Dear Friends and Comrades, We are excited to announce our next LeftRoots Hangout with Sandra Morán, Guatemalan human rights organizer, artist, and member of the international secretariat of the World March of Women. Sandra is in the US hosted by the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance for a speaking tour. Join us for a timely conversation about reclaiming […]
Dear Friends, Please join LeftRoots Friday August 15th for our next HangOut with Willie Baptist about the importance of leadership, leadership development and understanding who the ruling class is and what their strategies are. Click here to register. Background: On May 1, 1990, the National Union of the Homeless (NUH) launched a nationally coordinated campaign taking […]
Zionism isn't welcome in our town! Block the Israeli Zim Ship at the Port of Oakland Saturday, August 16th 5am – meet at West Oakland Bart and march to Berth 57 STOP THE SIEGE ON GAZA! END THE COLONIAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE! RIGHT OF RETURN FOR ALL PALESTINIAN REFUGEES! FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! BOYCOTT, DIVEST, […]
Join LeftRoots for a report-back from our delegation that joined in the #FergusonOctober Weekend of Resistance from October 10 - 13.According to a report released from the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, every 28 hours, a Black person is killed by the police or by vigilantes. The murders of Renisha McBride, Michael Brown, Aiyanna Stanley, Ezell […]
It's time to celebrate the successful first year of LeftRoots and all that we are building together. Live performances by the amazing band Bandung 55 & the LeftRoots Kids Choir! We'll be honoring a movement elder with our first Liberation Legacy Award & celebrating Left leadership across the generations! Featuring internationalist BBQ yumminess, live DJ […]
Join LeftRoots for our first HangOut of 2015, on the moment and movement of #BlackLivesMatter! Our featured guest will be Alicia Garza, co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter, Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and LeftRoots member. We'll explore the origins of #BlackLivesMatter, its relationship to the Black Liberation Movement, and the critical questions facing […]
Image from SoulJazz Orchestra album cover LEFTROOTS is thrilled to announce West Coast & East Coast events in the US with: MARTA HARNECKER & MICHAEL LEBOWITZ People's Power & People's Protagonism: Linking Practice to Visions of Twenty-First Century Socialism SF BAY AREA - SEPTEMBER 13TH, 4-6pm * REGISTER HERE NEW YORK CITY - SEPTEMBER […]
Join us for our next national LeftRoots HangOut, with special guests M Adams and Biju Mathew on left strategies for liberation! Together we will discuss what we mean by 'transformational strategy', why it is crucial and how we can move forward together to build a movement that wins!
Given the situation with the Super Bowl and transportation on Sunday, we have decided to cancel this event and join forces with Eastside Arts Alliance and their event with Jamala Rogers on Tuesday, February 9. Please come through on Tuesday! More info. here https://www.facebook.com/events/225685694434142/, and thank you for understanding! ____________ Join us for a discussion […]
Author George Ciccariello-Maher in conversation with Carlos Martinez Sponsored by Jacobin, LeftRoots, and Parrhesia Productions Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available during this event. Our world is suddenly in motion, but what are we fighting and how should we fight it? Long before the election of Donald Trump grassroots revolutionaries were taking to the streets, […]
