by Hamilton Democratic Socialists

RELEASE – Scholar, activist and socialist Joseph Schwartz will speak at Hamilton College this Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00pm on the subject of mass incarceration. Schwartz is Professor of Political Science at Temple University where he teaches political theory and American politics. He has been active in the fight for affordable urban housing. He is the author of The Permanence of the Political and The Future of Democratic Equality. Schwartz also serves as a National Vice-Chair of Democratic Socialists of America. He will give a talk on mass incarceration in the U.S. and will give attention to the plight of people of color and undocumented immigrants. While many activists and critics point out the brutality of the racialized system of mass incarceration in the US, few provide alternatives to this major problem. Schwartz will address this in his talk as he offers an alternative vision to combat the New Jim Crow. That vision is socialism for the 21st century.

The event is being organized by the Hamilton Democratic Socialists, a student group at Hamilton College. The Mohawk Valley Freedom School will provide transportation to the event from Utica. Cars will promptly leave Cornerstone Community Church at 500 Plant Street at 6:30pm. The event will take place at Hamilton College in Kirner Johnson 102.