This past weekend, May 20th through May 22nd saw the reconvening of the Left Forum. The event was held at the John Jay College, the City University of New York, CUNY, in New York City. This event is the largest annual gathering in North America of the US and international Left. Around 4,000 people were in attendance. The Left Forum was founded in 1981 and was originally called the Socialist Scholars Conference. In brief, the Left Forum brings together activists, academics and intellectuals whose purpose is, among other things, to share their perspectives, experiences, strategies and visions. Below are links to our YouTube page with seven sessions and the Closing Plenary out of over 380 scheduled events.
These sessions represent a small sample yet also a very broad perspective of current left political thinking. The thoughts and ideas heard and seen here will serve not only as a critique of neoliberalism but, by extension, promote radical alternatives to capitalism itself. You Tube Channel info https://www.youtube.com/user/OpenUnivoftheLeft/videos?shelf_id=1&sort=dd&view=0 Short URL: https://goo.gl/Kkjr6o
Individual links:
Session 2: A Dialogue on Israel and Palestine With Tariq Ali and Norman Finkelstein – URL: https://youtu.be/C3AYLGyr908
Session 3: Forging the Radical and Principled Black Movement of the 21st Century – URL: https://youtu.be/F8XFDb2tsCw
Session 4: Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century – URL: https://youtu.be/Ku92kdTRjEI
Sunday – 5/22/2016
Session 5: Neoliberalism and its Discontents: Political Parties, Social Movements and Organized Labor In France and the US in the Neoliberal Era – URL: https://youtu.be/JrEea37tXHU
Session 6: Marxist Laws of Motion and Today’s Economic Collapse – URL: https://youtu.be/AtQTLmK6lnQ
Session 7: Is Sanders the Answer to Building Left and Black Power? – URL: https://youtu.be/JvAJ2WrJm3Q
Closing Plenary: Rage, Rebellion, Organizing New Power: A Hegelian Triad Slavoj Zizek, Amy Goodman URL: https://youtu.be/IZlM8uV_lRk