Brecht Forum
Template:TOCnestleft The Brecht Forum holds programs and events for socialist/marxist/progressive enthusiasts. It "is a place for people who are working for social justice, equality and a new culture that puts human needs first."[1]
The Brecht Forum later changed its name to "The Brooklyn Commons", and has a newspaper called "The Indypendent", a free monthly.
About
The Brecht Forum is organized through projects including The New York Marxist School, The Institute for Popular Education & Arts at the Brecht.
Conference to Counter the Combat Culture
Held at the Julie Richman High School in New York City on May 3-5, 1991, and sponsored by the Brecht Forum, 79 Leonard Street, NYC, NY 10013, this conference had as its themes the following:
- military budget vs. human services
- New World Order abroad and at home
- racism in the Gulf War
- gender and war-making
- war, families and children
- new organizing strategies
- alternative media/communications
- the fires burn on in the Gulf
- the psycho-politics of patriotism
- teaching about the Gulf War
Not identified per se: Should be the participants (from the list on the ad/notice)[2]
- Yasmine Adib - Palestine Solidarity Committee PSC, a mixed marxist and Arab pro-PLO group
- Playthell Benjmain - WBAI producer
- Elombe Brath - Patrice Lumumba Coalition - a marxist organization
- Barbara Ehrenreich - Democratic Socialists of America
- Danny Faber - Environmental Project on Central America
- Silvia Federici - feminist
- Jack Geiger - Doctor Physicians for Social Responsibility PSR, involved in the Anti-Defense Lobby
- Jim Haughton - Harlem Fightback Fightback, maoist-oriented street thug who acts likes an extortionist re getting jobs for his followers, etc. Uses violence and threats of violence in NYC
- Doug Henwood - Left Business Observer
- Michio Kaku - Professor physicist, CUNY
- Lisa Mayer Knauer - film-maker
- Joel Kovel - psychoanalyst, "Against the State of Nuclear Terror"
- Marnia Lazreg - Sociology & Women's Studies, Hunter College Professor
- Richard Levins - Harvard School of Public Health
- Eli Messinger - psychiatrist
- John Miller - International Clearinghouse on the Military and Environment
- Victor Sidel - past-president, American Public Health Association, part of the Hanoi Lobby
- Ethel Tobach - psychologist, Genes and Gender Conferences
- Dessima Williams - Grenada's Ambassador to OAS, 1979-1983, hardcore marxist from Grenada
External Links
References
- ↑ Brecht Forum website: About (accessed on Nov. 18, 2010)
- ↑ Guardian April 3, 1991, p. 13