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Cannibal Capitalism:
How Our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do about It
Friday, April 5, 2024
10am CST

Featuring:
Nancy Fraser (Philosophy, The New School)

Respondents:
Ashley Bohrer (Gender and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame)
Michael Dawson (Political Science, University of Chicago)
Johanna Oksala (Philosophy, Loyola University-Chicago)

Organizer:
Dilip Gaonkar (Communication Studies, Northwestern University)

Free and open to the public. On Zoom.

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