Janine Jackson (host) is the program director at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) and producer/host of FAIR's syndicated weekly radio show CounterSpin. His most recent books are Wageless Life: A Manifesto for a Future beyond Capitalism (University of Minnesota Press co-authored with Ian Shaw) and Geographic Thought: A Praxis Perspective (Routledge co-edited with George Henderson).
His research and teaching focus on the Gramscian notions of hegemony and common sense, and their connections to social justice and progressive social change. He is also the former director of the University of Arizona Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies. Marv Waterstone is Professor Emeritus in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, where he has been a faculty member for over 30 years. Recent books include What Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well as Optimism Over Despair, and Internationalism of Extinction. Chomsky is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages.
His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics.
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. This event will also be recorded and live captioning will be provided.*** ***Register through Eventbrite to receive a link to the video conference on the day of the event. Get the book, Consequences of Capitalism: Is there an alternative to capitalism? Chomsky and Waterstone will chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society. And, most importantly, we see how we can fight to overcome these divisions. In making these linkages, the will show how the current hegemony keeps social justice movements divided and marginalized. Consequences of Capitalism, a new book by Noam Chomsky and Marv Waterstone, exposes the deep, often unseen connections between neoliberal 'common sense' and structural power.
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