On Tour—Ecology and Socialism

Chris Williams, author of Ecology and Socialism, is on a nationwide tour with readings and discussions about how to stop environmental devastation and win a world that puts the planet before profits

Chris Williams is a longtime environmental activist, based in New York City. He is professor of physics and chemistry at Pace University, and chair of the science department at Packer Collegiate Institute. Williams is also a frequent contributor to the International Socialist Review (ISR) magazine. Ecology and Socialism is Williams' first book.

For full tour details and updates, visit http://www.ecologyandsocialism.org/?p=3

Saturday September 18th at 5:00 PM
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG) campus
Free; books available for purchase, donations towards author travel expenses welcome.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization (GSO branch), 919-824-9825

Saturday September 25th at 6:30 PM
El Paraiso Restaurant
1916 14th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
This event is during the Appalachian Rising weekend of protests and events against Mountain Top Removal. See AppalachiaRising.org for details about how to get involved.

Sunday September 26th at 12:00 PM
Baltimore Book Fair
Red Emma's Book Shop
800 Saint Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Saturday October 2nd at 4:00 PM
Macalester College
Olin-Rice Science Center Room 100
St Paul, MN 55105

Sunday October 3rd at 11:00 AM
May Day Bookstore
301 Cedar Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454

Tuesday October 5th at 7:30 PM
Book Launch Party
Brecht Forum
451 West Street
New York, NY 10014

Beginning Tuesday October 12th at 7:30 PM
Six-session Course on Ecology and Socialism
Brecht Forum
451 West Street
New York, NY 10014
This six-session course will meet from 7:30-9:30 PM every Tuesday from October 12th through November 16th. The course will include an in-depth reading of thebook with the author alongside other contemporary short readings andextensive discussion and debate of Marxism and ecology in the contextof the present political moment.

Wednesday October 13th at 7:00 PM
Hunter College
Thomas Hunter Building Room 305b
68th St. & Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10065

Thursday October 14th at 7:00 PM
City College of New York
NAC Building Room 1/211
137th St. & Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10031

Saturday October 16th at 3:00 PM
Location TBD
Los Angeles, CA

Sunday October 24th at 4:00 PM
With co-panelist John Bellamy Foster
Cosponsored by Monthly Review
New York University
Kimmel Center Room 802
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Saturday December 11th Time TBD
Brown University
Room TBD
Providence, RI 02906

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Williams will be on national tour this fall; please consider hosting an Ecology and Socialism event in your community or on your campus. To inquire, contact ecologyandsocialism@gmail.com.