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Monday
13:00-14:30
Black-E Main Space

Feeling the Bern: The Rise of the American Left
Jacobin

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The 2016 breakthrough of Bernie Sanders – and the more recent success of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – has put the American left in its strongest position for decades. Join a panel of American socialists to discuss the potential of this growing movement, what demands it should be making, and the obstacles it faces in making socialism mainstream in America.


Press coverage
Write-ups and recordings

recording
SoundCloud
Full session recording by The World Transformed. (2018-09-24)
video
YouTube
Full session recording by The World Transformed. (2018-10-16)



Speakers

Saikat Chakrabarti

Senior advisor to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and co-founder of Justice Democrats

Julia Salazar
Activist

DSA candidate for State Senate in Brooklyn

Bhaskar Sunkara
Publisher // Jacobin Magazine

Bhaskar Sunkara is the founder of Jacobin Magazine.