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  Charles Derber


Thursday, January 12, 2012, 10:30 am Pacific, 11:30 am Mountain, 12:30 pm Central, 1:30 pm EST, 2:30 pm Atlantic, 6:30 pm Zurich, 7:30 pm Istanbul

 

Occupy, The First Intergenerational Progressive Movement in Many Years

 

Charles Derber will talk about the Occupy Movement and how people of different generations relate to social protest and major social change. Many of his recent books deal with this theme, and he has been an activist in Occupy and many earlier social justice movements. Occupy is, in fact, exciting since it is one of the first truly inter-generational progressive movements in many years. Older activists have much to contribute, and their own human development is enhanced by rubbing shoulders with the younger activists and finding meaning beyond their own personal concerns. They also have crucial mentoring roles for younger activists and can be a bridge of the activist Occupy community to the broader society

 

Bio

Charles Derber, Ph.D.,  is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and former Director of its Program on Social Economy and Social Justice. Derber has written 15 books, reviewed in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and other leading media. His books, which include Corporation Nation, the Wilding of America, Greed to Green, and now Marx's Ghost,  have been translated into five languages and focus on capitalism, corporate power, globalization, climate change, militarism, economic democracy, and social movements, including the Occupy Movement. He has also written for the International Herald Tribune, the Boston Globe, Newsday, Tikkun, and many other periodicals. Derber is a life-long activist who is active in peace, environmental, labor and other social justice movements, including Occupy.

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Introduction

 

Charles Derber is a Professor of Sociology at Boston College and former Director of its Program on Social Economy and Social Justice. He has written 15 books, reviewed in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and other leading media. His books have been translated into five languages and focus on capitalism, corporate power, globalization, climate change, militarism, economic democracy, and social movements, including the Occupy Movement. He has also written for the International Herald Tribune, the Boston Globe, Newsday, Tikkun, and many other periodicals.

 

I invited Charles as a speaker today because I think we need to be more than counselors for our clients.  We also need to be advocates for them and for ourselves, because if they are having a difficult time making a living, or going through career and life transitions, it may well require more than giving them job search and career skills.  Charles is a life-long activist who is active in peace, environmental, labor and other social justice movements, including Occupy. Welcome Charles!

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Interview Questions


  1. Charles, you've authored 15 books.  You've also been a sociology professor for most of your adult life. Our speaker for the past half hour talked about how he used his motivated skills throughout his life. Writing and public speaking must be one of your most highly motivated skills.  Is that correct? 
  2. One of your primary values is social justice.  In your teaching, books, and public speaking, you have been an articulate advocate of social justice.  Could you talk about how that value relates to the Occupy Movement?
  3. You are in your sixties and there are young people in their twenties who are passionate about the Occupy Movement.  Could you talk about the Occupy Movement and how people of different generations relate to social protest and major social change?
  4. How can older social justic activists serve as mentors for younger activists and be a bridge of the activist Occupy community to the broader society?
  5. You are at an age when most people retire.  Why are you still working? How many more years do you think you will be working?
  6. Has the way you work changed over the years?  Do you travel, teach, and write more or less than when you were younger? Any other changes in how you work and how you envision yourself working in the future?
  7. What else in your life is important besides your work?
  8. What are your goals for the next year?  For the next five or ten years?

 

 

 

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