A DIALOGUE BETWEEN CORNEL WEST AND CARL DIX FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 7PM

http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/dialogue-between-cornel-west-and-carl-dix

Date: Friday, December 2, 2011 - 7:00pm

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN
CORNEL WEST AND CARL DIX
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 7PM

Pauley Ballroom,
University of California Berkeley

CORNEL WEST is one of America’s most provocative public intellectuals and has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.” Dr. West currently teaches at Princeton University.

CARL DIX is a longtime revolutionary and a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. In 1970 Carl was one of the Fort Lewis 6, six GIs who refused orders to go to Vietnam. He served 2 years in Leavenworth Military Penitentiary for his stand. In 1985 Carl initiated the Draw The Line statement, a powerful condemnation of the bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia. In 1996, Carl was a founder of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality. Carl coordinated the Katrina hearings of the 2006 Bush Crimes Commission.

Sponsors: Black Student Union • Hermanos Unidos • Students for Justice in Palestine • Students For Hip Hop • 100 Black Men • African Arts Society • Latin@ Sociological Association • Kroeber Anthropological Society • A.G.O.R.A. • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity • African-American Studies Department • Department of English • Department of History • Department of Art Practice • Department of Ethnic Studies • Department of Gender and Women’s Studies • African American Student Development Office • Cross-Cultural Student Development Office • Center for Race and Gender • Townsend Center for the Humanities • Ethnic Studies Fifth Account • Institute for the Study of Social Change • Laney College Black Student Union

Email: ucb_cornelwest_carldix_dialogue@hotmail.com.
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This event is free and open to the public.