DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS
OF AMERICA
 
 
March 18, 2010
 

NEWS FROM DSA 
A REPORT FROM DSA'S NATIONAL OFFICE.


IN THIS
ISSUE
DSA at the Left
Forum:
 
The Fiscal Crisis of the States
 
Toward a Second
[Economic] Bill of
Rights
 
New Time & Room Progressive Religion and the Fight for Democracy
 
Chinese Students and Workers Organize at the Grass Roots
 


 

 

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Update and Reminder
DSA Panels at the Left Forum
 
This weekend DSA presents several  panels at the Left Forum Conference in New York City. The Left Forum opens Friday March 19, with a dialogue led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and closes Sunday, March 21, with an address by Noam Chomsky. The conference is held at Pace University in lower Manhattan (Gold & Spruce Sts., just off Park Row) The conference theme is:
 
THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD:
Rekindling the Radical Imagination

 
DSA will have a table at the conference, and all DSA members and friends attending the conference are encouraged to stop by the DSA table, especially during the conference social hour from 7:00PM to 8:00PM on Saturday, March 20.
 
The conference has hundreds of panels spread over the three days. DSA's panels are scheduled as follows:
 

The Fiscal Crises of the States 12:00-1:50 PM Sat. March 20
Location: Student Union
sponsored by Democratic Left
 
Maria Svart (Chair) - National Political Committee, DSA

Michael Hirsch - Democratic Socialists of America; New Politics Magazine
James Parrott - Associate Director and Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute
 

Progressive Religion and the Fight for Democracy
12:00-1:50 PM Sat. March 20 NEW TIME AND ROOM
Location: W626

sponsored by:Religious Socialism, Journal of DSA Religion and Socialism Commission

 

Rev. Peter Laarman (Chair) - Executive Director, Progressive Christians; Contributing Editor, Religion Dispatches

Rev. Luis Barrios - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY;  Associate Priest, St. Mary's Episcopal Church in West Harlem

Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou - Sr. Minister, Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church; Fellow-in-residence, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

Tricia Sheffield - Assistant Minister for Administration, Middle Collegiate Church
 
 

Toward a Second [Economic] Bill of Rights 3:00-4:50M Sat. Mar. 20

Location: W503


Michael Hirsch (Chair) - New Politics; Democratic Left

Bill Barclay - Chicago Political Economy Group

Joseph Schwartz - Political Science Dept., Temple University; Vice-Chair, Democratic Socialists of America
 
 
7:00-8:00 PM  March 20 social hour: gymnasium  Visit the DSA Table
 
 
Sunday March 21 10:00-11:50 AM

Chinese Students & Workers Organize at the Grass-Roots

Location: E325

sponsored by Talking Union, DSA's Labor Blog

Marc Blecher (Chair) - Politics and East Asian studies, Oberlin College

Paul Garver  - Co-editor, TalkingUnion blog; National Political Committee, DSA

Manfred Elfstrom - Program Officer, International Labor Rights Forum
 
You must be a Left Forum conference registrant to attend these panels. On Line registration is closes tomorrow, but you may register at the door.
 
In solidarity,
                                                          
Frank Llewellyn
National Director 
Paid for by the Democratic Socialists of America ,  75 Maiden Lane, Suite 505, New York, NY 10038.