– Public ProgrammingCUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

Contact Information

Public Programming Coordinator

events@slu.cuny.edu

SLU Public Programs: 646-313-8517

The Murphy Institute and CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies have provided a unique venue for labor and community-based leaders and activists to engage in intellectually rigorous debate and discussion on the most pressing issues of our time.

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Our commitment to support the examination and resolution of the myriad struggles confronting poor and working-class communities lays the foundation for the Institute’s ambitious public programming, which attracts over 1,500 people annually and has featured:

Prominent SLU faculty, including Francis Fox Piven, Ruth Milkman, Deepak Bhargava, and John Mollenkopf.
Nationally renowned scholars, including Manning Marable, Lani Guinier, Rodolfo de la Garza, Adolf Reed, Patricia Williams, and Marie Gottschalk;
National and International Elected Officials, including Nydia Velazquez, Ruth Messenger, Fernando Ferrer, Melissa Mark-Viverito, British Member of Parliament John Eatwell, and former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff;
Civil and human rights leaders, including Reverend Al Sharpton, Benjamin Jealous, and Rigoberta Menchu;
Leaders of labor unions and federations from the U.S., Canada, France, Guatemala, India, Mexico, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

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“THE PANDEMIC ECONOMY & THE FUTURE OF WORK”

GUEST SPEAKER: Aaron Benanav – Author, Automation and the Future of Work (Verso 2020)

MODERATED BY: Joel Suarez – Assistant Professor of Labor Studies, CUNY SLU

Leo Panitch – Professor at York University & Editor of The Socialist Register – joins Samir Sonti of CUNY SLU and New Labor Forum to discuss the political economy of the COVID crisis.