| New York was the home territory for two major | | | | a unique NYC Event. Hosted by veteran trader |
| Presidential contenders in 2008: Rudy Giuliani and | | | | Victor Neiderhoffer, it's a wide-ranging discussion |
| Hillary Clinton. It's no coincidence that the city is | | | | forum covering investments, economics, and |
| rife with political activity - it's the headquarters for | | | | politics, all viewed from the perspective of |
| numerous national news sources, and it's also | | | | Objectivism. Although Junto is an NYC event, it's |
| home to the single Zip code with the highest level | | | | named after Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia |
| of political donations to both major parties. The | | | | gathering of the same name. |
| breadth of NYC events available to someone | | | | The radical bookstore Bluestockings hosts |
| interested in politics means that it's easy to | | | | numerous anarchism-themed gatherings. Unlike |
| sample lots of different ideologies - and maybe | | | | stereotypical anarchists, the visitors to |
| learn a thing or two. | | | | Bluestockings' NYC Events are likely to be |
| The Barack Obama Meetup is one of the many | | | | well-versed in Proudhon rather than punk rock. |
| NYC events that bring together hundreds Obama | | | | Events range from discussions about the lessons |
| supporters to talk about the Senator's plans and | | | | from world travel, to instructions on activism, as |
| policies, and to share grassroots campaigning | | | | well as numerous movie and book events. |
| strategies. Of all of the NYC events dedicated to | | | | The feminist group NOW hosted their national |
| Democratic party politics, this is one of the most | | | | conference in New York last July. Although |
| active. | | | | feminism is a social rather than political |
| For a view a bit out of the mainstream, the | | | | movement, it's a movement with broad political |
| Henry George School of Social Science offers | | | | implications. NYC events like this showcase the |
| NYC events that revolve around the economic | | | | city's intellectual diversity - Hillary Clinton and Rudy |
| teachings of Henry George, who called for a single | | | | Giuliani were counting on its votes in the 2008 |
| tax on the value of land. A movement that has | | | | general election, and each hosted NYC events to |
| brought together socialists, anarchists, and radical | | | | galvanize supporters. Since the city is home to |
| capitalists, the Georgist political movement has | | | | preeminent magazines literary/political on the right |
| remained alive (and lively!) in the city where Henry | | | | and left - from The New Yorker to The National |
| George himself once ran for mayor. The NYC | | | | Review - NYC events have always shown that |
| events hosted by the school include introductory | | | | regardless of their beliefs, residents of this |
| and advanced lectures on economics from a | | | | cosmopolitan locale can find the perfect venue to |
| Georgist perspective. | | | | express their views. |
| On the other side of the mainstream, the Junto is | | | | |