A discussion about capitalism's prosperity and poverty:

Michael Parenti is an internationally known award-winning author and lecturer. He is a leading progressive political analyst. His highly informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad.

Parenti will deal with the crisis of the corporate global system of investment, how it undermines democracy and prosperity and fosters poverty and instability, and how only strong popularly supported government ownership can treat the ongoing crisis.

For more info contact:
opirg@yorku.ca
opirg.toronto@utoronto.ca

The G20 met last week to discuss global economic plans. To find out what their decisions would mean to the Left, Sasha Lilley speaks to Leo Panitch, a political science professor at York University and editor of the Socialist Register.

Sasha Lilley: This past Wednesday, before the start of the G20 Summit in London, France and Germany asked for more regulation as a response to the unraveling of the financial system. Meanwhile the U.S. has stated it would like to a see a co-ordinated global stimulus plan without such regulation. How do you see these divisions within the most powerful nations of the Group of 20?