This discussion will host three Greek speakers to present on the current Greek crisis and the country’s future. Sofia Papagiannaki, Vangelis Nanos and Thanasis Xirotsopanos represent a broad cross-section of social movement experience including ecological, media, student, queer, worker and…
Callout for submissions: ART IN ACTION! (deadline: February 17)
ART IN ACTION (MARCH 10-17, 2013) Creative student & community contributions related to social & environmental justice CALLOUT FOR SUBMISSIONS (deadline extended: FEBRUARY 17, 2013) -> Contribute artwork to the ART IN ACTION spring exhibition, part of the STUDY IN ACTION…
Thursday! Valentine’s Day Volunteer Open House!
❤ Will you be our volunteer? ❤ Are you interested in getting involved in community organizing? Are you looking for volunteer opportunities? Do you have an idea related to social and environmental justice? Drop by our space during our open…
Save The Daily!
The Daily Publications Society (DPS) is holding a referendum between January 23 and 31 that will determine the continued existence of The McGill Daily and Le Délit. The Daily and Le Délit have provided the McGill community with news coverage,…
(Wednesday) ANTI-COLONIAL THANKSGIVING
ANTI-COLONIAL THANKSGIVING NOVEMBER 28, 5:30pm-8:30pm At the Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA) 2515 rue Delisle, métro Lionel-Groulx (wheelchair accessible) -Free Food, Programming, Childcare and Translation -Free Dinner Prepared by the People’s Potato and Midnight Kitchen.…
(Saturday 7pm) Film Screening: JAI BHIM COMRADE (with Cinema Politica)
Join us for the Quebec premiere of award-winning activist and filmmaker Anand Patwardhan’s newest social justice opus, JAI BHIM COMRADE, a documentary about the struggle of the Dalits (previously known as the Untouchables) and their resistance to oppression through music…
(Saturday 9am-7pm) CAPITALISM IS THE CRISIS! Anti-capitalist Teach-in
**UPDATED WITH WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS BELOW**
Saturday 24 November 2012
7th floor of Concordia Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve W. (Guy-Concordia metro), Montreal
9am to 10am: Breakfast and welcome
10am to 7pm: Workshops, with lunch from 2pm to 3pm
All day: Info-fair with anti-capitalist resources
10am to 7pm: Workshops, with lunch from 2pm to 3pm
All day: Info-fair with anti-capitalist resources
(Friday) NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS! (with Nandita Sharma)
PAS DE FRONTIÈRE, PAS DE NATIONS! / NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS!
A presentation and discussion by Nandita Sharma, with members of No One Is Illegal & Solidarity Across Borders
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 6pm-9pm
at Café L’Artère, 7000 Avenue du Parc
(south of Jean-Talon, near métro Parc, Montréal)
– free (donations welcome)
– childcare available on request (please phone in advance)
– the Café is accessible to wheelchairs, but we regret that the bathrooms are not fully accessible (no large doors or bars)
– les présentations seront en anglais, avec une service de traduction chuchotée vers le français
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Join us for an uncompromising discussion that will oppose the idea and practice of borders and nation-states, and offer a critical perspective on anti-trafficking discourses. The speakers will articulate resistance to global apartheid rooted in community organizing.
Featured speaker: NANDITA SHARMA
Nandita is an activist scholar whose research is shaped by the social movements she is active in, including No Borders movements and those struggling for the commons. She is the author of “Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of ‘Migrant Workers’ in Canada”, as well as the article “Anti-Trafficking Rhetoric in the Making of Global Apartheid.” She is a professor at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
The panel will also include presentations by community organizers ROBYN MAYNARD & JAGGI SINGH. Robyn & Jaggi are co-hosts of No One Is Illegal Radio on CKUT Radio, and active with No One Is Illegal-Montreal, Solidarity Across Borders and the Justice for the Victims of Police Killings Coalition. Robyn is also active with Stella.
This event is co-presented by QPIRG Concordia, QPIRG McGill, No One Is Illegal-Montreal & Solidarity Across Borders.
INFO:
514-848-7585
www.qpirgconcordia.org
nooneisillegal@gmail.com
THIS WEEK: ART IN ACTION! (November 11-15)
ART IN ACTION
Creative student and community contributions related to social and environmental justice
NOVEMBER 11-15, 2012
1455 de Maisonneuve West, 7th floor
(métro Guy-Concordia) MONTRÉAL
Viewing Hours:
Monday, November 12 to Thursday, November 15
10am to 8pm
wheelchair accessible / free / welcome to all!
