Event tomorrow (Wednesday, NYC) - learn about the religious right wing
Sorry about the short notice, but I just now found out about the following event that would be of great interest to those folks on my friends list who live in or near New York City.
Chris Hedges, author of the book American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, will be speaking Wednesday, June 27, at 7 PM, at Revolution Books, 9 West 19th Stret (between 5th and 6th Aveneu). Suggested donation: $8.
A brief quote from Hedges' book: "What is happening in America is revolutionary. A group of religious utopians, with the sympathy and support of tens of millions of Americans, are slowly dismantling democratic institutions to establish a religious tyranny, the springboard to an American fascism."
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Chris Hedges, author of the book American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, will be speaking Wednesday, June 27, at 7 PM, at Revolution Books, 9 West 19th Stret (between 5th and 6th Aveneu). Suggested donation: $8.
A brief quote from Hedges' book: "What is happening in America is revolutionary. A group of religious utopians, with the sympathy and support of tens of millions of Americans, are slowly dismantling democratic institutions to establish a religious tyranny, the springboard to an American fascism."
( Read more )
