Join us for our next author talk, with Mary Gray, to discuss her book “Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass,” and Ryan Gerety,…
Join us for our next in the author talk series, a discuss with Peter Cole on the reissue of his book about Ben Fletcher, an important figure in the early 20th century labor movement. A brilliant union organizer and a humorous orator, Benjamin Fletcher (1890– 1949) was a tremendously important and well-loved African American member…
Join us for our next in the author talk series, a discussion with Saket Soni about his memoir, The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America. Weaving a deeply personal journey with a riveting tale of 21st-century forced labor, the book takes us into the hidden lives of the…
Join us for our next in the author talk series, a discussion with Jenny Brown—editor at Labor Notes and author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women's Work—and Crystal Grabowski, a abortion care worker organizer from Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania UE Local 696—about reproductive justice in the worker power context. We’ll be talking…
Join Vaughn Tan in building a better relationship with the not-knowing that surrounds us. We instinctively trust those who claim to tame not-knowing or protect us from it. The people and institutions who manage our money, govern our countries, and build our tools want and need our trust — so they often claim to have good methods for dealing…
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Jenny Worley about her book, Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power, which documents Worley’s experiences as a graduate student and…
Dan has been interested in Reich’s work for 25 years, since encountering his ground-breaking fusion of politics and psychoanalysis The Mass Psychology of Fascism at University. Reich was the first…
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Blair Kelley about her book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class, which illuminates the adversities and joys throughout the long…
Is epistemology, the theory of knowledge, is practical? Yes, and this salon series by Arkadiusz Synowczyk will prove why and how. Join us for its third episode where we will discuss…
We'll investigate what movies, TV series, and books from the West get so wrong about dictatorships, and whether this political naivety is a weakness or a superpower when it comes…
Epistemology, the theory of knowledge, is often understood as a subject worthy of study, if at all, for the sake of itself. In this new salon series, Arkadiusz Synowczyk, a philosophy student specializing in epistemology, will show how this approach is fundamentally misguided. Epistemology, far from a purely theoretical subject, will be shown as providing crucial guidance…
In the 11th salon of the Ideas Shape the World – An Introduction to Social Movements series, hosts Robert Nemeth and Ferenc Laczo will discuss the alt-right movement, its origins and transformations, and its importance in today’s world with Elisabeth Zerofsky. The alt-right movement is a 21st century phenomenon. Its origins, however, trace back decades, and its…
