Noam Sandweiss-Back
During the 1970s and 1980s, a wide and diverse socialist movement emerged across the United States. Known as the New Communist
MoreThe University of the Poor is now publishing an online journal.
The mission of the University of the Poor is to unite and develop leaders committed to the unity of the poor and dispossessed across all lines of division so as to build a broad-based and powerful movement to end poverty. The role the University of the Poor Journal is to develop collaborative research, robust debate, and resources to advance that mission.
The Journal will include articles on theoretical and political questions presenting themselves as the revolutionary movement develops under new conditions. It will consider the strategic questions facing our class and carry articles analyzing current political developments in the U.S. and internationally. The Journal hopes to become a center for discussion of various strategic projections in the revolutionary movement.
We invite all who agree with the general principles in the University of the Poor concept paper to contact us and consider contributing to the Journal.
Noam Sandweiss-Back
During the 1970s and 1980s, a wide and diverse socialist movement emerged across the United States. Known as the New Communist
MoreBy The Rev. Sarah Monroe, Chaplains on the Harbor
The Rev. Sarah Monroe
Gustavo Gutierrez, famed as the founder of liberation theology, believed that
MoreBy Lenny Brody
The economic crisis throughout the world, including the US, continues to unfold, and the outline of a political crisis in
By Willie Baptist and Dan Jones
Originally posted at the Kairos Center.
This is the third chapter of a forthcoming book from the Kairos
By Bruce E. Parry
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, of which Dr. Liz Theoharis and Dr. William Barber
Tim W. Shenk
This article was written based on a discussion in the University of the Poor Political Economy group on Ryan Avent’s
Interview with Emily McNeill and Claudia de la Cruz
The following interview was conducted by Alicia Swords of the University of the Poor
An interview with leaders from Put People First! PA
The following interview was conducted with Put People First! PA’s Nijmie Dzurinko, Phil Wider
Based on a presentation by Bruce E. Parry.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of
An Interview with Willie Baptist
by John Wessel-McCoy
Willie Baptist and John Wessel-McCoy are Co-Coordinators of Poverty Scholarship and Leadership Development at the Kairos Center.