Working for economic justice has its rewards, but it's far from easy. Veteran organizer Chris Crass has learned a lot about the nuts and bolts -- and ups and downs -- of organizing strategy, movement-building, and antiracist and feminist praxis. Part of his new book focuses on the efforts of Food Not Bombs, which combines the serving of free meals with radical political work.

The student movement of the 1960s and 70s demanded the inclusion of women's and ethnic studies by universities, the broadening of the canon, and the hiring and admission of previously excluded groups.  But to what extent were those demands absorbed and capitalized on by academia, the state, and corporations?  Race and critical theory scholar Roderick Ferguson discusses the convoluted journey of so-called minority inclusion.

The term "community" is everywhere. It is used by those in power -- witness the "business community" -- and those with no power. But what does it actually mean? Should people on the left continue to claim it? Or is it too flawed a concept, with real political dangers attached? Anthropologist Gerald Creed talks about the history of "the community," the explosion of the term since the early 1990s, and why it remains so ubiquitous. (Encore presentation.)

The actions of militant social movements in Bolivia over the past ten years, which led to the election of indigenous president Evo Morales, have heartened many radicals in Latin America and beyond. But what if Morales, and his Movement Toward Socialism, represent not a break from the past quarter-century of neoliberalism, but a reconfigured version of it? Marxist scholar Jeffrey Webber makes that assertion, tracing the recent political economy of Bolivia and analyzing the trajectory of social movements toward the ballot box.

Parts of the world are already losing their glaciers and their water supplies. Others are getting hit with unprecedented floods. Low-lying nations are making plans to evacuate their populations. So, what's a world to do about climate change? Patrick Bond and Joseph Romm weigh in with very different perspectives.

What's unprecedented about the global economic crisis? Can national governments effectively address the crisis, or are people's movements a better source of ideas? And why should the situation of workers in China matter to people everywhere? Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello, co-directors of Global Labor Strategies, share their ideas. (Special tribute presentation; Tim passed away on Dec. 4.)