Free Press previews political activist Jim Hightower’s talk
The Free Press reported social commentator and political activist Jim Hightower will deliver the University of Maine History Department’s 24th annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture on Oct. 1.
The national radio commentator, public speaker and New York Times best-selling author will give the talk, “Twenty-First Century Populist Movements are Flourishing at America’s Grassroots,” at 7:30 p.m. in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building. The lecture is free and open to the public, with a reception to follow. Earlier in the day, Hightower will speak as part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series. He will deliver the lecture, “Corporate Elites and Their Small-Minded Political Servants are Creating the Incredibly Shrinking America,” at 12:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union.