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Video: Peter Van Delft and 40 Years of the Labor Movement

Video: Peter Van Delft and 40 Years of the Labor Movement

Doug Enaa Greene February 25, 2013 0

On Thursday, February 21st, labor activist Peter Van Delft spoke on the dire situation of the labor movement and how it can recover. Peter Van Delft is a long-time labor activist and a third-generation

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Fred Magdoff: Capitalism and the Environment

Fred Magdoff: Capitalism and the Environment

Fred Magdoff October 26, 2012 0

The purpose of capitalism — and the way it functions — is to invest money in order to make more money. In other words, the motivations of investors are to make profits and accumulate,

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Howard Zinn: Life and Legacy

Howard Zinn: Life and Legacy

Doug Enaa Greene August 22, 2012 1

Although Howard Zinn died over two years ago at the age of eighty-seven, his legacy lives on through popular education initiatives and struggles for social justice. Howard Zinn was a pioneer in combining the

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Zinn Lecture Series: Richard Seymour

Zinn Lecture Series: Richard Seymour

Doug Enaa Greene June 7, 2012 0

Richard Seymour is a socialist author from London, England and runs the popular blog Lenin’s Tomb. Seymour is the author of the Liberal Defense of Murder and The Meaning of David Cameron. This is

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Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Noel Ignatiev

Noel Ignatiev March 12, 2012 3

The following is based on a speech given on November 12, 2011, by Noel Ignaitev, a Professor of History at the Massachusetts College of Art and author of the book “How The Irish Became

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From Occupy to Workers Control: Professors Elaine Bernard and Immanuel Ness

Doug Greene February 2, 2012 3

The rest of the lecture and Q + A session can be found at http://zinnlectures.wordpress.com/. On Friday, January 20, Professors Elaine Bernard and Immanuel Ness spoke at Encuentro Cinco, a community organizing space in

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Paul LeBlanc: The Ancestors of Occupy

Editor January 28, 2012 1

In mid-November, Paul LeBlanc – a professor of history at La Roche College – spoke at Occupy Boston as part of The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series. Above are videos of that speech taken

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Free School University (Dec. 10 – Dec. 19)

Matt Cloyd December 7, 2011 0

Unless noted, classes meet at the north end of Dewey Square. Look for the bright orange schedule board on the right side of Main Stage for the schedule of up-coming classes, updates, location changes,

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Free School University Schedule (Dec. 3 – Dec. 18)

Free School University December 3, 2011 0

Unless noted, classes meet at the north end of Dewey Square. Look for the bright orange schedule board on the right side of Main Stage for the schedule of up-coming classes, updates, location changes,

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Free School University (Nov 27th-Dec 4th)

Matt Cloyd November 29, 2011 0

Unless noted, classes meet at the north end of Dewey Square.  Look for the bright orange schedule board on the right side of Main Stage for the schedule of up-coming classes, updates, location changes,

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