[JPI] Robert Jensen talk, 27 April

[Chris Menzel]

UT JOURNALISM PROFESSOR TO SPEAK ON 'AFFLUENCE AND EMPIRE'

When:   27 April 2004, at 5 p.m.

Where:  J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries in the
Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center

Dr. Robert Jensen (Associate Professor, Dept of Journalism,
UT-Austin) will be at the Texas A&M University campus on
April 27 to speak on "Affluence and Empire: Claiming our
Humanity and Building Democratic Communities".  Using an
approach that incorporates ethical, political, intellectual,
and market perspectives, Dr. Jensen examines the ways in which
democracy has been eroded in our civil society.  He addresses
the implications of consumption and affluence for global
justice and the ecological future of communities and nations.
Dr. Jensen's presentation offers renewed hope for constructive
engagement in the struggle to claim our humanity and our
democratic spaces.

The talk will be held from 5:00-6:30 pm at the J. Wayne
Stark University Center Galleries in the Texas A&M University
Memorial Student Center (see http://stark.tamu.edu/hours.html
for location).  Following this, Dr. Jensen will be at the
Revolution cafe in Bryan from 7:30 to 9:00 pm to sign copies
of his new book "Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim
Our Humanity" (City Lights Books, 2004, Paperback, 160 pages,
$11.95).  Revolution is located on 211 S. Main St., Bryan
(adjacent to Los Nortenos; parking/entrance around the back
of the building).

Professor Jensen is the author of "Writing Dissent: Taking
Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstreams" and co-author
of "Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality".
His analytic pieces on foreign policy, politics and race have
appeared in papers and magazines throughout the United States.

A poster for the talk for viewing/printing can be found at:

  http://philebus.tamu.edu/Jensen-flyer.jpg