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….
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…
As part of the Canadian Anthropology Association (CASCA) and the Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) meetings in Halifax this May, The Radical Imagination Project is pleased to be participating in a workshop on Solidarity Research with Social Movements with Marina Sitrin. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Exact location details will be…
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.
The second of a two-part report-back on austerity and grassroots movements in Greece by Larry Haiven and Max Haiven, who recently visited the country to meet with organizers and activists developing the solidarity economy. This presentation explores a number of grassroots movements that are seeking to reinvent economic and social life in Greece. From factory occupations…
Join us for a screening and discussion of two films about grassroots factory occupations in Italy and Greece, where workers are reclaiming their workplaces and reimagining politics and solidarity from the shop floor in defiance of austerity.
The Radical Imagination Project is delighted to be once again partnering withCinema Politica and the Central Branch of the Halifax Public Library to curate a series of provocative documentary films to Halifax from September to December 2015. These films focus on key contemporary issues and will be followed by moderated discussions. Monday, September 21, 6:30pm – Central…
