Free in-person and online!

The talk will be partially an autobiography, or memoir, of Marc Kagan’s almost fifty years in the labor movement, his entry coming just a few years after the NYC fiscal crisis, which marked the advent of the (still-ongoing) Neoliberal era. Kagan will also provide a critique and assessment of the labor movement today, and its responses to this moment of crisis, as we struggle both to preserve and reinvigorate democracy and address massive inequality. Under what circumstances might labor be in the forefront of this struggle, as it was in Minneapolis this winter?

Community lunch follows, free for first-time guests and families participating in the Young Ethical Explorers Program.

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About Marc Kagan

Radicalized by his experiences as a tenant organizer when “the Bronx was burning,” Kagan “joined the working class.” He was a transit worker for almost twenty years, and was briefly a top officer of TWU Local 100. He taught high school Social Studies for ten years; Zohran Mamdani later pronounced him his favorite high school teacher. He got his Ph.D. in History from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2023, teaches Labor Politics at Brooklyn College, and is the author of Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100. Visit his Substack here.

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Sunday Platform is our most important and long-standing community event. These gatherings educate, stimulate personal growth, inspire reflection and action, and strengthen our community. Sunday meetings begin with music, followed by greetings and a talk given by a Society Leader, member, or guest.  Platforms cover a variety of topics that reflect current events, pressing social issues, and Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour.

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