An evening with Gregor Gysi, the longtime head of Germany’s Left Party, and Leo Panitch.
Enjoy it! This event is a co-production of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office and Jacobin Magazine. Thursday, October 29, 6pm-8pm NYU’s Journalism Institute 20 Cooper Square, Seventh Floor New York City Gregor Gysi has for decades been one of the most prominent political leaders of the European Left. From 2005-2015 he served as chairman of the parliamentary group of DIE LINKE in the German Bundestag. He recently stepped down from this position but continues to serve as member of parliament representing the district Treptow-Köpenick in Berlin. On this trip he will be giving talks in Washington D.C. (Oct 27, sponsored by the German Historical Institute), New York City, and Chicago (co-sponsored by the University of Illinois Chicago and the RLS–NYC). Leo Panitch has for decades been a leading intellectual of the North American Left. He is a distinguished professor of politics at Toronto’s York University and since 1985 co-editor of the Socialist Register. His latest book, co-written with Sam Gindin, is The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire. He is a frequent consultant to left causes and commentator on European politics. RSVP: http://www.rosalux-nyc.org/the-future-of-the-european-union-the-role-of-the-european-left/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
