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Defending Our Imperiled Democracy: Richard Falk, Liz Theoharis, Van Gosse
September 20, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Webinar Featuring Richard Falk, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Van Gosse
September 20, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. EDT
It is no secret that what remains of our already flawed U.S. constitutional democracy is in serious jeopardy. Without it, our efforts to stanch the climate emergency, prevent wars, and to promote social and economic justice will face more than daunting prospects.
The next few years will determine if we can revitalize U.S. democracy, or if the country will go the way of the Weimar Republic. Gerrymandering, racist obstacles to voter registration and voting, and the capture of states’ election reporting systems by right-wing extremists place our electoral democracy in peril. Militia violence targeted against elected officials, election officials, the courts compounded by misinformation decreased access to truth make us all vulnerable
Join nationally renowned activist scholars to deepen our understandings of our national crisis and how we can join in defending constitutional democracy.
Richard Falk: Professor emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, Director of Climate Change Project, former United Nations Human Rights Rapporteur in the Occupied Territories, and a member of the Nation editorial board (video)
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis: Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival, and Director of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice
Van Gosse: Professor of History, Franklin & Marshall University, Co-Founder Historians against the War, now H-PAD, author of The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America, From the Revolution to the Civil War
Initiated by the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security. Co-sponsors Massachusetts Peace Action, Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment
