EVENT: WHY VOTE?
WHY VOTE?
October 21st, 10:30-5pm
Skylight Room, CUNY Graduate Center
34th St and 5th Ave
Against the War on Terror announces a new teach-in in anticipation of the upcoming mid-term elections. Why Vote? will examine what voting means and what it’s worth in an age marked by terror and diminished expectations. How do we think about voting when the options seem so narrow but few alternative forms of political action seem available? Nobody wants to be mistaken for the merely apathetic non-voter, but voting for the ‘least worst’ option is hardly an inspiring use of our ballot. Can one be against voting in the name of real democracy, or is that a substanceless, radical pose that makes a mockery of hard won political rights?
Speakers will include
Stanley Aronowitz professor of sociology at CUNY Grad Center and director of the Grad Center’s Center for the Study of Culture, Technology and Work,
Dan Cantor Executive Director of the Working Families Party,
Justin Krebs co-founder of Drinking Liberally www.drinkingliberally.org and Cosmopolity
The Editors of Against the War on Terror www.againstwot.com.
Sessions will include :
Are the Democrats An Alternative?
Is This Democracy Worth Your Vote?
Why the War on Terror is The Issue.
and more.
Each session will contain short presentations by two speakers, followed by a period of open discussion from the floor. WHY VOTE? Will be held in conjunction with CUNY Graduate Center’s the Center for the Study of Culture, Technology and Work (http://web.gc.cuny.edu/csctw/), and the Center for Place Culture and Politics (http://web.gc.cuny.edu/pcp/ ) Also, visit Against the War on Terror’s website at www.againstwot.com. This is a FREE event. For more information on the Teach-In including registration information, email the editors at editors@againstwot.com
“Teach-in”? “Editors against the war on terror”? Why is the school posting events for ultra left-wing events? As if the university and J-school have enough problems with accusations of left-leaning political bias.
Comment by anonblogposter — October 13, 2006 @ 9:59 am