What is a Movement?
October 16th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
“The desire for revolution cannot be born only when the situation is ripe, because among the conditions for this ripeness are the revolutionary demands made of an unripe reality.”
– Leszek Kolakowski, “The Concept of the Left” (1968)
What is a Movement?
A discussion on the meaning and direction of Left political “Movements” historically and today.
with Luis Brennan (new Students for a Democratic Society),
Elena Davis (Pomegranate Health Collective),
Chuck Hendricks (UNITE/HERE),
Jorge Mujica (Movimiento 10 de Marzo),
and Richard Rubin (Platypus)
The permanent audio link for the forum is here.
A transcript of the forum is available here.
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[...] On October 16, 2008, a panel discussion titled What is a Movement? A Discussion on the Meaning and Direction of Left Political “Movements” Historically and Today was held in Chicago. The panelists were Luis Brennan of the new Students for a Democratic Society, Elena Davis of Pomegranate Health Collective, Chuck Hendricks of UNITE/HERE, Jorge Mujica of Movimiento 10 de Marzo, and Richard Rubin of Platypus. The following edited transcript represents only a portion of a more extensive and wide-ranging discussion. The Platypus Review encourages interested readers to listen to the complete recording of the event at <http://platypus1917.org/2008/10/16/what-is-a-movement>. [...]
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[...] On October 16, 2008, a panel discussion titled What is a Movement? A Discussion on the Meaning and Direction of Left Political “Movements” Historically and Today was held in Chicago. The panelists were Luis Brennan of the new Students for a Democratic Society, Elena Davis of Pomegranate Health Collective, Chuck Hendricks of UNITE/HERE, Jorge Mujica of Movimiento 10 de Marzo, and Richard Rubin of Platypus. The following edited transcript represents only a portion of a more extensive and wide-ranging discussion. The Platypus Review encourages interested readers to listen to the complete recording of the event at<http://platypus1917.org/2008/10/16/what-is-a-movement>. [...]