Historian, Mark Bray, author of the forthcoming book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Melville House), will join the Social Movements Lab to discuss his research in a talk entitled “Militant Anti-Fascism in Europe and North America.” In a recent review in The New Yorker, Daniel Penny writes: “Bray’s book is many things: the first English-language transnational[...]

Join the Social Movements Lab for a discussion about NiUnaMenos, an Argentinian movement against femicide and sexual violence. We will meet in the Lab space in Smith Warehouse, Bay 5 (enter at Bay 4 or 6). As preparation for our discussion, please read these two brief interviews: https://www.viewpointmag.com/2017/03/21/the-strike-of-those-who-cant-stop-an-interview-with-veronica-gago-and-natalia-fontana/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/argentina-ni-una-menos-femicides-women-strike As a follow-up, next Monday (10/23)[...]

Join the Social Movements Lab for a dialogue with Verónica Gago via Skype. Verónica is an activist in Ni Una Menos, a movement against femicide and sexual violence that began in Argentina and has spread across Latin America and the world. The image above is of women in a #NiUnaMenos protest with a banner reading, “The only[...]

Join us on Monday, October 30th, 12:00pm to 1:15pm, for a dialogue (via Skype) with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the Combahee River Collective Statement. We will meet in the Social Movements Lab (Smith Warehouse, Bay 5). Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, an examination of the history and politics of Black[...]

Our next two meetings of the Social Movements Lab will focus on the City Plaza Hotel, a hotel in Athens occupied and run by migrants. 1) The meeting on Wednesday the 8th at 3pm will be a “mapping” session for us to learn about the City Plaza. In preparation, please read and watch some of[...]

In 2015, students marched in Durham in solidarity with #FeesMustFallactivists in Johannesburg. They show us that South African movements like #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall are not restricted to national politics, but speak to the concerns of young people at a global level: education, employment, dignity, equality, and justice. Join us Monday the 27th at 12pm for a dialogue with[...]