Mary’s College and author of Victor Serge: The Course Is Set on Hope
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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Capitalism --a System in Crisis
Robert Brenner,
Economist and Professor of history at UCLA and an editor of the socialist journal Against the Current, and New Left Review
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Sunday
10:00 am –11:30 am
France, the Worker’s Movement Faced with the Growth of the Far Right Toni Rouvel,
an activist in the French Trotskyist group Fraction L’Etincelle
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12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Mexico: Drug Wars and State Terror
John Gibler,
Mexico - based journalist and author of Tzompaxtle and To Die in Mexico
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2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
The Environmental Crisis and the Working Class
Speak Out Now,
a Bay Area revolutionary organization.
Followed by time to discuss and socialize – refreshments provided.