Tuesday, April 05, 2005

The Nation in NYC and New Jersey

FYI & heads up if you're in the areas:

NYC:
Don't miss the largest annual international conference of the left in the US. Taking place April 15 to 17 at the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan, 2005 Left Forum will feature 60 panels and over 250 speakers, including Nation writers Doug Henwood, Christian Parenti, Richard Goldstein, Joel Rogers and Barbara Ehrenreich as well as Tariq Ali, Joe Trippi, Ralph Nader, Frances Fox Piven, Manning Marable, Lynne Stewart, Michael Hardt, Staughton Lynd, David Harvey, Robin D. G. Kelley and many others.
2005 LEFT FORUM
www.2005leftforum.org
April 15 to 17 at the CUNY Graduate Center,
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street,
NYC.
To register and for info call 212-817-2300 or go to:
http://www.2005leftforum.org/registration.htm

New Jersey:
The Nation in New Jersey Thursday, April 7, 2005 2:00 to 3:00pm
Book-Signing and Discussion.
Come meet Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and Nation National Affairs Correspondent William Greider in a special book-signing.
The U-Store,
36 University Place
Princeton University campus,
Princeton, NJ
For more info: 609-921-8500, ext. 238

8:00 to 9:30pm
The State of the Nation: A Conversation Ask questions of a Nation magazine panel on the media, politics, the war and the Bush Administration.
Featuring Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, Nation National Affairs Correspondent William Greider, Washington Post reporter and ex-Nation intern Juliet Eilperin, and Princeton history professor Sean Wilentz.
McCosh Hall,
#50 Princeton University campus,
Princeton, NJ
FREE.
Seating Limited. please arrive early. Doors open at 7:30.

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