Digital arts writer from the art foundation, she has been a resident, Nonfiction Program fellow. Her essays and reviews have appeared in publications by the new york times, defense wired the globe and others. She will be joined in conversation by kendra albert, a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School where they practiced law, their work reflects on technology and law covering topics like facial recognition, computer secure, online reaction and tonight they are going to discuss lurking how a person became a user. A poetic, empathetic and incisive history of the internet that will resonate with anyone who goes online to listen and learn, not shout. Joanne mcneil traces it in playful ways revealing what has been lost, what has been stolen and what utopian possibilities may still be recovered. Lurkers of the world unite. We are pleased to host this event at harvard bookstore, please join me in welcoming Joanne Mcneil and kendra albert. [applause] to start i have a brief reading. I will sta
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Jackson bookstore. Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming out tonight to 1611 jackson looks at the seaport. We are happy you came out and tonight we are c celebrating the release of me on the future democratic socialism american style. We are excited to have with us kate aronoff and michael the del smith. Witnessing the current resurgence of the democratic socialism in the United States is exemplified by the growing membership democratic socialists of america and the popularity of politicians like Bernie Sanders and the aoc committee explore how this energy might be channeled to achieve a future that is more democratic, egalitarian, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. So let me introduce our guest tonight, journalist kate aronoff postlight writing has appeared in the guardiancombination of dissent, jacqueline and the New York Times and she is a coeditor othecoeditor of we one democratic socialism american style with peter dreier and she lives
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Tonight we are celebrating the release of lyons the scripture we on the future. We will discuss how capitalism is a failure to the workingclass. For those marginalized communities. With democratic socialism in the United States and by the growing membership of democratic socialist and the popularity of Bernie Sanders and representative of causey of cortez to show a future that is more democratic inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. Let me introduce our guest writing in the guardian and the nation and the New York Times and is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism and she lives in brooklyn. Michael smith author of New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching he has written for the New York Times the atlantic, the paris review author of the new republic and the guardian and has been a featured commentator on npr and bbc radio cnn, msnbc and also lives in brooklyn so now we will turn it over to our guests. After