This event discusses the nature of democratic and revolutionary movements in Africa today in the context of the latest dynamics of neocolonialism and global capitalism in 2019
With inequality surpassing Gilded Age levels, health care and student debt skyrocketing, climate change roiling the planet, and 80 percent of Americans surviving paycheck-to-paycheck, the majority of Americans are now calling for a major new political party, including an even greater number of young and working people. In 2015, a Princeton and Northwestern University study found that under the Democratic and Republican parties, public preferences have a "near-zero, statistically non-significant" impact on policy. As a result, the U.S. is no longer considered a democracy. Working people are responding by leaving the establishment parties by the millions. Gallup polls show that a record number of Americans have become independents, almost half the country. A majority of Americans now want a major new party, including an even greater number of young and working people — 57 percent of Americans and 71 percent of millennials. This February, the New York Times wrote that “Long-established political parties across the democratic world are blowing up. Could America’s parties be next?” From Mexico to France and Chile to Spain, a political revolution is sweeping the world. The breakthrough is coming in a series of fresh, new people-powered parties. They sweep in to government by challenging the corruption of the establishment parties and offering a stirring new vision and social contract. These parties begin as movements, launched by activists who learned through personal experience that the corporate-funded parties cannot be salvaged and belong in the past. They use social media and digital organizing to circumvent the corporate press and reach millions. Come join the Movement for a People’s Party in an open discussion and planning session on how we can bring the revolution to America with a party of our own. Donuts, bagels and coffee for all!
This interactive workshop seeks to deepen our understanding of the current political moment – the crisis of global capitalism & the planet, intensifying state repression and consolidation of fascism & the interrelations of economic exploitation, racial, gender & national oppression and dispossession in the US & globally. We will share 1. experiences, consciousness & analysis of conditions that inform our work; 2. visions of the world we are fighting for – what does it look like and how do we get there? and 3. strategy & tactics within the revolutionary process today for movement political education, movement leadership, collective political practice, and transformative system change.
