Forum Post: Tonight 3/23: "6 Months of OWS: Time for Theoretical & Practical Assessments"
Posted 12 years ago on March 23, 2012, 12:56 p.m. EST by dola
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Marxist-Humanist Initiative invites you to participate in a discussion Friday March 23, 7:00-9:00p.m.
6 Months of OWS: Time for Theoretical & Practical Assessments
Members of MHI and students and activists organizing within OWS will lead off an open discussion about what Occupy Wall Street has accomplished, what it has not, and whether its direction might instigate a reorganization of society. We will emphasize the theories— explicit and implicit—on which OWS has been based, examining some ideas advanced by David Graeber, Marina Sitrin, Rick Wolff, and other popular speakers, as well as its practice in relation to working class and other struggles.
Is OWS anti-capitalist because it adds "capitalism" to the list of evils in the world? Is every left movement doomed to replicate the separation between thought and activity that characterizes life under capitalism? These questions and more will be addressed as we attempt an evaluation that is largely absent within the OWS movement itself. All are welcome to participate.
At TRS Inc. Professional Suite, 44 East 32nd Street, 11th floor (between Madison and Park Avenues, Manhattan). Contribution voluntary.
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