Saturday, April 16th @ 7PM - Free Reading: Grace Lee Boggs âThe Next American Revolutionâ With Scott Kurashige Transformational grassroots work in Detroit has taken the city beyond a symbol of post-industrial decay. Join legendary community activist Grace Lee Boggs and co-author Scott Kurashige in a conversation about her new book âThe Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century,â which reflects on Graceâs decades of movement building in the Motor City. The book envisions the new forms of work, education and human interaction that must emerge in the next American Revolution. Born to Chinese immigrant parents in 1915, Dr. Grace Lee Boggs is an activist, writer and speaker whose political involvements encompass the major U.S. social movements of past 70 years. Scott Kurashige is a professor at the University of Michiganâs department of American Culture.
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related links from NYC tour:
Roundtable: Assessing Obamaâs Budget Plan & State of U.S. Economy with Author Thomas Frank, Rev. Jim Wallis, and Activist/Philosopher Grace Lee Boggs www.democracynow.org/2011/4/14/roundtable_assessing_obamas_budget_plan_state
Grace Lee Boggs on Detroit and "The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century" www.democracynow.org/2011/4/14/grace_lee_boggs_on_detroit_and
NYU talk (14 April 2011) http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/51041
Brecht Forum talk (15 April 2011) http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/51076
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