DescriptionIraq War critic Cindy Sheehan and renowned playwright Eve Ensler discuss the power of protests and their impact on policies and public opinion. Ms. Sheehan recounts taking her anti-war message to the president's doorstep, as described in her new book Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism . Ms. Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and a prominent anti-violence activist, discusses the world's fixation on security in her new book Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World . Ms. Sheehan and Ms. Ensler also discuss the ways in which petitions, rallies, and marches can capture the attention of lawmakers, voters, and the news media. Leonard Lopate is host of the public radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show, broadcast on WNYC.
DescriptionAdam Gopnik has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986. In 1998, he received a George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting for his Paris Journal essays. He edited Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology, and in 1990, co-curated "High and L…
DescriptionSasha Frere-Jones became The New Yorker 's pop-music critic in 2004. He is also a musician, and since 2003 has performed with the band the Sands. Previous to that, he performed with the band Ui. In 1998, he released Standing Upright on a Curve…
DescriptionMalcolm X is still a challenge rather than a conclusion, notes Dr. Cornel West in this debate on the impact of the black activist. Malcolm X, says West, was "foremost a freedom fighter who focused on the legacy of white supremacy, " an important issue to confront as we work toward a better society today. West's view is that in this time of myopic and mean-spirited right-wing spokespeople, black anger must be channeled into organized and mobilized means to effect change - the belief of the great Malcolm X. This debate took place at the 1995 Socialist Scholars Conference at the State University of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
