University of Oregon
Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
 

 

The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics is a living memorial to Oregon's former U.S. senator. Housed at the School of Law at the University of Oregon, the Center brings scholars and activists to Oregon to discuss critical topics, in the tradition of Senator Morse. We are dedicated to Morse’s vision of peace and justice through law and politics.  

The center adopts a theme of inquiry for two-year periods and conducts activities through several programs.

The theme of inquiry for 2011-13 is Capitalism and the Common Good.
Senator Wayne Morse
“I have complete
faith in the ability
of the American people to follow the facts if you'll give them, and my charge against my government is
we're not giving
the American people the facts.”

— May 24, 1964 (Two months before the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed through Congress)


EVENTS

Prospects for Restoring Worker Power
February 24
110 Knight Law Center
12:30 p.m.

Janice Fine, Rutgers University, will discuss innovative union and community organizing strategies and low wage immigrant labor in the U.S.Commentary by Barbara Pocock, visiting professor from University of South Australia, and Gordon Lafer, UO Labor Education and Research Center.

The Politics of Inequality
March 1, 2012
175 Knight Law Center
4 p.m.

Jacob Hacker (Yale) and Paul Pierson (UC Berkeley) will discuss their recent book Winner Take All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer—And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class.
Part of the "In the Shadows of the Great Recession: Recovery and Inequality" speaker series.

Gender Equity and Capitalism: The Impact of Capitalist Development on Women’s Economic Status and Rights
March 8-9, 2012
Gerlinger Lounge and Knight Law Center.

This symposium focuses on women’s economic status and equality as a key component of human and civil rights in capitalist societies. Featured speakers include Barbara Pocock, Nancy Folbre and Alissa Trotz. Cosponsored by the Lorwin Lectureship on Civil Liberties.
View conference website


NEWS

Save the date for our upcoming Gender Equality and Capitalism symposium (March 8-9, 2012)

Check out the Dorothea Lange in Oregon, 1939 photo exhibit
until February 26, 2012 in the Knight Law Center.

Recent audio and video
WMC Director Margaret Hallock is interviewed about Dorothea Lange photo exhibit (audio courtesy KUGN)

Corporate Power in Politics and the Economy featuring Senator Russ Feingold (video)

Unions and the Future of American Democracy featuring Bob Baugh and Steve Novick (audio)

David Korten, Wayne Morse Distinguished Speaker, on UO Today (video)






 twitter link
© University of Oregon Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
1515 Agate Street • Eugene OR 97403-1221 • Phone: (541) 346-3700 • Fax (541) 346-1564