On September 17th, 2011, a group of protestors began their occupation of Zuccotti Park in the financial district of Manhattan. The #OCCUPYWALLSTREET movement has grown to include hundreds of people who live in the park and thousands more who occupy it during the day. Similar protests have begun in o…
December 1, 2011: What right do people have to claim against social and economic inequality? Is inequality unjust? Who can be held accountable? A debate between protesters and Columbia faculty from the Economics, Business, Human Rights and Political Science worlds. Panelists include Columbia faculty members: - Elazar Barkan - Bruce Kogut - Peter Rosenblum - Jeffrey Sachs - Dorian Warren and #OWSers: - Yesenia Barragan - Alicia White Moderated by Anya Schiffrin https://www.facebook.com/events/309262785759838/ Occupy Wall Street: The Next Human Rights Movement?
Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Culture, Columbia University (moderator) - Bill Dobbs, activist and Occupy Wall Street protester - Alicia White, M.A. Candidate, Columbia University, and Occupy Wall Street protester - Nathan Schneider, editor, Waging Nonviolence - Jeremy Kessler, J.D./Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University - Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011, 7:30 pm 501 Schermerhorn 1190 Amsterdam Ave Participants include Saskia Sassen (Sociology), Nadia Urbinati (Political Science), Stathis Gourgouris (ICLS), and Suresh Naidu (Economics and SIPA).