Established in the Sociology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984, the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice is dedicated to promoting critical intellectual reflection and exchange, both within the academy as well as between it and the broader society. The Center is named in honor of the late Professors of Rural Sociology and Sociology, A. Eugene Havens and Erik Olin Wright, whose life and work embodied the combination of progressive social and political commitment and scholarly rigor that the Center encourages.

A Progressive Path Forward
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A Progressive Path Forward
The Never Again Syndrome: Uses and Misuses of Holocaust Memory and the Weaponization of Language
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The Never Again Syndrome: Uses and Misuses of Holocaust Memory and the Weaponization of Language
Practical Radicals: How Oppressed People Change the World
1:12:48
Practical Radicals: How Oppressed People Change the World
Gaza Apocalypse: Causes and Consequences
1:18:21
Gaza Apocalypse: Causes and Consequences
The Contest for the Working Class: Organizing Rural Communities
1:16:36
The Contest for the Working Class: Organizing Rural Communities
Lesbian-Homoville, Colorado: Relocating the Origins of the Anti-Queer Movement
1:07:41
Lesbian-Homoville, Colorado: Relocating the Origins of the Anti-Queer Movement
Patchwork Apartheid: Private Restriction, Racial Segregation, and Urban Inequality
1:22:46
Patchwork Apartheid: Private Restriction, Racial Segregation, and Urban Inequality
The Missing Revolution: Forms & Outcomes of Anti-systemic Explosions, 2010-2020
1:23:16
The Missing Revolution: Forms & Outcomes of Anti-systemic Explosions, 2010-2020
Workers Speak: The State of Working Wisconsin & Policy Priorities
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Workers Speak: The State of Working Wisconsin & Policy Priorities
Latino Mass Mobilization: Immigration, Racialization and Activism
1:14:54
Latino Mass Mobilization: Immigration, Racialization and Activism
Building a Social Justice University: What'll It Take to Free Higher Ed From Its Current Conditions?
1:23:58
Building a Social Justice University: What'll It Take to Free Higher Ed From Its Current Conditions?
Michael Burawoy4
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Michael Burawoy4
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement - Lecture 3 - Decolonizing the Canon
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W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement - Lecture 3 - Decolonizing the Canon
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement - Lecture 2 - Race, Class & Consciousness
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W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement - Lecture 2 - Race, Class & Consciousness
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement - Lecture 1 - Critical Engagement vs. Public Sociology
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W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement - Lecture 1 - Critical Engagement vs. Public Sociology
The Dawn of the Pacific Century: China and the Condition of the Spatial Revolution
1:26:46
The Dawn of the Pacific Century: China and the Condition of the Spatial Revolution
The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
1:14:49
The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
Wrecked: State Politics and the Deinstitutionalization of Public Higher Education
1:18:13
Wrecked: State Politics and the Deinstitutionalization of Public Higher Education
Abortion and Demographic Fears in the Heartland
1:17:28
Abortion and Demographic Fears in the Heartland
The Alchemy of Organizing: Turning Insecurity Into Solidarity
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The Alchemy of Organizing: Turning Insecurity Into Solidarity
Capitalist Crises, Capitalist Transitions
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Capitalist Crises, Capitalist Transitions
How We Save Us: Rethinking Strategy & Collective Action in US Politics
1:23:19
How We Save Us: Rethinking Strategy & Collective Action in US Politics
Irresponsible Bystanders: Reflections on the Collective Origins of War
1:21:17
Irresponsible Bystanders: Reflections on the Collective Origins of War
International Development, Global Migration, and the Rise of Economic Imperialism
1:20:39
International Development, Global Migration, and the Rise of Economic Imperialism
Understanding the Conjuncture: Political Capitalism, Class Dealignment & Strategies for the Left
1:49:38
Understanding the Conjuncture: Political Capitalism, Class Dealignment & Strategies for the Left
Housing the Third Reconstruction: Property & Its Discontents
1:20:41
Housing the Third Reconstruction: Property & Its Discontents
A Radical's Journey from Campus to the Shop Floor in 1970s Wisconsin
1:18:36
A Radical's Journey from Campus to the Shop Floor in 1970s Wisconsin
What Is Antiracism (And Why It Means Anticapitalism)?
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What Is Antiracism (And Why It Means Anticapitalism)?
The Struggle of Border Farm Workers Against Capital
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The Struggle of Border Farm Workers Against Capital
Workers' Views of Working in Wisconsin
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Workers' Views of Working in Wisconsin