Book Talk: Until the Rulers Obey

Please join Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein in a discussion of their book Until the Rulers Obey.

Wednesday, October 15, 6:30-8:30 PM

Room 6112 (sociology lounge)

Graduate Center, CUNY

Until the Rulers Obey brings together voices from the movements behind the wave of change that swept Latin America at the turn of the 21st century. These movements have galvanized long-silent—or silenced—sectors of society: indigenous people, campesinos, students, the LGBT community, the unemployed, and all those left out of the promised utopia of a globalized economy.  Editors Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein will talk about some of the key lessons these movements have to offer—lessons in strategic relations with the state, and in the creation of alternative spaces—and probe some questions their book raises: Social movements clash with progressive governments across the region over resource extraction. What does this mean politically? With whom, and how, do we practice “solidarity” in the present context? What lessons from our Latin American counterparts can we apply to our work of social transformation in the United States?

This event is sponsored by the Center for Place, Culture and Politics

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