A Panel Discussion And Readings With:
- Tongo Eisen-Martin: San Francisco Poet Laureate & Activist (Someone’s Dead Already; Waiting Behind Tornados for Food)
- Ananda Esteva: Writer, Poet, Teacher (The Wanderings of Chela Coatlícue; Pisco Sours)
- Jenny Worley: Author, Teacher (Neon Girls: A Stripper’s Education in Protest & Power)
- Michael Dunn: Author, Teacher & Activist (Anywhere But Schuylkill)
Fascists, authoritarians, and capitalists exploit existing prejudices and bigotries within marginalized communities to divide them and get them fighting among each other. They exploit these bigotries to disrupt their movements and their solidarity, and to reduce their effectiveness. In this workshop, several working-class writers will read excerpts from their books, and then discuss how their books address the bigotries and prejudices within particular marginalized communities, particularly in otherwise progressive communities, and how activists or characters in their books worked to overcome these bigotries. And they will discuss how these experiences apply to conditions today. Check here for more info.