Events
Aug 2020
20
5:30 PM
An intergenerational conversation with Black feminist pioneers
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin Black Women Radicals and the Claudia Jones School for Political Education for an intergenerational conversation with our radical Black feminist pioneers, Denise Oliver-Velez and Ericka Huggins. Date: Thursday, August 20 Time: 5:30 Eastern Time Register here.
Aug 2020
19
6:00 PM
Racial capitalism and the student debt crisis
Online/Phone Only United StatesThe Claudia Jones School for Political Education presents a webinar: Racial Capitalism and the Student Debt Crisis: Building Collective Power with the Debt Collective Date: Wednesday, August 19 Time: 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register here.
Aug 2020
16
8:00 PM
Town Hall on the unemployment crisis
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin us on August 16 for a Town Hall Forum on the unemployment crisis. Unemployment is at Depression levels, and with the new surge in COVID-19 infections, joblessness may grow still worse. The important HEROES Act, if passed over GOP objections in the Senate, will relieve only the crisis' most severe symptoms. Meanwhile the […]
Aug 2020
13
6:30 AM
Against white supremacist capitalist imperialism
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin the Claudia Jones School for Political Education and the Paul Robeson House & Museum for a presentation and dialogue featuring Professor Charisse Burden-Stelly who will discuss "Against White Supremacist Capitalist Imperialism: We Charge Genocide and Lessons for the Present." RSVP HERE Thursday, August 13th 6:30-8:30pm Eastern Time
Aug 2020
1
6:00 PM
COVID & US Imperialism: A panel on international solidarity
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin the Cleveland CPUSA this Saturday, August 1, for a panel discussion on the pandemic and US imperialism. The emergence and evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic is devastating working-class people across the world. Supposedly indiscriminate of race and class, initially the virus appeared to be a universal threat. However, as time passed and our […]
Jul 2020
26
1:00 PM
The Marxist Classes: Impact of imperialism on the world today
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin the discussion on 21st-century imperialism. Topics will include: -The sovereignty of nations with a special focus on Cuba -Immigration -The global working class -Building the U.S. anti-imperialist and peace movements -The growth of the international ultra-right Date: Sunday, July 26 Time: 1:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern; 12 noon–2:00 p.m. Central; 10:00 a.m.–12 noon Pacific This […]
Jul 2020
18
1:00 PM
July 18: National day of protest
Stop police crimes! Community control now! Free them all! The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression is calling for a national day of protest in what has now been a double-edged sword of crisis, with the pandemic on the one edge, and the horrific racist injustices against Black people on the other. Read […]
Jul 2020
14
6:00 PM
Together we struggle: African Americans and the CPUSA
Online/Phone Only United StatesIn this webinar, Dr. Gerald Horne will discuss the role of African Americans and the Communist Party in the struggle for liberation, peace, and justice. Dr. Horne, a historian specializing in African American studies, has authored more than 30 books and 100 scholarly articles and reviews. This event is sponsored by the Claudia Jones […]
Jul 2020
6
6:00 PM
Town hall: Organizing the unemployed in DC
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin the Claudia Jones School of Education and People’s World for a local Town Hall on organizing the unemployed and tenants in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. We will be joined by organizers in the Poor People’s Campaign, ONE DC, Trabajadores Unidos, and the Brookland Manor Tenants Association. Date: Monday, July 6 Time: 6:00 […]
Jul 2020
3
7:00 PM
A right to be radical
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin us and Dr. Carole Boyce-Davies, author of To the Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones, as we discuss Claudia's legacy and how we can embody her spirit today. Friday, July 3 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register here.
Jun 2020
30
8:00 PM
#PeopleTakePower
Online/Phone Only United StatesRegister here. We're at a crossroads. Social movements on the left and the right are on the move, in the midst of a global pandemic, an unrelenting economic crisis, the threat of ecological collapse, and growing attention to the institutional brutalities committed against Black people. The Trump administration is steering the U.S. towards a precipice, […]
Jun 2020
28
8:00 PM
The Marxist Classes: 21st-century imperialism
Online/Phone Only United StatesRegister here. One of Lenin's main contributions to Marxist theory is the book, written in 1916, Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism. This webinar will provide an overview of the main changes to imperialism since 1916. We will discuss how imperialism today is a continuing threat to humanity, that imperialism is a global system […]
Jun 2020
13
2:00 PM
Letter-writing workshop: Human rights for the imprisoned
Online/Phone Only United StatesJoin us for letter writing to promote human rights for the imprisoned.
Jun 2020
3
12:00 PM
Anti-imperialist youth respond to the pandemic
Online/Phone Only United StatesHow are anti-imperialist youth around the world responding to the pandemic?
May 2020
17
8:00 PM
The Marxist Classes: CPUSA history through biography
Online/Phone Only United StatesRegister here. Join Tony Pecinovsky in a discussion of his new book, Let Them Tremble: Biographical Interventions Marking 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA. This suggested reading is available through International Publishers. It is widely argued by mainstream historians that the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) became a marginal political force post-1956. According to some, […]