6 Months of OWS: Time for Theoretical & Practical Assessments

Marxist-Humanist Initiative invites you to participate in a discussion
Friday March 23, 7:00-9:00p.m.

6 Months of OWS: Time for Theoretical & Practical Assessments

Members of MHI and students and activists organizing within OWS will
lead off an open discussion about what Occupy Wall Street has
accomplished, what it has not, and whether its direction might
instigate a reorganization of society. We will emphasize the theories—
explicit and implicit—on which OWS has been based, examining some
ideas advanced by David Graeber, Marina Sitrin, Rick Wolff, and other
popular speakers, as well as its practice in relation to working class
and other struggles.

Is OWS anti-capitalist because it adds "capitalism" to the list of
evils in the world? Is every left movement doomed to replicate the
separation between thought and activity that characterizes life under
capitalism? These questions and more will be addressed as we attempt
an evaluation that is largely absent within the OWS movement itself.
All are welcome to participate.

At TRS Inc. Professional Suite, 44 East 32nd Street, 11th floor
(between Madison and Park Avenues, Manhattan). Contribution voluntary.

www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org

Illustration by Paul McLean