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Author Event: America Beyond Capitalism

Busboys & Poets - 14th & V 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC

Celebrate the release of the new edition of Gar Alperovitz' America Beyond Capitalism, a sweeping analysis of the emerging long-term pathways toward an evolutionary reconstruction of our economic system. Thousands of experiments across the country are building new forms of cooperative and community controlled economic institutions and quietly laying the groundwork for a transition away from capitalism, to a new system grounded in ecological sustainability, the democratization of wealth, and real democracy.

Occupy to Liberate & Take Back the Land Movements

Festival Center 1640 Columbia Road, NW, Washington, DC, United States

The Institute for Policy Studies invites you to a cutting edge and interactive forum featuring one Take Back the Land leader (TBL), Max Rameau. Accompanied by video presentations, Max will lead a discussion about  the historical context; an analysis of how the Occupy movement relates to TBL ; and the differences, similarities, and synergies between the Occupy Movement and TBL. An integral part of this discussion will be about race, class, and internationalism issues.

How the Left Changed (and Can Further Change) America

IPS Conference Room 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC, United States

Join us for a brown bag lunch discussion with Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University, co-editor of Dissent Magazine, and author of the recent book American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation. We'll talk about how progressive movements have transformed the United States and what impact they continue to have through Occupy Wall Street and other efforts.

Author Event: The Rich Don’t Always Win – MD

Busboys & Poets - Hyattsville 5331 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD, United States

Join veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow Sam Pizzigati for a discussion and signing of his new book.

Author Event: Party in The Street

Busboys & Poets - 14th & V 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC

The Institute for Policy Studies co-sponsors a discussion and signing of a book on "The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11" by Michael T. Heaney and Fabio Rojas.