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After the crisis -- what's left?
One year ago, the collapse of Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers announced a major crisis of financial capitalism. The subsequent rescue of American banking and finance cost U.S. authorities $12.8 trillion. For anybody who has questioned, and contested the logic of the dominant ideology, the serious problems hardly came as a surprise. The more pertinent question is: does the financial crisis offer new, and better prospects for the left?
Revolution in El Salvador
Jun 17 2009 - 3:17pm
Jun 20 2009 - 3:17pm
Location
Toronto Free Gallery
1277 Bloor St West just east of Lansdowne
Toronto, ON Canada
Phone:
416-913-0461
43° 39' 30.33" N, 79° 26' 32.4204" W
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Opening reception: Friday June 19, 7-10pm
2009 has been an historic year for the Left in El Salvador. The January 18 municipal elections saw the FMLN win their first majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly and the number of mayors increase by more than 60%. Building on that success, on March 15, Salvadorans elected Mauricio Funes of the FMLN as the new president, breaking the right wing’s 20 year reign.
Contact name:
Aaron
Contact email:
Platypus International Convention 2009: What has the Left been and what can it become?
Jun 12 2009 - 9:03am
Location
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 South Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608United States
41° 52' 48.6156" N, 87° 37' 27.9192" W
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This is the first annual Platypus International Convention, which will take place at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As a three-day convention, there will be a series of lectures, workshops, and round-table discussions among members of the Platypus Affiliated Society and the interested public. Each event deals with historical and contemporary sociopolitical and cultural issues that played a role in shaping the development - and downfall - of the Left as we know it. Our intention is to hold a conversation on all the work Platypus has done as a group since its founding in 2006.
Contact name:
Chris Mansour
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