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Polish Women’s Strike

Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5) 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC, United States

Polish feminist activism in recent years, most notably the protests against the ban on abortion, has employed the strike as a tactic, in line with contemporary feminist struggles elsewhere. Julia[...]

Free

Accompanying Migrants and Searching for the Disappeared

Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall (Bay 4) Franklin Humanities Institute 114 S. Buchanan, Durham, NC, United States

*****CONTINUA EN ESPAÑOL***** NOTE: This presentation will be in Spanish. Interpretation to English will be available. Join Migrant Roots Media and Duke's Social Movements Lab for a talk by Rubén[...]

Free

Málaga, Spain: Struggles over urban space

Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5) 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC, United States

This dialogue with focus on struggles to recuperate urban space against forces of gentrification and tourism.  Specifically, we will focus on the efforts to prevent the eviction of the Casa[...]

“Be Water”: Protest Movements in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5) 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC, United States

Join the Social Movements Lab for events on the recent Hong Kong and Taiwan protest movements.   The 2014 Sunflower Movement in Taiwan and Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong were[...]

Organizing Platform Workers (Uber, Lyft, food deliverers)

Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5) 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC, United States

Events in the Social Movements Lab on organizing with platform workers (such as food deliverers and Uber drivers): With Todd Wolfson we will discuss some of the efforts to organize[...]

Migrant Labor Struggles in Italian Agriculture

Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5) 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC, United States

In the last few years, organizing efforts have multiplied around migrant labor in Italian agriculture. Combining militant investigation and participation in struggles and strikes, activist scholars have addressed such crucial[...]

Migrant Labor Struggles in Italian Agriculture

Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5) 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC, United States

In the last few years, organizing efforts have multiplied around migrant labor in Italian agriculture. Combining militant investigation and participation in struggles and strikes, activist scholars have addressed such crucial[...]

From Yellow Vests to General Strike

Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5) 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC, United States

The Yellow Vests movement has continued to descend into the streets of France each Saturday for over a year now.  Recently it has developed forms of convergence with other movements,[...]

From Gilets Jaunes to Virus Lockdown

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For over a year the Yellow Vest movement descended into the streets of France each Saturday.  Earlier this year it developed forms of convergence with other movements, most notably with[...]