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Obama the Utopian? (Green Sunday) | |
Date | Sunday February 08 |
Time | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
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Location Details | |
LOCATION: Niebyl-Proctor Library 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland. DIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Served directly by AC Transit routes 40, 64 & 17 with 6, 51 & 43 nearby. Ashby BART is approximately 7 blocks away. |
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Event Type | Other |
Organizer/Author | |
Many commentators have discussed the “pragmatism” of Obama, sometimes
with praise and other times with a critical edge. What many have missed however is the “utopian” dimension of the Obama campaign this fall. Berkeley Green Gabriel Hetland will be discussing the utopianism of the Obama campaign. In particular, Gabriel will look at how this utopian dimension functions in two contradictory ways: 1) as a legitimation for the campaign’s instrumental politics (which have been quite on display in the first several weeks of the Obama administration) ; and 2) as a means of inspiring and bringing in a new generation to politics, with possibilities that may spill beyond the bounds of what the Obama campaign itself may consider acceptable. Gabriel will also discuss how this relates to Alameda County Green Party, and what potential this offers for radical politics in America.
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Added to the calendar on Friday Feb 6th, 2009 2:50 PM
http://acgreens.wordpress.com/green-sundays/ |
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