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Brecht Forum CLR James/Film-John Henrik Clarke/John Brown
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Wednesday, February 13
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

C.L.R. James <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1499>
Controversial Questions in His Life & Work

Frank Rosengarten

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1499>
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Thursday, February 14
7:30 pm
6-SESSION STUDY GROUP BEGINS

Postcards from the Ledge <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1455>
Feminist & Queer Encounters with Marxism

Kazembe Balagun & Lisa Maya Knauer
During the last several decades, radical thinkers and activists have 
addressed what they saw as the shortcomings of socialist and Marxist 
theory and practice regarding “the woman question” –what we now would 
define more broadly as gender, sexuality and human emancipation...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1455>
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Thursday, February 14
7:30 pm
FILM & DISCUSSION

John Henrik Clarke <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1471>
A Great & Mighty Walk

Discussion with Clinton Crawford, Kaba Hiawantha Kamene & Atiba 
Kwabena-Wilson, plus a special jazz jam session dedicated to Dr. Clarke.
Both a biography of Clarke himself and an overview of 5,000 years of 
African history, the film offers a provocative look at the past through 
the eyes of a leading proponent of an Afro-centric view of history...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1471>
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Friday, February 15
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
3-DAY WORKSHOP BEGINS

De-masking Stereotypes <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1458>
An Approach to Healing through Storytelling

Facilitated by Potri Ranka Manis
A practical workshop on the Paulo Freire methodology as applied and 
experienced within the historical context of the social and political 
struggles against oppression in the Philippines.

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1458>
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Saturday, February 16
8:00 pm

BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 8

John Brown <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1501>
Trumpet of Freedoom

Norman Thomas Marshall
Early in the morning of his last day on Earth, the day that he will hang 
by the neck until dead, John Brown writes a farewell letter to his 
compatriots in the abolitionist movement...

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1501>
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Tuesday, February 19
7:30 pm

How Much Economic Damage will the Credit Meltdown Do? 
<http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1502>

Max Fraad Wolff & Richard D. Wolff
Rick Wolff and Max Wolff invite you to a discussion of recent events in 
credit markets and the likely implications for the macro economy.

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1502>
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Thursday, February 21
7:30 pm

Third Thursdays <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1494>

Speakers TBA

More Info <http://www.brechtforum.org/node/1494>
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