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DESCRIPTION:IN THE AGE OF OBAMA, POLICE TERROR, INCARCERATION, NO JOBS, 
 MIS-EDUCATION--WHAT FUTURE FOR OUR YOUTH, a dialogue between CORNEL WEST & 
 CARL DIX.\n\nCornel West, one of America’s foremost intellectuals, and 
 Carl Dix, a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, are 
 bringing their Dialogue, In the Age of Obama –– Police Terror; 
 Incarceration; No Jobs; Mis-education: What Future for Our Youth”  to UC 
 Berkeley as part of a tour of campuses around the country. \n \nThe 
 speakers dissect the multitude of unprecedented challenges facing youth 
 today – from  massive incarceration and police brutality, to widespread 
 joblessness and budget cuts, to the U.S.’s unending global wars, to the 
 pervasive racism confronting youth of color at every turn. \n \nThis 
 Dialogue is a spirited back-and-forth between two of the nation’s 
 foremost thinkers on some of the most pressing issues today -- one in the 
 spirit of the Black church and liberation theology, and the other from the 
 standpoint of revolutionary communism.  Though differing in perspective, 
 they are joined by their profound respect for each other and commitment to 
 today’s youth.  Both understand the urgency of cracking open the national 
 discourse, and fostering a spirit of critical engagement and daring in 
 confronting and changing the dangerous situation the new generation faces. 
 \n \nThe Dialogue comes at an especially significant time as struggles from 
 the Occupation movement to the hunger strikes in California’s prisons 
 erupt through society.  Both speakers have been deeply engaged in these 
 battles, both were recently arrested during demonstrations in New York in 
 support of a call they issued to stop New York City’s “Stop & Frisk” 
 program in which hundreds of thousands of mostly Black and Latino youth 
 have been stopped, searched and harassed by police. \n \nThis event is free 
 and open to the public and the speakers will have an extensive 
 Q&A.\n\nEmail ucb_cornelwest_carldix_dialogue@hotmail.com and search 
 “Dec. 2 UC Berkeley\nCornel West Carl Dix” on Facebook for more 
 information.  \n \nCORNEL WEST is one of America’s most provocative 
 public intellectuals and has been a champion for racial justice since 
 childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the 
 traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The 
 New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.” Dr. West 
 currently teaches at Princeton University.\n \nCARL DIX is a longtime 
 revolutionary and a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, 
 USA. In 1970 Carl was one of the Fort Lewis 6, six GIs who refused orders 
 to go to Vietnam. He served 2 years in Leavenworth Military Penitentiary 
 for his stand. In 1985 Carl initiated the Draw The Line statement, a 
 powerful condemnation of the bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia. In 
 1996, Carl was a founder of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police 
 Brutality. Carl coordinated the Katrina hearings of the 2006 Bush Crimes 
 Commission.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/11/18698929.php
SUMMARY:Cornel West & Carl Dix In Dialogue at UCB
LOCATION:Pauley Ballroom on the UC Berkeley campus\nTelegraph Avenue @ Bancroft\n 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/11/18698929.php
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