6501 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609
USA
Day One (Saturday, 10/1) Here
Sun. 10/2
10:30am -12:30 pm
How Capitalism Shreds Our Personal Lives
Harriet Fraad, Harriet Fraad is a licensed mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. She has been an activist in the feminist movement and the journal Rethinking Marxism. For 40 years, she has been a radical committed to transforming US personal and political life.
1:30-3:30 pm
Crisis: It’s How Capitalism Works
Richard Wolff, Marxist professor of economics, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University, New York City. He is the author of numerous books and articles and host of the weekly radio show, Economic Update, and Co-founder of the projectDemocracy at Work
4:00-6:00 pm
Our Role In Transforming The World
Activists in Speak Out Now, will present a revolutionary socialist perspective on the challenges and choices we all confront today
Followed by time to discuss and socialize – refreshments provided
7:30-8:30
The Artist as Activist
Emel Mathlouthi, Tunisian singer, songwriter, social commentator and participant in the Arab Spring – will take us through her musical and political journey. He song Kelmti Horra (my word is free) became well-known throughout Tunisia during the struggles against the rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali