🐦 June 1 - Bernie Sanders - Brighton Festival - U.K. Book Tour Event
Brighton Festival welcomes Bernie Sanders for special Festival Extra event
Former Democratic candidate for President of the United States Bernie Sanders will speak about his new book Our Revolution at a special Brighton Festival Extra event on Thursday 1 June.
Bernie Sanders will join Brighton Festivals diverse Books and Debate programme, which includes Gary Younge discussing the role of guns in Trumps America; Tariq Ali on his portrait of Lenin, and how we might challenge capitalism today; Palestines leading writer Raja Shehadeh on the Israeli occupation of Palestine; celebrated novelist Hanif Kureishi looking back on a career in which he has explored identity, cultural difference, and religious fundamentalism; and Democracy Debate: What Comes Next? in which Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee chairs a panel of top thinkers and politicians to debate the future of our political system.
http://brightonfestival.org/news/bernie_sanders_to_join_festival_line-up/