FIGHT BACK USA TEACH-IN, April 5th

“FIGHT BACK USA”    

A NATIONAL WEBCAST TEACH-IN ON FIGHTING 

AUSTERITY, DEBT and CORPORATE GREED   

TO STREAM LIVE ON 

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011

'60s Style Teach-In Meets the Digital Age in Live Stream Webcast

· 2:00-3:30 p.m. (EDT) National Webcast

· 3:30-5:00 p.m. (EDT) Local Campus Events on more than 167 Campuses Nationally

Frances Fox Piven (professor, CUNY Graduate Center) and Cornel West 

(professor, Princeton University) will host a national webcast teach-in addressing the 

roots of the current economic crisis and what people are doing to fight back this 

Tuesday, April 5, 2011. 

The event will stream live from New York City’s historic Judson 

Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South , New York, NY 10012-1018 

(www.judson.org).

More than 160 campuses nationally are hosting viewings of the webcast from 2-3:30 

p.m. (EDT); local campus “Do It Yourself Action Strategy Sessions” will follow from 

3:30-5 p.m. (EDT) in each location.

Professors West and Piven will be joined by economist Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia 

University); public policy analyst Heather McGhee (Demos); President Richard 

Trumka (AFL-CIO) with activist reports from a Wisconsin student, a homeowner 

fighting foreclosure and a public school teacher fighting budget cuts, lay-offs and the 

assault on collective bargaining rights.

A Press Briefing (with Q&A) with Piven, West and other panelists will take place 

following the webcast, on site at Judson Memorial Church starting at 4 p.m.

The live stream event is designed to help campus and community viewers “connect the 

dots” between corporate/bank greed and tax-avoidance, personal and public debt, socalled “austerity” and the ongoing attacks on public employee unions, public education 

and social services to the most needy Americans.

Most importantly, the teach-in seeks to help young people across America understand 

how the recent actions undertaken by the brave citizens of Wisconsin are the key to 

turning the tide away from increasing inequality and misery, and toward the 

development of a sustainable and healthy American society in the 21st century. T

he teach-in seeks to infuse the fight back in the states with the energy and commitment of 

American youth whose future hangs in the balance.

· For Pre-Event Interview with Frances Fox Piven contact: kellyc@wpunj.edu

· To see the list of campuses signed on visit www.fightbackteachin.org

· For a list of campus teach-in organizers to interview: 

contact kellyc@wpunj.edu

· Media/Press Seating will be available at Judson with 1:30 p.m. check-in at the 

Media/Press Table.

Christine Kelly, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science

William Paterson University

Raubinger 441

973-720-3430

;

Director, American Democracy Project

Raubinger 442

973-720-392

Here in Minneapolis, the teach-in will be 

at Augsburg College

in Foss 20-B

at 1pm

on Tuesday April 5th

There is also a teach-in @University of Minnesotas @ Morris !!

You go, guys!