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Tony Platt is the author of thirteen books dealing with issues of inequality, power, and justice in American history. Platt, a longtime activist, is currently a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at Cal Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law & Society. 

Our speaker, José Luis Granados Ceja, is with the México Solidarity Project and is on the staff of Venezuelanalysis and formerly with TeleSUR. He was born in Mexico City and spent his life migrating throughout the Americas.

Our program addresses the rapidly changing world order. This last year has been a time of summits: BRICS, G20, and G77 and the UN General Assembly. That these summits have been so hectic and have felt like such a whirlwind of events is because each marks the accelerated tempo of change on the international plane.

Charlotte Kates, is the international coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. She also works with the National Lawyers Guild International and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, and serves on the steering committee of the International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism.