Praxis is a loosely organized, democratic collective dedicated to action for social change. The aim is to cultivate critical thinking, increase sensitivity to, and develop a spirit of inquiry on important local and global issues. Praxis is not a membership organization, club, or political party.
HOW PRAXIS WORKS
- One need not be a student or faculty at Clark University to participate in Praxis.
- Any member of our community can host events that fall broadly under the goals of Praxis. Please contact us with your ideas.
- All Praxis events are free and open to public.
CONTACT US: praxis.clarkuniversity@gmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
What: Marx in Soho, a play by Howard Zinn
Agitating the authorities of the afterlife to clear his name, Karl Marx is sent to earth for one hour to make his case. But bureaucracies are the same in heaven as on earth, and due to a clerical error, Marx lands in Old City Philadelphia rather than his stomping grounds in London. Fed up with the gloating of the right wing that "Marxism is dead" after the fall of the Soviet Union, and eager to reclaim his ideas from the distortion of Stalin's brutalities and pseudo-socialism's repressions, Marx urgently uses current news and events to show how his ideas still resonate by launching into a passionate, funny and moving defense of his life and political ideas. He shares his reflections on history and philosophy as he retells the very human and personal story of his life in Soho through encounters with the anarchist Michael Bakunin, the revolutionary P. J. Proudhon, his brilliant daughter Eleanor, and his wife, Jenny. The play is more than just a political discussion - it is the experience of the life and mind of Karl Marx. Bob Weick's powerful performance portrays the largeness of the ideas and the human nature of the man. The intimacy, honesty and power of his portrayal makes MARX IN SOHO a rewarding and affecting experience. Howard Zinn shows his characteristic gift of accurately humanizing but not sentimentalizing people most historians ignore at best or disfigure at worst. Zinn doesn't preach, but rather uses mischievous humor to tackle the United State’s educational system, super-rich ruling class, corporate mergers, prisons, political chicanery, and media. The play provides a dynamic way to open discussions about contemporary politics, historical analysis and economic philosophy.
