Past Presentations at the Forum

I hope to get transcripts for many of these talks, but so far only two.

You can click here to see some of the items which appeared in the Newsletter at the time of the talk.

November 2004 - March 2005	January 2006 - March 2006
November 11, 2004 John Anderson, Professor, Nova S.E. University Election Analysis -- 2004 November 13, 2004 Rob Richie, Center for Voting and Democracy How Elections Are Rigged November 20, 2004 Sarah Sloan, National Organizer: A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition Haiti: The U.S. Role December 4, 2004 Charlene Mitchell, The Committee of Correspondence How to Unite the Progressive Movement December 11, 2004 Edwin Reubens, Prof. Emeritus, CCNY Free Trade: Who Benefits? Who Suffers? December 18, 2004 Debra DeLee, CEO, Americans for Peace Now Israel and Palestine January 8, 2005 Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Space and the Nuclear Age January 15, 2005 Daniel Meyers, Attorney Assault on the Constitution January 22, 2005 Mark Solomon, Professor Emeritus, Simmons College The New Administration: What to Expect January 29, 2005 Dorothy McClellan, Prof, Texas University at Corpus Christi The Balkans: Complexities and Contradictions February 5, 2005 Mark Richard, Attorney Resurgence of the Labor Movement February 12, 2005 Rick Hind, Greenpeace Attack on the Environment February 19, 2005 Jerry Gray, Folk Singer American Protests and Labor Songs February 26, 2005 Clarence Taylor, Professor, FIU Race and Culture March 5, 2005 Evelyn Bloom, Artist, Lecturer Artists with a Social Message March 12, 2005 Nasser Aruri, Prof. Emeritus, Dartmouth College The U.S. and the Middle East March 19, 2005 Ronald Cox, Professor, FIU Corporate Control vs Democracy	January 7, 2006 Patricia Ireland, Attorney, former President of NOW The latest developments in the Labor Movement January 14, 2006 Jack Lieberman, Civic Activist The Future for Israelis and Palestinians January 21, 2006 James Tracy, Professor, FAU Confronting the Corporate Media January 28, 2006 Mark Solomon, Prof. Emeritus, Simmons College The Fruits of our Foreign Policy February 4, 2006 Barry Lynn, Exec. Director: Americans United The Attack on Church and State Separation February 11, 2006 Quentin Youngh, Chairman, Health and Medical Research Group Our Highjacked Medicare February 18, 2006 Jerry Gray, Folk Singer A New Program of American Protest and Labor Songs February 25, 2006 Ronald Cox, Professor, FIU Global Sweatshops March 4, 2006 Robert Watson, Prof., Political Science, FAU How to Promote a Progressive Agenda March 11, 2006 Alex Lichtenstein, Prof, Rice University South Africa: The Legacy of Apartheid March 18, 2006 David Kotz, Prof, U.of Massachusetts Russia: Past, Present and Future
December 2006 - March 2007	December 2007 - March 2008
December 2, 2006 Robert Watson, Prof., FAU The Significance of the Recent Elections December 9, 2006 Ronald Cox, Prof, FIU U.S. Imperialism and the Iranian Crisis December 16, 2006 Gordon Fellman, Prof, Brandeis U. What's Behind the Israel/Palestine Crisis? January 6, 2007 Jerry Gray, Folk Singer Folk Music of the World January 13, 2007 Christian Parenti, Nation Magazine The Middle East Conflicts January 20, 2007 Etheline Jones, Exec. Committee, ACLU The Patriot Act and Other ACLU Concerns January 27, 2007 William Hartung, President's Fellow, New School The Military/Industrial Complex February 3, 2007 Rev. Lucius Walker What's Happening in Cuba February 10, 2007 Edgar Hernandez, Political Activist from Venezuela The Political Climate in South America February 17, 2007 Mark Solomon, Prof. Emeritus, Simmons College Nations in Conflict: Is Globalization Still Happening? February 24, 2007 Mark Solomon, Prof. Emeritus, Simmons College Critical Questions from Forum Members March 3, 2007 Dan Kovalik, Counsel, United Steelworkers of America Human Rights in Colombia March 10, 2007 Joseph Boskin, Prof, Boston University American's Culture Wars March 17, 2007 Patricia Ireland, World Feminist Leader, Attorney Changes in the Labor Scene	December 1, 2007 Mark Richard, Union Attorney How to Get a Living Wage in Florida December 8, 2007 Jack Lieberman, Community Activist Florida's Impact on National Politics December 15, 2007 Magdaleno Rose-Avilio, Executive Director, Northwest Immigrant Rights Today's Huddled Masses January 5, 2008 Ben Graber, Prof. Florida Medical School The Good, the Bad, The Ugly of Medicare January 12, 2008 David Kotz, Professor, Univ. Massachusetts Socialism's Future January 19, 2008 John Trumpbour, Harvard Law School, Research Director, Labor and Worklife Program Harvard and the Power Elite January 26, 2008 Ronald Cox, Prof, FIU, Polit. Science Dept Let's Talk About Latin America February 2, 2008 Laura Flanders, Air America Radio Host and Commentator The Media's Distortion of Democracy February 9, 2008 Leonard I. Weinglass, Defense Attorney The Cuban Five: Legal Lynching Feburary 16, 2008 Lin Chun, Prof. Pol. Sci, London School of Economics The Transformation of Chinese Socialism February 23, 2008 Leslie Cagan, Natl Dir, United for Peace and Justice Mobilizing for Peace and Justice February 24, 2008 Special Event: Report by Venezuela Delegation (members of Forum returning from visit to Venezuela coordinated by Global Exchange) March 1, 2008 Brian J. Foley, Drexel U. College of Law The Nature of U.S. Imperialism March 8, 2008 Lawrence Hamm, People's Organization for Progress, Newark, NJ Addressing Race and Class in Urban Communities March 15, 2008 Joseph Boskin, History Dept, Boston U. America: Life in a Criss-Cross Culture
December 2008 - March 2009
December 6, 2008 Steve Goldstein, Journalist, Sun Sentinel Reflections on the National Elections December 13, 2008 Ronald Cox, Professor, Political Science, Florida Atlantic University Challenges in Latin America December 20, 2008 Santiago Leon, JD, Co-Chair, Health Care for All Florida Can We Really Have Health Care for All? January 3, 2009 Karl Grossman, Professor of Journalism, Old Westbury College, SUNY Revisiting Nuclear Power January 10, 2009 Lt. Colonel Robert Bowman, US Air Force, Retired The State of the Union January 17, 2009 Harry Targ, Professor of Political Science, Purdue University United States Foreign Policy: The Possibilities of Shifting from a Permanent War Economy and the Globalization of Capitalist Empire to a Post-Imperial International System Also see Harry Targ's sugested bibliography January 24, 2009 Ronald Cox, Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University The Global Financial Crisis and the U.S. Response January 31, 2009 Mark Solomon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Simmons College What Can We Expect from the New Administration? February 7, 2009 Matthew Schwartz, Director for Political Action, Florida Sierra Club Broward Division Playing Politics with Florida's Natural Environment February 14, 2009 Hocine Fetni, Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania The Middle East in Crisis February 21, 2009 Barry Lynn, Director, Americans United for Separation of Churchand State Whatever Happened to Separation of Church and State? February 28, 2009 James Tracy, March 7, 2009 Leslie Cagan, Director, United for Peace and Justice Mobilizing for Peace and Justice March 14, 2009 Anne Feeney (aka "The Union Maid") Internationally Acclaimed Singer and Songwriter Songs of Protest: Yesterday and Today