A Discussion on Race, Social Movements, and Political “Revolution”

Our next R&E meeting will be Friday 2/19 from 3 to 5pm in CLA 0.120.

We will turn our attentions to political revolution and social movements through a discussion of the Working Families’ Party and Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton’s “gender revolution”, and the Tea Party. Please come having read the articles below and watched the brief video from MSNBC:

Ball, Molly. “The Pugnacious, Relentless Progressive Party That Wants to Remake America” The Atlantic. Jan 7, 2016.

Perry, Melissa Harris. “Should feminism play a role in the 2016 election?” MSNBC, Feb 6, 2016.

Williamson, Vanessa, Theda Skocpol, and John Coggin. 2011. “The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism.” Perspectives on Politics, 9(1); p 25-43.