Tune in Friday, November 15 at 9:30 am ET for a special day-long debate Watch live Friday at 9:30 am! Socialism Then and Now: Is it Poised for a Comeback? Friday, November 15th, 2019 9:30 AM-5:30 PM Watch We invite you to tune in Friday, November 15 at 9:30 am ET for a special day-long debate examining the past, present, and future of Socialism/Communism, hosted by the Institute of World Politics. Sponsored by the Claremont Institute together with the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and produced by the Imprimatur Group to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the program will feature a morning debate on the economic viability of a socialist or communist system while the afternoon session will explore the nature of cultural Marxism, which has been argued to have supplanted the tenets and goals of economic Marxism with a new emphasis on “social justice.” Participants include Michael Anton, former member of the National Security Council, lecturer and research fellow at Hillsdale College, and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute; Marek Chodakiewiz, Professor of History at the Institute of World Politics, historian Ronald Radosh, a former Marxist and author of The Rosenberg File, and Michael Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. On the left, the debaters are Bhaskar Sunkara, the founding editor and publisher of Jacobin Magazine, author and managing editor of Jacobin Micah Uetricht, Eric Blanc, an author and contributor to Jacobin and The Nation, and sociologist Nicole Aschoff, author of The New Prophets of Capital. The debate will be moderated by cultural historian Michael Walsh, author of The Devil’s Pleasure Palace and The Fiery Angel, who will deliver a special lunchtime presentation about his personal experiences in Berlin when the Wall fell. Schedule: 9:30 - 11:00 am: Debate 1, RESOLVED that Socialism/Communism remains a viable economic, social, and political system and just has not been properly implemented yet. 11:00 am-12:00 pm: Interviews with students and media 12:00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch, including video material on the fall of the Berlin Wall and a brief talk by Michael Walsh about his experiences in Berlin when the Wall came down. 2:00 - 3:30 pm: Debate 2, RESOLVED that Socialism/Communism, having failed repeatedly in the 20th century at the economic level, now seeks to implement its social goals via cultural Marxism. 4:00 - 5:30 pm: Interviews, media questions Watch About___Magazine___Fellowships___CCJ___Events___Donate The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. ‌ ‌ ‌ The Claremont Institute | 1317 W Foothill Blvd #120, Upland, CA 91786 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!