January 24, 2009
The Left and Obama – A Public Forum
Saturday, January 24
Forum: “The Left and Obama – A Public Forum”, 7 pm at the Orpheum Stage Door Theater, 216 State Street, Madison.
Admission is $5-10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
After Barack Obama’s historic election victory, will the new administration deliver change we can believe in or business as usual? How do we organize for a progressive agenda with a Democrat in the White House? Featuring these distinguished speakers:
JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN Associate Director of UW Middle East Studies Program & founding member of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project
JOHN NICHOLS Washington correspondent for The Nation
MATT ROTHSCHILD Editor of The Progressive Magazine
LANCE SELFA Author of The Democrats: A Critical History & editor of The Struggle for Palestine
WILL WILLIAMS Veterans for Peace
Presented by Haymarket Books
Co-sponsors include: AFSCME Local 171, Campus Anti-war Network (UW Chapter), Colombia Support Network, Havens Center, Health Writers, International Socialist Organization, National Lawyers Guild (UW Chapter), Justice for Palestine (UW Chapter), Student Progressive Dane, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Madison), and WORT 89.9 FM.
