September 18, 2011
Charles Derber, Professor of Sociology at
Charles Derber presents a discussion on his new book, Marx’s Ghost, which shows how right Marx was and where he made mistakes, based on a conversation between Derber and the ghost in London’s Highgate Cemetery (where Marx is buried). Derber will discuss the Marxist perspective on the deep economic crisis and current politics, as well as the rise of a vast surplus population breeding conditions of left or right wing revolution. Real-world alternatives to capitalism that can deal with the economic crisis, the climate crisis and the war system will be fleshed out.
September 25, 2011
Sean Faircloth, Executive Director,
Mr. Faircloth will present a specific plan to return America to its secular roots.
October 1, 2011
Gia Barboza, Assistant Professor of African-American Studies,
Dr. Barbosa will share information on her research about the experiences of minority youth in summer employment.
October 9, 2011
State Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton)
Senator Eldridge has been cited by the organization Free Speech for People as a leader in Massachusetts who has developed legislation at the state level on corporate contributions to political campaigns. His is a voice for ethics in politics.
October 16, 2011
Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Director of the ,
Gary King and his colleagues developed a computer-assisted method for the discovery of insightful conceptualizations from unstructured text — a way of “reading” or understanding information in a massive numbers of documents that no unassisted human being could accomplish in a lifetime of effort. Applying this new approach to 64,000 press releases from the U.S. Senate (among other data sets), they discovered and measured “partisan taunting,” a new conceptualization of how members act.
October 30, 2011
Kevin Doyle, President of Green Economy and Co-Chair of the Workforce Development Committee of the
Thousands of people throughout New England want to align their spiritual, social, and ecological values with the work they do every day in their professional careers. But is the promise of a “green economy” more hype than hope? Join us as we explore progress and pitfalls in recent efforts to grow good, green jobs for all.