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DESCRIPTION:Join us for three days of presentations and discussions to help us 
 understand our current conditions and the problems we face under 
 capitalism. Most importantly, we will talk about the kind of organizing 
 necessary in order to change these conditions and create the kind of 
 society that we need.\n\nOctober 12-14\nSouth Berkeley Senior Center\n2939 
 Ellis St, Berkeley\n\nFriday 10/12\n\n6:30pm-9:00pm\nAttica – a 
 documentary film by Cinda Firestone\n\nThis film documents the events that 
 began on September 9, 1971 when inmates at Attica State Prison seized the 
 prison for four days after months of protesting inhumane conditions. The 
 uprising resulted in the death of 43 people after state troopers were 
 called in to put down the rebellion.\n\n\nSaturday 10/13\n\n10:30am-12:30pm 
 \nThe Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It: An Introduction to 
 Ecocentric Socialism\n\nKamran Nayeri is the publisher and editor of “Our 
 Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism”. Political Economist 
 emeritus, UC Berkeley\n\n\n1:30pm-3:00pm \nThe Middle East in the Era of 
 Trump\n\nProf. As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at CSU 
 Stanislaus and author of Saudi Arabia and the U.S.\n\n\n3:30pm-5:00pm \nThe 
 “Gig Economy”: A New Form of Servitude for the Working Class?\n\nKeally 
 McBride is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco. She 
 teaches and publishes on a wide variety of topics, including punishment, 
 law, decolonization, revolutions and political economy.\n\n\n6:30pm-8:00pm 
 \nFrance: In The Streets, Workplaces, Universities, Schools & 
 Hospitals\n\nGilles Kobry, an activist in the French Trotskyist group, 
 Fraction L’Etincelle, will discuss the recent struggles against the 
 Macron government’s enforcement of the Labor Law in France, as well as 
 attacks on access to public education and the challenges facing the workers 
 in France and throughout Europe.\n\n\nSunday 10/14\n\n2:00pm-3:30pm 
 \nSports And Capitalism – How Sports are Used to Squeeze Public Money for 
 Private Profit\n\nJules Boykoff, former professional soccer player, 
 currently teaches political science at Pacific University in Oregon. 
 Co-sponsored by the Anthropology and Social Change department at California 
 Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco\n\n\n4:00pm-5:30pm \nThe 
 Challenges We Face Today – Short-Term Mobilizing or Organizing for Real 
 Social Change\n\nA presentation by Speak Out Now (Revolutionary Workers 
 Group) activists, followed by discussion and time to socialize. 
 Refreshments and snacks provided.\n\n$5 donation requested per session, but 
 no one turned away for lack of funds\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/24/18817754.php
SUMMARY:Revolutionary University
LOCATION:South Berkeley Senior Center\n2939 Ellis St, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/24/18817754.php
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