The Resistances and Challenges of the Contemporary Maya
October 22-23
Events
Stephanie Luce, School of Labor and Urban Studies, City University of New York
From Minimum Wage to General Strike?
October 27
Helen Scott, English, University of Vermont
Capturing ‘the Spirit of Struggle’: Rosa Luxemburg on Literature
October 29
Simon Balto, History and African American Studies, University of Iowa
A History of Racist Policing in the United States
November 5
Adam Tooze, History, Columbia University
2020: A World Crisis?
November 12
Lane Windham, Georgetown University
What Happened with America’s Working Class?
November 17-18
Craig Calhoun, Social Sciences, Arizona State University
Degenerations of Democracy
December 3
Youth Unstoppable
Tuesday, February 4, 7:00pm
Youth Unstoppable takes us inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement, following the evolution of a diverse network of youth rising up to shape the world they will live in.
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Wednesday, February 12, 6:30pm
Rigged chronicles how the right to vote is being undercut by a decade of dirty tricks – including the partisan use of gerrymandering and voter purges, and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court.
American Factory
Wednesday, February 19, 6:30pm
Hopes soar when a Chinese glass company opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.