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“How to Get the Neofascist Out Without Surrendering to the Parties of War & Wall Street ” with Jill Stein
Submitted by commchurch on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:02pm
In this historic moment, people are rising up like we haven’t seen for generations. From wildcat strikes to rent boycotts, there is a growing revolt against the rapacious oligarchy that’s brought crises in virtually every dimension of our lives. But how can we rise up in the halls of power as well as in the streets? And how do we get Trump out of the White House without the deadly consequences of voting for the lesser evil?“A People's Guide to Greater Boston” with Eleni Macrakis, Suren Moodliar and Joseph Nevins
Submitted by commchurch on Wed, 07/29/2020 - 1:31pmJoin co-authors, Eleni Macrakis, Suren Moodlair and Joseph Nevins, for a discussion about their book A People's Guide to Greater Boston.
“The Genius of CCB: It’s Non-Sectarianism” with Rev. William Alberts
Submitted by commchurch on Fri, 07/24/2020 - 3:31pmVirtual Program:
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Sunday, August 23 at 11:00 am
“The Genius of CCB: It’s Non-Sectarianism”
with Rev. William Alberts
"The Two Worst Ways To Make Policy: Constitutional Originalism and Biblical Literalism" with Barry Lynn
Submitted by commchurch on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 3:20pmVirtual SERVICE: “One Year After American Exceptionalism & Innocence: Lessons for Our Movement in the Era of Trump”
Submitted by commchurch on Wed, 02/26/2020 - 1:53pmJoin this CCB Program on Zoom
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“Democracy Denied (On the Workings of U.S. Politics)” with Victor Wallis
Submitted by commchurch on Wed, 10/16/2019 - 4:06pmVictor Wallis will speak about a short popular book on the social and historical basis of current US politics that includes remarks about “exceptionalism,” US imperialism, mass incarceration, US Left history, and present-day clashes.
• Victor Wallis teaches in the Liberal Arts department at the Berklee College of Music and was for twenty years the managing editor of Socialism and Democracy. He is the author of Red-Green Revolution: The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism (2018) and of many articles. His activism dates from the 1960s.
POSTPONED: “From the N word to colored to negro to black to Afro then African-American and right back to the N word or how we made blackness so irresistible that they tried to take it away from us: A Cultural Reflection on Living The Dream”
Submitted by commchurch on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 3:23pmDue to inclement weather this program has been postponed until April.
Using Ntozoke Shange’s "Spell #7", Talib Kweli’s "For Women", Arthur Jafa’s "Love is the Message, the Message is Death" and Dr. King’s "Letter from Birmingham a Jail", this sermonette explores the relationship between identity reclamation, liberation, and resistance.
“Red-Green Revolution: The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism” with Victor Wallis
Submitted by commchurch on Fri, 12/21/2018 - 2:12pmAddressing the environmental crisis is inseparable from working to build socialism. This presentation is based upon Victor Wallis’s new book, Red-Green Revolution:
The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism and will focus on re-assessing human needs, identifying requisite technologies & institutional structures,
and exploring ways to link environmental activism with other progressive struggles.
Brazilian Elections & the Threat to Democracy with Civil Rights Activist Gary Dotterman
Submitted by commchurch on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 3:25pmGary Dotterman, the former director of the CME, currently lives in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The region boasts the largest concentration of industrial workers in the Western Hemisphere, including the biggest integrated steel plant and massive mines. With Brazil in economic and political crisis, the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) is organizing, and running candidates.
An Evening with David Cay Johnston
Submitted by commchurch on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 4:54pmDavid Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer prize/winning investigative reporter, has covered Donald Trump for more than 30 years, longer than any other journalist. Last year he published part of Trump’s 2005 tax return. In 1990 Johnston broke the story that Trump was no billionaire.
Johnston wrote the international bestsellers The Making of Donald Trump (2016) and It’s Even Worse Than You Think (2018) and five other books.
War & Peace in the Age of Trump with Stephen Kinzer
Submitted by commchurch on Fri, 08/17/2018 - 11:11amAmerican power has been used to wreak much havoc in the world.
Now we are told that our global role is shrinking. Is that true–and if so, is it good?
Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. He writes a world affairs column for the Boston Globe and teaches international relations at Brown University.
Jill Stein Speaks: Building Power in Boston & Beyond: Resisting Militarism, McCarthyism, Austerity, Deportations & more”
Submitted by commchurch on Fri, 01/12/2018 - 2:07pm“Building Power in Boston & Beyond: Resisting Militarism, McCarthyism, Austerity,
Deportations & more” with Dr. Jill Stein
Special 3 p.m. Service (No 11 a.m. service):
Gov. Michael Dukakis: "So What Do Progressives Do in the Era of Trump?"
Submitted by commchurch on Wed, 05/10/2017 - 11:01amJoin us for a talk by the former Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis who will answer the question "So What Do Progressives Do in the Era of Trump?"
Michael Dukakis was nominated by President Clinton for a five-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of Amtrak, The National Railroad Passenger Corporation on May 21, 1998 and was confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 1998. He served a full five-year term on the Amtrak Board as Vice-Chairman.
Gary Leupp:The U.S. and Russia: the Centrality of the NATO Issue
Submitted by commchurch on Fri, 04/14/2017 - 9:59amGary Leupp will review the course of U.S.–Russian relations since 1991, from the decade-long honeymoon with the Yeltsin regime to the Putin era. Leupp will discuss the Ukrainian situation in historical context, emphasizing the ethnic divide in that country and how the February 2014 regime change backed by the U.S. provoked a much misunderstood secessionist movement. Leupp will comment on the unpredictable Trump positions on Russia. Gary Leupp is an Author and Professor of History, Tufts University, since 1988.
Lippman and Drumpf: A Fairly Unbalanced Serio-Comic Report
Submitted by commchurch on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 6:24pmDave Lippman brings vibrant parody sing-alongs, soulful original songs, and an encounter with Donald Trump’s renegade third cousin, Davey Drumpf. A passionate, comedic, participatory, multi-media romp through society’s ills and thrills. Lippman has performed as a singing CIA agent, moderate clear cutter, bard of the bankers, and third cousin twice removed of Donald Trump. His efforts to combine music with politics span 50 years, and he is always on the verge of getting it right. He has 14 releases to his credit, not counting jail.
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