Last Friday, the City University of New York hosted the 2nd Annual Conference on Rightist Movements
In light of the election of Barack Obama and rollback of the conservative movement’s dominance in the U.S. political arena, analyses have predominantly focused on new openings and possibilities for the left. Yet how various factions on the right proceed at this critical juncture will prove crucial to understanding U.S. political and popular culture for years to come, with significant implications for those working on a wide range of issues, from economic justice and international human rights to racism, immigration, gender discrimination and sexual freedom.
This conference brings together academic researchers, activists, and representatives of non-governmental organizations involved in understanding and contesting both contemporary trends toward the right and rightist efforts, from fiscally or socially conservative movements to hate groups.
Well, I guess that the CUNY people are better than the Dept. of Homeland Security.
At least these freaks know the difference between Libertarians and skinheads.
No word yet on when the 1st Annual Conference on Leftist Movements is scheduled.
Probably tomorrow.
When the classes start.
“In light of the election of Barack Obama and rollback of the conservative movement’s dominance in the U.S. political arena”
When was that again? I must have missed it; it lasted for such a short time that subatomic events didn’t have time to occur. All I have seen for the last 20 years or so has been a leftward drift, slowed occasionally by circumstance.
“involved in understanding and CONTESTING both contemporary trends toward the right and rightist efforts, from fiscally or socially conservative movements to hate groups.”
So, lump ’em all together and oppose ’em all. It’s not like anything any of them say makes sense, after all.
The arrogance of these tiny minds is amazing.