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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Robin Kelley of UCLA

Robin Kelley of UCLA

UCLA Professor Robin Kelley, just back from Palestine, reports back on the liberation movement there. Robin Kelley, Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA, just back from a trip to Palestine, reports back on the liberation movement. He has...

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Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuval, editor and founder of The Nation magazine, discusses the role that progressive social movements can play in the 2012 elections. Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and founder of The Nation magazine, discusses the role that progressive social movements can play in...

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