2026 SUMMER SPEAKER SERIES
Anti-Empire Talks in the Paper Mâché Cathedral
A summer series in the Paper Mâché Cathedral bringing together writers, economists, scholars, and organizers to confront U.S empire, capitalism, war, the normalization of genocide, and the possibilities for resistance.
RICHARD WOLFF (remote) in conversation with QUINCY SAUL - As US Empire Declines, US Capitalism Does Too — Sunday, July 12. Program starts at 3pm with cantastorias and music; talk at 4pm
GREG JOLY on Scott Nearing’s anti-war pamphlet The Great Madness: A Victory for the American Plutocracy — Sunday, July 19 at 5:30pm
OMAR DAHI on Syria's War and the Destruction of Syria's Sovereignty — Sunday, July 26 at 5:30
MAX SCHUMANN on The Origins and Evolution of Bread and Puppet's Cheap Art
- Sunday, August 9th at 5:30pm
SUSAN ABULHAWA in conversation with CORINNA MULLIN -- Resisting Genocide in Palestine: Israeli Settler Colonialism, Western Imperialism & The Struggle for National Liberation — Sunday, August 16 at 6pm
MAX BLUMENTHAL -- Occupied Government in Crisis — Sunday, August 23 at 6pm
MOHSEN MAHDAWI -- Sunday, August 30th at 6pm
Max Blumenthal on Occupied Government in Crisis
Sunday, August 23rd after the Pageant--6pm
Occupied Government in Crisis
Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal is the founder and editor of The Grayzone and author of several books and documentaries.
Mohsen Mahdawi
Sunday, August 30th after the Pageant--6pm
Mohsen Mahdawi
Mohsen Mahdawi, Vermont-based Palestinian human rights advocate, will talk about his life growing up in Palestine in the West Bank, his work as an advocate for human rights in Palestine, and the current state of his legal battles to fight deportation by the Trump administration, followed by an audience Q & A.