Conference
Nexus Conference 2021 -
Saturday 20 November 2021
NO&B / online
The Revolution of Hope
The Revolution of Hope
In the past corona year, we heard a collective cry for radical change echoing around the globe. We witnessed many voices of protest against systemic racism, the destruction of the earth, the resurgence of fascism and government corruption. A year later, the revolutionary fire is still fiercely glowing. Revolutions can bring about epoch-making transformations. But the spirit of revolution does not always lead to a revolution of the spirit. Where do we find, amid all our contemporary crises, the revolutionary hope, courage and creativity to shape new worlds? Which revolutionary forces are now underway? How do our revolutionary ideals relate to the unruly realities that we are confronted with? And what needs to be done to elevate the call for freedom into a deeply felt democratic reality?
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Speakers
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
Giuseppe Conte
Senator Jeff Flake
Wole Soyinka
Robert Skidelsky
Patti Smith
Mary L. Trump
Kehinde Andrews
Patrick J. Deneen
Haris Vlavianós
Antonio Spadaro, S.J.
Colombe Cahen-Salvador
Anand Patwardhan
Nadia Harhash
Robert Cooper
Leon Wieseltier
Lenny Kaye
Program
- 10:00
- Welcome
- 10:10
- Revolution! The Political Crises of Our Time
- 12:25
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Lunch with complimentary refreshments
- 01:15
- Hope Regained. A New World
- 03:40
- Songs of Hope
- 04:00
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Reception and book signing session