7:00PM, Monday, April 19 What is the truth about last year's Gaza invasion? What is the situation like now? What was the importance of the Goldstone report? How did it impact traditional support for Israel? What has been the mainstream media's role in framing the Palestinian conflict? What can students do to promote justice and human rights in Palestine? And more! Organized by: Radical Film and Lecture Series NYU Students for Justice in Palestine NYU Arab Students United Cosponsored by: NYU So...
7:00PM, Monday, April 19 What is the truth about last year's Gaza invasion? What is the situation like now? What was the importance of the Goldstone report? How did it impact traditional support for Israel? What has been the mainstream media's role in framing the Palestinian conflict? What can students do to promote justice and human rights in Palestine? And more! Organized by: Radical Film and Lecture Series NYU Students for Justice in Palestine NYU Arab Students United Cosponsored by: NYU So...
April 5, 2010. What is the basis for apparently endless protests in South Africa's cities, ranging from radical social movements to anti-immigrant attacks? Given worsening urban poverty, massive unemployment and rising inequality, will deep-rooted economic contradictions be amplified by the World Cup in June-July 2010, and can the state keep a lid on social unrest? Patrick Bond presents a paper on the political economy of urban crisis and resistance. Patrick Bond is senior professor at the Uni...
3/26/2010. What type of School Reform do we really want? A public discussion featuring: Diane Ravitch -- Author of over twenty books, former Assistant Secretary of Education under President George H. W. Bush, and currently research professor of education at New York University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. In her latest book she explains why she’s changed her mind and now views testing and choice as barriers to public education. Lois Weiner-- Professor in the College of Edu...