This is our consolidated
schedule, including free single-session events as well as the first
session of each of our courses. Let
us know
if you'd like to be
notified when the schedule is updated. .
Monday,
June 22, 6:00 PM Human Rights
course begins.
"Ignorance, neglect, or contempt of human
rights are the sole causes of public misfortunes and the corruptions of
governments," declared the French Assembly in 1789.
So we had better figure out what they are, where they come
from, and why they're important. This
advanced course is open only to those who have completed Progress
& Poverty. Course description; schedule.
You
can pre-register using this
form,
or enroll at the first session.
At 28 E. Jackson. Instructor: Chuck Metalitz
Thursday,
July 2, 6:00 PM Progress
& Poverty course,
modern version, begins.
This
section meets every Thursday in July, and uses
the
"abridged for modern readers" edition of the Progress & Poverty
text, along with supplementary material. You
can pre-register using this
form, or enroll at (or after) the first session.
At 28 E. Jackson. Instructor:Robert F. Jene.
Saturday, July 11, 2:00 PM Curious
Georgists Go to the Movies
Banished
Between the Civil War and the Great Depression, African-Americans were
evicted from their homes and driven out of numerous white communities.
Documentary filmmaker Marco Williams focuses on three such communities
in
Georgia, Missouri, and Arkansas in order to convey the effects these
injustices have had on the descendents of the banished. The film was
also
released under the no-nonsense title Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks
Out
of Town in America. Nominated
for a Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance
Festival. Marco Williams---USA---2007---87 mins.
At 28 E.
Jackson. Free. Optional discussion follows
Tuesday, July 14,
6:00 PM (Bastille Day!)
Invisible
Crime Tour:
A walk around the Chicago Loop Right on the
streets of every American community, robbery takes place every day. How
can local, state, and national governments claim they need to tax our
labor, when there is so much real value that the comÂmunity creates but
fails to collect? On this walk we'll see some of this value,
and understand who takes it and what it costs the rest of us.
Along the way we'll discuss what a free market really is, and
see how it could make our city a better place. We'll take about 80
minutes to walk about a mile and a half.
Chuck Metalitz is your guide. Leave from 28 E. Jackson #1004.
Free.
This
schedule is current as of June 18, 2009.
For further information feel free to email us or
phone 312/362-9302.