Harlem Forum on Sept. 26th:The Politics of Race, Class & Gender in the 2008 Presidential Election (Part 3 of Obama & Politics series)

[Nellie Bailey]

BLACK ANTI-WAR COALITION OF HARLEM

& HARLEM TENANTS COUNCIL

Critical Thinking Series

Beyond Obama & McCain:

The Politics of Race Class & Gender in the 2008 Presidential Election

Friday, September 26, 2008: 6 to 9:30 PM

(Forum: 6 to 8:30 PM/ Reception 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM )

Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Education Center

3940 Broadway at 168^th Street.

For additional information telephone 646-812-5188.

Guest speakers: Glen Ford, Executive Publisher for Black Agenda Report; James Haughton, Harlem Fight Back; Margaret Kimberley, Senior Columnist & Editor (Black Agenda Report); Milton Allimadi, Publisher & CEO of Black Star News; Robert Fitch, author and investigative journalist & others to be announced.

The Black Anti-War Coalition of Harlem & the Harlem Tenants Council held the first of its series on Obama: Race, Class & Politics in April of 2008. Nearly two hundred people attended the forum that featured awarding winning poet Amiri Baraka along with other panelists. This was followed by a second forum on April with an even larger audience of approximately 300 at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Education Center. An even larger audience is anticipated for the third forum scheduled for Friday, October 26, 2008 at the Malcolm X & Shabazz Center. Much has transpired since the first forum was held back in March. Senator Barack Obama now stands as the nominee for the Democratic Party and Senator John McCain for the Republican Party.

Clearly the nomination of Obama, without question has historic significance whether one would argue, only symbolically but of not much substance since Blacks and other oppressed nationalities continue to disproportionately suffer and lag behind whites in all spheres of life in the US. A critical analysis of the US ruling class selection of Obama as the new face of US imperialism is necessary not to mention equally, an analysis of the racist and reactionary rhetoric of John McCain and his running mate Governor Sarah Palin, the "pit-bull with lipstick". The forum will focus on a number of substantive issues, both domestic and global: The significance of the US Economic Collapse in a Post De-industrialized Period; Crisis in Black Leadership; The "Bradley Factor & Obama; Getting Beyond Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils: The Need for Principle Third Party Movements; Gentrification and the Restructuring of US Cities: A Case Study of Chicago; State Repression in Hard Times to Come; American Exceptionalism; The Middle East: Wars for Oil & Hegemony; The US & Post Colonial Africa: Pillage, Mischief & Crisis in African Leadership; Cuba & Latin America; and Gender versus Race: White Feminists, Michelle Obama and Cynthia Mckinney. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!! TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FORWARD THIS EMAIL!!  CD/audio available for Forums 1 & 2 for $25 each. Visit website:www.harlemtenantscouncil.org for description and order form. Posting will be up by 9/26/08.

*Please email this address to learn about additional speakers not yet confirmed including Jeremy Scahill, author of the best seller  "Black Water".

 

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