Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Greece with Alexis Benos, MD
Channel: Joe Friendly
Date: 2012-10-27

A Public Forum at NYU, Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Greece with Alexis Benos, MD  a physician trained in Internal Medicine,  Professor of Social Medicine and Primary Health Care at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Medical School,. on the National Coordinating Committee of the major left party, the Coalition of the Radical Left  (SYRIZA), and was a SYRIZA electoral candidate.  Discussants: Marina Sitrin holds a PhD in Global Sociology and a JD in International Human Rights. She is the author of Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina and editor of Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina. She is a participant in Occupy Wall Street, and collaborates with similar movements globally; Costas Panayotakis is Associate Professor of Sociology at the NY City College of Technology of CUNY. He is the author of Remaking Scarcity: From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy, and has written extensively on Greece and the global crisis more generally; Matthew Anderson, MD is a family doctor working in the Bronx, where he teaches at the Montefiore Residency Program in Social Medicine. He is a co-editor of the journal Social Medicine (www.socialmedicine.info) and a member of the Occupy Wall Street Medical Support Working Group. Mocerator: Joanne Landy Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy.

FORUM SPONSOR
Campaign for Peace and Democracy
CO-SPONSORS
Aristeri Kinisi NY (Left Movement NY)
Physicians for a National Health Program-NY Metro Chapter
Radical Film and Lecture Series (RFLS)