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Building People Power: What Clues Can History Offer?” – Keynote Speech – Video – Justice Works 2015

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

June 11, 2015 – Issue 610 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; Building People Power What Clues Can History Offer?” Keynote Speech Justice Works 2015 “Why do so many people refuse to resist and rise up in the face of clear examples of repression and degradation?” On May 30 & 31, 2015, 600 of New York’s top…

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June 11, 2015 – Issue 610

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Building People Power What Clues Can History Offer?” Keynote Speech Justice Works 2015

“Why do so many people refuse to resist and rise up in the face of clear examples of repression and degradation?”

On May 30 & 31, 2015, 600 of New York’s top progressive activists and leaders gathered at the Desmond Hotel in Albany for Justice Works: A Conference for Progressive New York the conference, hosted by Citizen Action of New York. Bill Fletcher, Jr. delivered the keynote address, “Building People Power: What Clues Can History Offer?”

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