[URPE] [NYC] Brecht Forum -- Hegel/Mothering Ourselves/Palestine Art Show

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Tuesday, July 07
7:30 pm
A WRITING WORKSHOP

Mother Ourselves <http://brechtforum.org/node/2851>
Audre Lorde and the Poetics of Community Building

Ebony Noelle Golden & Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Ebony Noelle Golden present an interactive 
performance and writing workshop about the poetic process of community 
building. Using the poetry and theory of black lesbian feminist warrior 
mother Audre Lorde to create activities and discussion topics, this 
performance/workshop is especially designed for those seeking to build 
community through progressive organizing and creative transformation.

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2851>
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Wednesday, July 08
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
OFFSTAGE FORUMS 2009

FAMILIES NOW! <http://brechtforum.org/node/2854>
Working Class & LGBT Families Surviving The Great Recession

The econ can't stop these alternative and working-folk families from 
surviving and thriving...

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2854>
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Thursday, July 09
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit <http://brechtforum.org/node/2803>

Pamela Brown & Russell Dale
Hegel's philosophy has had a great influence to much that has happened 
in the world since his time. Hegel is crucial to understanding much of 
modern philosophy as well as to understanding Marxism and the socialist 
tradition in its varied aspects...

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2803>
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Thursday, July 09
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
EXHIBIT OPENING

The Art of Palestinian Children <http://brechtforum.org/node/2877>

The Art of Palestinian Children is a traveling exhibition. The paintings 
in this exhibition all come from Al-Jana, the Arab Resource Center for 
Popular Arts, in Beirut where the children (ages 8 to 13) attended art 
classes.

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2877>
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Monday, July 13
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
4-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Marxian Economics <http://brechtforum.org/node/2836>
An Intensive Introduction

Rick Wolff
This course provides a working foundation in the core concepts of 
Marxian economic theory – necessary and surplus labor, labor power, 
surplus value, exploitation, capital accumulation, distributions of the 
surplus, capitalist crises, and the differences between capitalist and 
other class structures...

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2836>
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Tuesday, July 14
6:00 pm

Reportback from Gaza & the West Bank <http://brechtforum.org/node/2784>

Invited speakers include: Medea Benjamin, Felice Gelmon, Manijeh Saba, & 
Phil Weiss
Hear eye witness accounts from members of delegations trying to break 
through the blockade of Gaza-some successfully and some not...

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2784>
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Saturday, July 18
9:30 am - 6:00 pm
4-DAY INTENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO MARXISM JULY 18-19 & 25-26

Marxism <http://brechtforum.org/node/2807>
A Revolutionary Cure for Capitalism's Depression?

Humberto Brown, Vivek Chibber, Harriet Fraad, Harmony Goldberg, Lisa 
Maya Knauer, Peter Marcuse, Liz Mestres, Wasir Mohammed, Manny Ness, 
Cleo Silvers, Bill Tabb, Lincoln Van Sluytman, Rick Wolff & Others TBA
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the “cures’ that are prescribed 
for capitalism’s ills just temporarily suppress the symptoms--only to 
have the disorder reemerge more virulently a bit later...

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2807>
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Wednesday, July 22
6:30 pm

Offstage Forum <http://brechtforum.org/node/2856>
Post Apocalyptic. New Freedoms. New Communities.

Forever war. Economic disaster. Global warming. You ready? Come listen 
and dialogue...

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2856>
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Thursday, July 23
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Benefit Concert for Motorola Boycott <http://brechtforum.org/node/2844>

Dave Lippman,"Bard of the Bankers" Wild Bill Bailout, Remi Kanazi, 
Mahina Movement, & the Goodbye Moto Players

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2844>
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Saturday, August 01
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
5-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Beginning Spanish <http://brechtforum.org/node/2871>

Jairo Jimenez Ruiz

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2871>
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Saturday, August 01
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
5-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

Intermediate Spanish <http://brechtforum.org/node/2874>

Jose Rosa

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2874>
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Thursday, August 06
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
5-SESSION WORKSHOP BEGINS

Introduction to Poetry for Social Activists 
<http://brechtforum.org/node/2834>
A Workshop for the Aspiring Writer

Steve Bloom

More Info <http://brechtforum.org/node/2834>
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