slu events
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Event: Rights In Transit: Public Transportation & the Right to the City (3/8)
Date: Friday, March 8th, 2019 Time: 6pm-8pm Location: CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10036 RSVP HERE Is public transportation a right? Should it be? For those reliant on public transit, the answer is invariably “yes” to both. For those who lack other means of…
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Video: Change in Mexico
On February 8th, members of SLU community gathered to to learn from and speak with two high-ranking officials from the new Mexican government led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. A discussion with TATIANA CLOUTHIER (Congresswoman from Mexico; former campaign director for current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador) and ROBERTO VALDOVINOS (Director, Institute of Mexicans…
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Video: The Next Generation: Young Workers Building Movements
On December 6th, members of SLU community gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by young adults in building the labor movement. Despite the recent weakness of the U.S. labor movement, young workers are invigorating unions and other working-class organizations throughout the country, showing the promise of a new broad-based progressive movement. Social media-driven…
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Event: Is a Democratic Capitalism Possible (9/14)
Friday, Sept 14th, 8:30AM-10:30AM CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10036 RSVP HERE Inequality is accelerating at an alarming rate as corporate political power is expanding and worker rights and protections are shrinking. The hyper concentration of wealth in the hands of a financial elite…
