Monday, December 17, 2018, 7:00 PM.  
“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”  In 1949, hundreds of millions of Chinese people liberated themselves from colonial and capitalist exploitation in the Chinese Revolution, becoming inspirations for anti-imperialist socialist radicals around the globe, including the Black Panther Party in the United States. How did they do it? What lessons can we learn from this actual example of socialist revolution? While introducing the history of socialism in modern China, this lecture and discussion explore Chinese inventions that turned socialism into a practice of self-improvement, as well as ideas like the Mass Line that enabled workers and peasants to become leading thinkers of their own movement. Above all, as non-white revolutionaries, the Chinese were intensely aware of imperial capitalism’s investment in racism, and sought a socialist revolution that could liberate workers and colonized alike—a project to transform the entire world.  Location:  Northwood-High Building, Room 100, 2231 N High St.  Please see the FacebookEvent Page for more information and recommended readings.