"Can It Happen Here? The Possibility of Working Class Revolution in the US"
Friday, January 20th, 7:00 pm
Friday, January 20th, 7:00 pm
The Idea Factory, Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by RIT Branch of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and the Center for Economic Research and Social Change (CERSC)
A YEAR of revolutionary change and massive social struggles around the world--that's how 2011 will be remembered in the history books.
After two years of a severe recession worldwide, and two more of a shallow and faltering economic recovery, anger and resentment have given way to resistance and struggle in country after country. The drive for austerity, meant to make workers pay for the crisis caused by the rich, has provoked mass discontent in places that seemed calm and immune from upheaval. From Egypt and Tunisia to Greece, Spain, Chile, and now the Occupy Movement in the US, the working classes of the world are expressing their bitterness at declining living standards, attacks on unions, and a whole range of other grievances.
But the drive for austerity has continued none the less. What will it take for US workers to stop the assault? What will it take to get real change? Is revolution something that only happens in other countries?
Join us for a discussion on these questions and the possibility for radical change in the US.
iso.rochester@gmail.com - 585-6878-ISO - www.rochesterISO.org
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by RIT Branch of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and the Center for Economic Research and Social Change (CERSC)
A YEAR of revolutionary change and massive social struggles around the world--that's how 2011 will be remembered in the history books.
After two years of a severe recession worldwide, and two more of a shallow and faltering economic recovery, anger and resentment have given way to resistance and struggle in country after country. The drive for austerity, meant to make workers pay for the crisis caused by the rich, has provoked mass discontent in places that seemed calm and immune from upheaval. From Egypt and Tunisia to Greece, Spain, Chile, and now the Occupy Movement in the US, the working classes of the world are expressing their bitterness at declining living standards, attacks on unions, and a whole range of other grievances.
But the drive for austerity has continued none the less. What will it take for US workers to stop the assault? What will it take to get real change? Is revolution something that only happens in other countries?
Join us for a discussion on these questions and the possibility for radical change in the US.
iso.rochester@gmail.com - 585-6878-ISO - www.rochesterISO.org
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