“The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.”
Join us on Tuesday 29 October, a week before the US elections, for our discussion "Typical America Extravagance: What Do the US Elections Mean for the World?" where we will be hearing from former Senator & founder of We Are Somebody Nina Turner, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani and more.
The discussion will delve into the global implications of the US elections, examining how the potential leadership of Kamala Harris or Donald Trump could influence international politics, include the impact on the genocide in Gaza, conflicts in Europe, responses to the climate emergency and other pressing issues.
Date: Tuesday 29th October
Time: 7:30pm (3:30pm EDT)
Location: Online (register below)
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More about our speakers:
Nina Turner
The Honorable Nina Turner is the founder of We Are Somebody, a capacity building organization for the working class. She served on Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns as a national surrogate in 2016 and national co-chair in 2020. A former Ohio State Senator, she continues to fight tirelessly to advance policy that improves the material conditions of working people across the United States of America and has also taken that message abroad to the United Kingdom.
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author and the host of critically acclaimed Democracy Now!. She has interviewed several prominent public figures including Edward Snowden, Noamn Chomsky, Bill Clinton and Greta Thunburg. Her investigative journalism career includes coverage of the East Timor independence movement, Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara, and Chevron Corporation's role in Nigeria and she has been awarded numerous accolades including the George Polk Award.
Mouin Rabbani
Mouin Rabbani is a Dutch-Palestinian Middle East analyst specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He has written for The Nation, The Guardian, Al-Jazeera and is co-editor of Jadaliyya.
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn is the Member of Parliament for Islington North and former leader of the Labour Party. He is director of the Peace & Justice Project, a campaigning organisation he founded in 2021.
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