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Migrant Rescue in the Mediterranean – Dialogue (10/15)

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

Our next events deal with a migrant rescue project in the Mediterranean that Sandro Mezzadra and Michael Hardt (mostly Sandro) have been engaged with. In brief: the launching of a rescue ship (“Ionian Sea”) is part of an activist project to aid migrants in distress in the Mediterranean. By launching the ship we also seek[...]

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First Nations Struggles in Canada – Mapping Session (10/17) & Dialogue (10/22)

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

Join us for two events on the struggles of the Algonquin in the context of broader First Nations struggles in Canada. We will be joined in the dialogue session by Shiri Pasternak, who is the author of Grounded Authority: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake Against the State, about the Algonquins’ rejection of the federal land claims policy[...]

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“Into the Black Box” – Logistics and Labor Movements – Mapping Session (10/31) and Dialogue (11/5)

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

For our events in the Social Movements Lab on "Into the Black Box," a collective research project about logistics, spaces, and labor struggles, we will have a 'mapping' session on Wed., 10/31, 12pm, and a 'dialogue' session on Mon., 11/5, 12pm.   Into the Black Box is a project of multidisciplinary and collective research that adopts logistics as[...]

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“Into the Black Box” – Logistics and Labor Movements – Dialogue (11/5)

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

For our events in the Social Movements Lab on “Into the Black Box,” a collective research project about logistics, spaces, and labor struggles, we will have a ‘mapping’ session on Wed., 10/31, 12pm, and a ‘dialogue’ session on Mon., 11/5, 12pm. Into the Black Box is a project of multidisciplinary and collective research that adopts logistics as a point[...]

Native American Liberation Struggles – Mapping Session (11/14)

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

Join us for events on Native Liberation movements with members of The Red Nation, Andrew Curley and Nick Estes. From their manifesto: "The Red Nation formed in November 2014 out of a desire to contribute to the widespread resurgence of strong, vocal, organized and radical Indigenous struggle in Albuquerque and beyond. We formed to address[...]

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Native Liberation Struggles – Dialogue with Andrew Curley & Nick Estes – 11/19

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

Join us for events on Native Liberation movements with members of The Red Nation, Andrew Curley and Nick Estes. From their manifesto: "The Red Nation formed in November 2014 out of a desire to contribute to the widespread resurgence of strong, vocal, organized and radical Indigenous struggle in Albuquerque and beyond. We formed to address[...]

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Through the Eyes of African Women – with Anwulika Okonjo

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

Through the Eyes of African Women is a web-based, not-for-profit platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of African women and empowering young African women (mid teens- late 20s) to be at the forefront of social change in African nations. Through collaboration with African women scholars, thinkers, activists, creators and other individuals, Through the Eyes of[...]

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Legacy Project — Dialogue with Courtland Cox, Wesley Hogan, and Naomi Nelson

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

A dialogue with Courtland Cox, Naomi Nelson, and Wesley Hogan on the SNCC Legacy Project and the practices of activists' documentation of movements. The SNCC Legacy Project is dedicated to telling the history of the movement from the perspective of the movement veterans and preserving its lessons for future generations.  The Project grapples with and proposes[...]

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The Struggle to Remain: Latin America – 1/14 & 1/16

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

Please join us for events on the root causes of global migration, in particular, the role of the US, other western countries, large transnationals and corrupt governments in the creation of conditions that have given rise to a permanent flow of human beings fleeing violence and death.   Dates: Monday, Jan. 14th & Wednesday, Jan.[...]

The Struggle to Remain: Latin America – 1/14 & 1/16

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

Please join us for events on the root causes of global migration, in particular, the role of the US, other western countries, large transnationals and corrupt governments in the creation of conditions that have given rise to a permanent flow of human beings fleeing violence and death.   Dates: Monday, Jan. 14th & Wednesday, Jan.[...]