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Hit and Stay: A History of Faith and Resistance film (screening)

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Join us for a free public film screening of “Hit and Stay: A History of Faith and Resistance film screening”(2013, 97mins) https://www.facebook.com/events/1799371680277092/ Room 301 https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/hit-stay-history-faith-and-resistance On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, dragged stacks of Draft Board records out into the parking lot, and set them…

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Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of CLR James

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A documentary about the life and legacy of CLR James, a giant of 20th century radical thought whose influence on Black liberation, anti-colonial thought and Marxist theory cannot be overstated.

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Screening: The Little Black School House (followed by a discussion with the director)

Screening: The Little Black School House (followed by a discussion with the Director) Dir. Sylvia D. Hamilton, 2007, 60m April 4, 6:30pm – Paul O’Regan Hall This one-hour documentary unearths the story of the children, women, men who were students and teachers in Canada’s racially segregated schools. With a vibrant musical score composed by jazz legend, Joe…

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Screening: Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975

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The Black Power Mixtape is an archive- and music- driven documentary that examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the African-American community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975.

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White Ignorance and the Struggle Against Gentrification audio files

May 23, 2015
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On May 21, 2015, The Radical Imagination Project was pleased to host a community event titled White Ignorance and the Struggle Against Gentrification, Past and Present featuring Concordia University professor Dr. Ted Rutland, Dr. Ingrid Waldron of the Dalhousie School of Nursing, community and labour activist Lynn Jones and Halifax’s poet laureate El Jones. Here…

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White Ignorance and the Struggle Against Gentrification in Halifax, Past and Present

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A presentation by Ted Rutland, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment at Concordia University, with responses from local activists and organizers. Wednesday, May 20, 6-8pm at The Company House, 2202 Gottingen St.

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Audio archive of the 2015 Radical Imagination Festival

October 9, 2014
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The first Radical Imagination Festival, held September 19 and 20, 2015 at the Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax, was a great success.  We’re very pleased to share the audio archive here http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/77273 A huge thanks to Pierre Loiselle, the audio engineer. The Radical Imagination Festival Series: Subtitle:  Social movements, the radical imagination and the struggle…

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