Upcoming:
Session 11: Saturday 12/10 at Noon
with
David Graeber
The People’s University in Washington Square is thrilled to welcome thinker and activist David Graeber for a discussion on the Occupy movement.
Saturday, December 10, 2pm
following the NYC Student Assembly
@ Judson Memorial Church, 55 Wash Sq South
David Graeber is an American anthropologist, political activist and author. He is currently reader in social anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and was formerly an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University. David is a member of the labour union Industrial Workers of the World, and has played a role in events such as the 2002 New York protests against the World Economic Forum. His most recent book is Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011).
Session 1: October 22, 2pm
Economic Crisis, Housing, and NYC
Join us for the inaugural session of the People’s University in Washington Square Park for a session on the economic crisis, the housing bubble, and what New Yorkers are doing to fight back!
with
Rick Wolff, Economist, New School http://rdwolff.com/
The People’s U will start after the NYC all Student Assembly in Washington Square. Look for the signs saying “PEOPLES UNIVERSITY”!
Session 2: Monday, October 24, 12:00pm
Join us for the second session of the People’s University
with
Steve Fraser, Author of Wall Street: America’s Dream Palace
and
Stephanie Luce, Professor of Labor Studies, Murphy Institute: http://www.workered.org
Read Fraser’s recent piece on Occupy Wall Street.
Washington Square Park
Session 3: Wednesday, October 26th, 6pm
Join us for the third session of the People’s University
Activism and the Law
with
Christine Harrington, Professor of Politics; Institute for Law and Society, NYU
author of Popular Justice, Populist Politics: Law in Community Organizing.
and
Carl Dix, October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality http://www.october22.org/
on resistance to the NYPD’s Stop and Frisk program
6pm in Washington Square Park - Look for the sign that says “People’s University”!
Affiliated event: Thursday October 27, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Public Schools and Privatization
Film screening sponsored by the Radical Film and Lecture Series
“The Inconvenient Truth About Waiting for Superman”
At NYU Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East, Room 520
Session 4: Saturday, Oct 29, 1:30pm
(immediately following the NYC Area All Student Assembly at noon)
Public Space and Gentrification
with
Neil Smith, Professor of Geography, CUNY
and
Frank Morales, Organizing for Occupation http://www.o4onyc.org/
in Washington Square Park
Session 5: Wednesday, Nov 2, 12:30pm
Hip-Hop for Social Change
with
Sujatha Fernandes, Professor of Sociology, CUNY
author of the new book Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip-Hop Generation
and
Rebel Diaz, bi-lingual hip-hop duo from the South Bronx
in Washington Square Park
Session 6: Tuesday, Nov 8, 12:30pm
Effects of Financial Expansion on Markets and Everyday Life
with
Randy Martin, professor of Art and Public Policy, Tisch School
author of Financialization of Daily Life
and
Rene Francisco Poitevin, assistant professor, Gallatin School
Session 7: Wednesday, Nov 9, 12:30pm
New York City Fiscal Crisis: Then and Now
with
Kimberly Phillips-Fein, assistant professor, Gallatin School
author of Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan
and
Joshua Freeman, professor of History, CUNY Graduate Center
author of Working-Class New York: Life and Labor since World War II
in Washington Square Park
Session 8: Saturday, Nov 12, 1:30pm
Education for the 99%
Educators, activists, parents, and students speak out on the fight for public education in NYC and the rest of the country
with
Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters & Parents Across America
and
Megan Behrent, NYC Public School Teacher
and
Melissa Garcia, New York State Youth Leadership Council
in Washington Square Park
Session 9: Wednesday Nov 16, 12:30pm
with Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy won the Booker prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Things. Her non-fiction work includes An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire, Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers, and Broken Republic. An impassioned critic of neo-imperialism, military occupations, and violent models of economic ‘development’, Roy was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in 2004. Her consistent exposure of the Indian state’s repressive policies has led to her being variously labelled a seditionist, secessionist, Maoist and unpatriotic troublemaker.
RSVP on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=316871611662319
Session 10: Saturday, 11/19 1:30pm
From New York to Paris, the Struggle Against Neoliberalism
with
Olivier Besancenot
Olivier Besancenot is one of the founding spokespersons of the French NPA (New Anti-Capitalist Party). He has been one of France’s most popular politicians. In 2002 at 28 he was the youngest presidential candidate in France’s history. He is the author of Tout est à nous (2002), Révolution (100 mots pour changer le monde, 2003), and Che Guevara: His Revolutionary Legacy (2009) with Michael Lowy.
