Laura Pulido of the University of Southern California

Laura Pulido of the University of Southern California

University of Southern California professor Laura Pulido discusses her new book A People's Guide to Los Angeles in which she maps 115 sites in Los Angeles where critical struggles for justice took place over the past two hundred years. Professor Pulido researches...

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Diane Fujino on Fred Ho

Diane Fujino on Fred Ho

This is the last segment of the three hour round table discussion hosted by The Strategy Center three weeks ago at the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research honoring Fred Ho. Diane Fujino, associate professor and chair of Asian American...

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Carlos Marentes and Dena Hoff of La Via Campesina

Carlos Marentes and Dena Hoff of La Via Campesina

Carlo Marentes and Dena Hoff are two leaders of the international movement La Via Campesina. They will discuss the upcoming April 17 event called A Global Day of Peasant Struggle Against Land Grabs. Carlos Marentes is the founder and director...

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Fred Ho

Fred Ho

Fred Ho is a one-of-a-kind Chinese American baritone saxophonist, composer, writer, producer, political revolutionary, and self-described cancer warrior and extreme raw foodist. His music, his world view, and his politics are very inspiring and thought provoking. Fred spoke and played his saxophone...

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Tom Dutton on Fighting Gentrification

Tom Dutton on Fighting Gentrification

Professor Tom Dutton will speak on his recent article for TruthOut.org, "Do You Have a Sign" where he describes the current struggle against gentrification in Over-the-Rhine People's Movement. His analysis sheds light on similar struggles taking place from New...

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Kevin Alexander Gray: Community Organizing in South Carolina.

Kevin Alexander Gray: Community Organizing in South Carolina.

Kevin Alexander Gray is a veteran community organizer in South Carolina as well and author of The Decline of Black Politics: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama. Kevin Alexander Gray is a writer, political commentator, and community organizer based in South Carolina. He works...

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