The Marxist School of Sacramento
Coming Up
Tuesday, May 8
Discussion:
The Democratic Fraud and the Universalist Alternative, 7-9pm
We will be discussing the article "The Democratic Fraud and the Universalist Alternative" from the October, 2011, Monthly Review, by Samir Amin. Amin is an Egyptian economist living in Dakar, Senegal. He explores the limitations of "electoral democracy" and mentions five growing and destructive monopolies: technology, supported by military expenditures of the dominant nations; control over global finances and a strong position in the hierarchy of current account balances; access to natural resources; international communication and the media, and; military means of mass destruction. Seth Sandronsky will lead the discussion.
Read the article here.
This discussion will be held at the SMUD Customer Service Center, 6301 "S" Street.
Thursday, May 17
Point of View Speaker Series
Panel Discussion: Capitalism and the Internet, 7-9pm
Join us at the Sol Collective, 2574 21st Street, for a panel discussion of the article “The Internet's Unholy Marriage to Capitalism,” by Robert McChesney and John Bellamy Foster in the March, 2011 Monthly Review..
Read the article here.
We'll discuss Lauderdale's Paradox, the privatization of the Internet, its current status and conditions imposed upon writers with an esteemed panel of journalists.
Dan Bacher is a writer for Alternet, an internet publishing site, where he documents the power politics of water and natural resources in California. Mr. Bacher also writes and works for Fishsniffer, a magazine which follows sport fishing trends in California. He is also a frequent guest early Saturday mornings on KFBK's "Outdoor Adventure Show" with Bob Simms. He is a long-time activist with deep ties to the environmental and native American communities.
Dan Gougherty has been a blogger since 2002, and has operated ElkGroveNews.net (and its predecessor ElkGroveNews.org) since 2005. Gougherty also co-hosted a weekly radio program "Left Turn on Bird Street" on lowpower FM KRBS in Oroville, Calf. from 2002 through 2005 and co-wrote a blog for that program. Aside from blogging, Gougherty has 20 years of editorial and advertising experience in print media. Mr. Gougherty served on the Elk Grove Community Planning Advisory Committee of the County of Sacramento until Elk Grove incorporated in 2000.
Rebecca Rosen Lum was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in beat reporting at the Contra Costa Times. Her coverage has included a series on the financial abuse of elders which resulted in changes to California state law, and reports on conditions at residential hotels which led to criminal charges and the closure of a facility. Currently she writes about realignment, a program that moves low-level offenders from state prisons to county jails. Her writing has earned her awards from the California Teachers Association, the California Newspaper Publishers Association, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
Lum chairs the Pacific Media Workers Guild’s freelance unit, which obtained dental and vision benefits and introduced the Fair Freelance Seal, a commitment to decent pay and working conditions modeled on the Fair Trade certification, now carried by a growing number of publications. She is working with independent journalists to launch new freelance units in Oregon, Washington and Colorado.
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