The Right Turn in US Politics: How it happened & what we can do to stop it

THE RIGHT TURN IN U.S. POLITICS:
HOW IT HAPPENED AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO STOP IT

When: Wednesday, October 20 · 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Where: Baltic Room - UC Undergound - UH Main Campus

A year and a half ago, when Barack Obama was moving into the Oval Office, it seemed like the demoralized Republican Party would face years as an ineffectual minority party in Washington. Not anymore.

Now the Republicans are setting the agenda in US politics, and their right-wing attack machine -- from Fox News to the crusaders of the Christian Right –- is on the warpath, supremely confident that they can get away with anything, from blocking the construction of a religious center in New York City to appropriating the iconic image of Martin Luther King speaking at the Lincoln Memorial for a right-wing circus presided over by Glenn Beck.

Come discuss how we can fight the right and build a real left-wing alternative.




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