[URPE] [NYC] Brecht Forum Events This Week

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Brecht Forum Events This Week
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Wednesday, September 26
7:30 pm

The Zapatistas & the World <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1174>
Reflections from Exchanges between US-based Organizers & the Zapatista 
Communities

Kolya Abramsky, Carwil James, Prita Lal & M. Mayuran Tirchelvam
The Zapatistas have launched a new round of international gatherings to 
share their experiences in building autonomy and to help coordinate 
global anti-capitalist struggles "from below and to the left"...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1174>
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Thursday, September 27
7:30 pm
FILM & DISCUSSION

Giuliani Time <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/113>

Discussion with Filmmaker Kevin Keating
"Nothing less than a full frontal assault on the civic deification of 
Rudolph W. Giuliani" - The New York Times, April 12, 2006

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/113>
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Friday, September 28
6:00 pm
3rd ANNUAL HARVEY GOLDBERG CLASSROOM BENEFIT GALA
DINNER & DISCUSSION

Imperialism & the American Century <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1115>

Vivek Chibber

The 20th century was characterized by the rise of two historic forces, 
the newly emerging American imperium and the global socialist movement...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1115>
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Saturday, September 29
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
PAULO FRIERE METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP

Power & Oppression <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1180>
Part 1. "TO SEE"

Maria Arettines, Carmelina Cartei, Kate Cavanagh, Esperanza Martell, 
Julie Nevies, Fernando Real & Other Popular Educators!
Part 1 of this Paulo Freire Methodology Intensive is an introduction to 
the theory of Pedagogy of the Oppressed and to the practical application 
of the Paulo Freire methodology...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1180>
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Saturday, September 29
9:00 pm
NEUES KABARETT
World Premiere / Brecht Forum Commission

Saco Yasuma <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1101>

With Andrew Bemkey, Roy Campbell, Jr., Ken Filiano & Michael T.A. 
Thompson. Movement by Amon Bey
"You can hear the soft nurturing quality in Saco Yasuma's compositional 
style...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1101>
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Monday, October 01
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
10-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Reading Capital, Vol. I <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/81>

William DiFazio
This class is continuing from the last term and welcomes new 
participants who can begin with Chapter 10 of Karl Marx's Capital Vol. I.

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/81>
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Monday, October 01
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Beginning Spanish <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/80>

Marisol Ruiz
A first course for those with little to no previous knowledge of the 
language.

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/80>
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Tuesday, October 02
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Intermediate Spanish <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/114>

Jose Rosa
Students will continue to develop everyday conversational skills while 
learning more complex grammatical forms.

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/114>
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Wednesday, October 03
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
5-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

A Workshop on Memoir Writing <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/84>

Edith Chevat
You're never too young or too old to write your memoirs. All you need is 
paper and pen and a desire to retrieve what you thought was lost.

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/84>
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Wednesday, October 03
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

What is to be Learned from the Soviet Experience? 
<http://www.brechtforum.org/node/83>

Rick Wolff
This course uses Marxian class analysis to examine the rise and collapse 
of the USSR between 1917 and 1989...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/83>
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Wednesday, October 03
7:30 pm
BOOK PARTY / FORUM

Decoding Liberation <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/85>
The Promise of Free and Open Source Software

Samir Chopra, Gabriella Coleman & Scott Dexter
Software is more that instructions for computing machines: it enables 
(and disables) political imperatives and policies...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/85>
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