Cambridge Debates Moral Standards: Today’s Politics v Yesterday’s Art
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Giannina Braschi | This House Would Not Judge Yesterday’s Art By Today’s Politics | Cambridge Union
Cambridge Union debates moral standards
Giannina Braschi speaks as the third proposition for the motion on Thursday 19th June 2025 in the Debating Chamber.
Cambridge Union Society Debate Info:
In The Chair: Anoushka Kale Taking the Minutes: Roberta Rennie
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CAMBRIDGE UNION DEBATE Moral Standards
For the Proposition: This House Would Not Judge Yesterday’s Art by Today’s Politics
Giannina Braschi is “one of the most revolutionary voices in Latin America today,” according to PEN America. She writes mixed-genre literature and political philosophy in Spanish, Spanglish, and English. Her magnus opus PUTINOIKA is a multi-genre epic, offering a biting and hilarious denunciation of Trump’s America festering with pollution, collusion, and delusion. Braschi won the 2025 Fray Luis de León Medal for Ibero-American Poetry from the City of Salamanca, Spain, and was named Woman of the Year 2025 by former president of Ecuador Rosalía Arteaga of the Glocal Women Foundation. She has received Lifetime Achievement awards from the American Studies Association (Angela Y. Davis Award), North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), Cambio 16 News in Madrid, the Borimix Festival of New York City, and from her native City of San Juan Puerto Rico.
Cambridge debates morals and art
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