A Chronicle Chat on the left’s future

Does the left have a future in a world where Donald Trump is president and the Republican Party controls both houses of Congress?

That question will be at the center of “Future of the Left: Can the Trump Resistance Grow Beyond Protest?” — a panel discussion to be held Wednesday, April 19, at the Herbst Theater. The event is the first in a series of Chronicle Chats to be hosted by Northern California’s largest newspaper, and it will be moderated by Chronicle columnist David Talbot, author of the best-seller “Season of the Witch.”

The panelists will include Becky Bond, senior adviser to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign; Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives

Matter; and Laura Guzman, Latina organizer and founder of the Mission Neighborhood Resource Center. Bringing the debate toward the center will be political analyst Dan Schnur, a conservative pundit who teaches political science at the University of Southern California.

“We are thrilled to bring these longtime community organizers together to discuss one of the most pressing questions about the state of national politics,” said Audrey Cooper, The Chronicle’s editor in chief. “The Chronicle’s role in Northern California is as a convener of facts and thought leaders in order to stimulate and inspire civic discussion about what’s happening in our world.”

Tickets are $45, discounted with a Chronicle subscription. Portions of the chat will be streamed live at SFChronicle. com and on the Chronicle Facebook page.