We are witnessing a pivotal time in history. People are unifying in ways never before seen – from the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia to Madison, Wisconsin – solidarity is evident. But solidarity is shifting both in our understanding and the mediums of which it is expressed. On this edition, we go to Left Forum, one of the largest annual gatherings of progressive thinkers. This year’s theme, ‘Towards a Political Struggle,’ explores solidarity amidst a vast political changing climate and new technology.

Featuring: 

Laura Flanders, author, host, and founder of Grit TV, Paul Mason, Economics Editor for BBC’s Newsnight and author of “Live Working, Die Fighting,” Cornel West, author of numerous books and Professor at the Center for African American Studies and Department of Religion at Princeton University.

For More Information:

Left Forum

 Cornel West

 Laura Flanders

 Paul Mason

 Barbara Ehrenreich

 World Social Forum 2011

 Brecht Forum

You Tube Videos of Related Talks:

Paul Mason, Left Forum: 2011 Opening Plenary, Pace University, New York, NY, March 18, 2011

Cornel West, Left Forum: 2011 Opening Plenary, Pace University, New York, NY, March 18, 2011

Laura Flanders, Left Forum: 2011 Opening Plenary, Pace University, New York, NY, March 18, 2011

Articles and Books:

What’s left of the American left? There’s no denying its historic decline, but the left does not lack for issues. It needs only organisation by Richard Wolff

The new solidarity Series, The Guardian  

BBC NEWS –Idyl Scrawl , Paul Mason’s Blog

 Where Liberals Go To Feel Good,Truthdig, Chris Hedges

 Reclaiming the Politics of Freedom, The Nation

 Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About, Mother Jones

Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice, by Bill Fletcher Jr. & Fernando Gapasin, University of California Press, 2009

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