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Richard Greeman, "Victor Serge," New York City, Nov. 19, 2006
November 14, 2006 - 11:38am -- autonomedia
Revolutionary Literature
Victor Serge and Communist Totalitarianism
A Talk by Richard Greeman
Sunday Nov. 19 at 7:00 p.m.
New York City
Victor Serge, author of Birth of Our Power, Men in Prison and other works, participated in the Spanish Civil War, the Russian Revolution, and the Mexican Revolution. He spent over 10 years in French and Russian prisons. Born in 1890 of Russian émigré parents in Brussels, he died a refugee in Mexico 57 years later
a man with no possessions and no nationality. His work captures with rare authority the spirit and life of the revolutions of the first half of the 20th century.
The translator and biographer of Victor Serge, Richard Greeman is now based in Montpellier, France, where he is Secretary of the International Victor Serge Foundation. He is also a member of Praxis Center (Moscow). He was a professor at Columbia, Wesleyan and the University of Hartford, as well as an activist since the 1950s in anti-racist, anti-war, human rights and labor struggles in the U.S. and internationally.
Free admission. All welcome. Open discussion.
Location: 39 West 14th Street, Rm. 205 (Identity Housering buzzer 205 and come to second floor), Manhattan (north side of 14th St., between 5th and 6th Aves.; take any train to 14th St. or Union Square).
Revolutionary Literature
Victor Serge and Communist Totalitarianism
A Talk by Richard Greeman
Sunday Nov. 19 at 7:00 p.m.
New York City
Victor Serge, author of Birth of Our Power, Men in Prison and other works, participated in the Spanish Civil War, the Russian Revolution, and the Mexican Revolution. He spent over 10 years in French and Russian prisons. Born in 1890 of Russian émigré parents in Brussels, he died a refugee in Mexico 57 years later
a man with no possessions and no nationality. His work captures with rare authority the spirit and life of the revolutions of the first half of the 20th century.
The translator and biographer of Victor Serge, Richard Greeman is now based in Montpellier, France, where he is Secretary of the International Victor Serge Foundation. He is also a member of Praxis Center (Moscow). He was a professor at Columbia, Wesleyan and the University of Hartford, as well as an activist since the 1950s in anti-racist, anti-war, human rights and labor struggles in the U.S. and internationally.
Free admission. All welcome. Open discussion.
Location: 39 West 14th Street, Rm. 205 (Identity Housering buzzer 205 and come to second floor), Manhattan (north side of 14th St., between 5th and 6th Aves.; take any train to 14th St. or Union Square).