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Yard Signs - Biden Ticketed Event May 11, 2020 12:00 AM - November 4, 2020 12:00 AM EDT Upper Arlington

July Book Club - Why You Should Be A Socialist by Nathan Robinson Book Club July 29, 2020 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET virtual meeting In Why You Should Be a Socialist, Nathan J. Robinson will give readers a primer on twenty-first-century socialism: what it is, what it isn’t, and why everyone should want to be a part of this exciting new chapter of American politics. From the heyday of Occupy Wall Street through Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and beyond, young progressives have been increasingly drawn to socialist ideas. However, the movement’s goals need to be defined more sharply before it can effect real change on a national scale. Likewise, liberals and conservatives will benefit from a deeper understanding of the true nature of this ideology, whether they agree with it or not. Robinson’s charming, accessible, and well-argued book will convince even the most skeptical readers of the merits of socialist thought.

August Book Club - Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America by Sherrod Brown Book Club August 26, 2020 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET virtual meeting Wednesday, August 26, 2020 7:00 pm Zoom meeting Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Ohio’s Sherrod Brown has sat on the Senate floor at a mahogany desk with a proud history. In Desk 88, he tells the story of eight of the Senators who were there before him. Together, these eight portraits in political courage tell a story about the triumphs and failures of the Progressive idea over the past century: in the 1930s and 1960s, and more intermittently since, politicians and the public have successfully fought against entrenched special interests and advanced the cause of economic or racial fairness. Today, these advances are in peril as employers shed their responsibilities to employees and communities, and a U.S. president gives cover to bigotry. But the Progressive idea is not dead.