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Trump, Capitalism's Crisis, and a New Way Forward

Thought-provoking economist Richard Wolff returns to Los Angeles to discuss the divisive crisis of capitalism under President Donald Trump and to outline better solutions. 
 
"US capitalism's instability and deepening inequality since the 1970s has destroyed its "middle class," overturned its old politics (Trump), and sharply divided its culture," he says. "Basic social change is underway.

Book Talk: "It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration is Doing to America"

David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author of The Making of Donald Trump. He is a former president of Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE). He has been a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC, Democracy Now and NPR’s Morning Edition and was a consultant for the Netflix series “House of Cards.”

 

 

"Fighting Tyranny": A May Day Talk with Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder is a leading American Historian and Public Intellectual in areas regarding European history, politics, and war. He is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1997. Before joining the faculty at Yale in 2001, he held fellowships in Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw, and an Academy Scholarship at Harvard. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.

Muxeres en Movimiento/ Womxn in Movement

Through Walls: A Heritage Dialogue

Six female muralists share their vision and experiences participating in a cultural exchange in Cairo, Egypt and Los Angeles, USA., in collaboration with Avenue 50 Studio and Athar Lina Initiative.
 
Themes: Cultural heritage, female representation in the arts, gentrification, and how community is defined through creative practices in an increasingly digital age.

This event is free and open to the public.

Daniel Lewis - Birds and Hawai'i: Conservation, Beauty and Belonging

Daniel Lewis is the Dibner Senior Curator of the History of Science & Technology at the Huntington Library as well as a research professor of history at Claremont Graduate University. His research interests include the history of science, American history, Latin American history, and environmental history.

His book will be for sale with book signing afterwards.

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