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If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front (screening)

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Join us for a free public film screening of “If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (2011, 88mins) https://www.facebook.com/events/306102246423924/ Room 301 https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/if-tree-falls-story-earth-liberation-front In December 2005, Daniel McGowan was arrested by Federal agents in a nationwide sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front– a group the FBI has called…

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Resistance in the Time of Trump: A Public Discussion

12:00-12:30 PM: Food and Registration 12:30-3:00 PM: Facilitated Discussion with Invited Speakers Invited Speakers: Dorene Bernard, Candida Hadley, El Jones, KelleyAnne Malinen, Diane Obed, Isaac Saney, Ardath Whynacht, and Erin Wunker Facilitators: Fazeela Jiwa and Alex Khasnabish 3:15-4:15 PM: Break-out Groups (organizing for action) 4:30 PM: Event Close Childcare provided on-site. Free pizza and drinks….

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Resistance in the Time of Trump: A Public Discussion

November 27, 2016
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What does the election of Donald Trump, and the accompanying rightwing populist upsurge, mean for social justice and basic democratic rights? While many feel shocked and frightened by this “exceptional” moment, context is necessary to understand it. White supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia, settler-colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism have deep roots that grew long before Trump — in…

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For the Long Haul Initiative

November 11, 2016
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We’re excited to announce a new round of movement-based research and we want to invite you to take part. For the Long Haul: Social Movement Research and Popular Education Initiative This is a research project about social justice, social change, and the radical imagination. How can we sustain activism and social movements over the long…

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The Yes Men Are Revolting (screening)

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Join us for a free public film screening of “The Yes Men are Revolting” (2014, 90mins) https://www.facebook.com/events/322647788080383/ Room 301 https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/yes-men-are-revolting The sequel to the hit 2003 documentary follows activist-pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano as they pull the rug out from under mega-corporations, government officials and a complacent media in a series of outrageous stunts…

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Democracy and the Commons (lecture w. Dario Azzellini)

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DEMOCRACY AND THE COMMONS: How communities around the world are taking control of their work, their neighbourhoods and their lives. https://www.facebook.com/events/1194771910546091/ A Free public talk by Dario Azzellini: Scholar, author, film-maker, political activist and assistant professor, Johannes Kepler University, Austria. (http://www.azzellini.net/) (co)Author of: * THEY CAN’T REPRESENT US: Reinventing Democracy from Greece to Occupy (w….

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Strategizing to Win: Planning Grassroots Campaigns (Trade for Change)

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In order to change the world, movements and activists have to move beyond simply responding to crisis after crisis, outrage after outrage. This workshop offers practical tools for thinking strategically about grassroots campaigns. It includes a discussion about: How to build activism and organizing on core values and transformational demands, How to identify and approach…

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