So The Economist still has Bannon scheduled for their "Open Future Festival", Sept. 15:

[Leghorn21]

Join us at the Open Future Festival in New York on September 15th to discuss the most urgent issues of our time and remake the case for liberal values.

Hear discussions and debates mediated by journalists from The Economist and talks by prominent figures from across the political spectrum, as well as innovators, entrepreneurs, critics and connoisseurs.

Come and share your ideas during a day of exciting discussion, debate and festivities.

Partial list of speakers:

Susan Herman
President, American Civil Liberties Union

Blair Imani
Founder and executive director, Equality for HER

Amber Heard
Actress and activist

Amartya Sen
Nobel Prize-winning economist

David Miliband
President, International Rescue Committee and Foreign Secretary (UK), 2007-2010

Monika Bickert
Head of product policy and counterterrorism, Facebook

Steve Bannon
Former White House chief strategist and senior counselor

Julissa Arce
Social justice advocate and author, "My (Underground) American Dream"

Mónica Ramírez
Gender equity activist, attorney and founder, Alianza Nacional de

https://events.economist.com/events-conferences/americas/open-future-festival-new-york/


??? For real

[maxrandb]

1. At the risk of being labeled as biased

The media has been brow beaten into presenting Nazism and fascism as "the other side".

Nazism has now become a "he said-she said" argument.

It's sickening, and it has directly contributed to the creation of Donnie Short Fingers.

Deplorable.

[CatMor]

2. Discussions to remake the case for liberal values ...

with Steve Bannon, that should be interesting.

[Midnight Writer]

3. I thought Bannon was busy spreading fascism in Europe.