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20 Oct 2009 16:21
Teaching for a New America
In a number of social spheres we are seeing services long considered the right of the public turned over to private investors. Prisons and schools are prime examples, two of the largest employers in the country. At the same time, large industries long considered the foundation of the private sector are seeing large amounts of government investment that is sometimes called "government ownership" or even "socialism." These issues, that seem to express contradictory motions, have raised questions about what appears to be a crossroads in our history.
We've asked two members of the editorial board of Rally Comrades to discuss with us this crossroads in the light of two articles that recently appeared in their journal (links below): What do fascism and socialism look like in the perspective of 21st century US experience?
Nelson Peery is author of, Black Fire: The Making of an American Revolutionary, a memoir of his years in the Army during World War II, and his sequel, Black Radical: The Education of an American Revolutionary. Peery brings the conviction that it is possible for the first time in human history to create a democratic, cooperative, society that is an economic paradise for all. Nelson Peery has over 60 years in the revolutionary movement.
Brooke Heagerty, Ph.D. is co-author ofMoving Onward: From Racial Division to Class Unity.She is working on a new book on Celia, the slave, that will look at how the history of slavery affects us today. She writes and speaks on women, racism, the police state, global repression and the new poverty. She is a founding member of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America, and editor of it's newspaper, Rally Comrades!
See: "The Changing Form of the State": http://www.lrna.org/2-pt/v16ed4art5.html
"Fascist Movement Gaining Force": http://www.lrna.org/2-pt/v19ed3art5.html
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11 AM to 1 PM
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