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14th September 2006, 03:06
IMPERIALISM AND RESISTANCE TODAY
Date: Friday evening, September 15 and Saturday
afternoon, September 16
Location: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
252 Bloor St. West (at St. George subway station)
Room 8200
Cost: Free
As war flares across the Middle East and popular
revolts shake Latin America, the Left needs to
understand imperialism in order to better resist it.
This conference of activists and analysts is a
contribution to doing just that. Themes include:
Imperialism, War and Resistance; Patriarchy, War and
Imperialism; Imperialism at Home: Haiti, Afghanistan,
the struggles of Indigenous peoples, and Struggles for
Migrant Workers’ Rights.
Speakers:
Rafeef Ziadah (Al Awda Toronto and Coalition Against
Israeli Apartheid)
Huibin Amee Chew (Boston-based anti-imperialist and
feminist activist and writer)
Glen Coulthard (Dene scholar-activist)
Hamid Sodeifi (Editorial associate, New Socialist)
Dianne Feeley (Co-editor, Against the Current, Detroit)
Kabir Joshi-Vijayan (Toronto Haiti Action Committee)
A speaker from Socialist Project and Trade Unionists Against the War
And others TBA
Agenda:
Friday, September 15
7 PM – Iraq and the Middle East: Imperialism and War Today
With Rafeef Ziadah, Hamid Sodeifi and Dianne Feeley
Saturday, September 16
1-3 PM – Patriarachy, War and
Imperialism
With Huibin Amee Chew, Dianne Feeley and others
3-5 PM – Imperialism at Home: Attacks on Indigenous peoples, Haiti, Afghanistan, and the War Against Immigrants and Refugees
With Glen Coulthard, Kabir Joshi-Vijayan and others
—————————————————————————
Following the conference there will be a social and
magazine launch for issue 58 of New Socialist,
a special issue on the struggles of indigenous peoples.
All conference-goers are invited to attend. It will be
an ideal time to continue the discussions of the day
in an informal enviroment and socialize with other
conference attendees:
Saturday September 16
7PM-Midnight
Tranzac Club – Tiki Room
292 Brunswick Avenue
Just South of Bloor
http://newsocialist.org/
Date: Friday evening, September 15 and Saturday
afternoon, September 16
Location: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
252 Bloor St. West (at St. George subway station)
Room 8200
Cost: Free
As war flares across the Middle East and popular
revolts shake Latin America, the Left needs to
understand imperialism in order to better resist it.
This conference of activists and analysts is a
contribution to doing just that. Themes include:
Imperialism, War and Resistance; Patriarchy, War and
Imperialism; Imperialism at Home: Haiti, Afghanistan,
the struggles of Indigenous peoples, and Struggles for
Migrant Workers’ Rights.
Speakers:
Rafeef Ziadah (Al Awda Toronto and Coalition Against
Israeli Apartheid)
Huibin Amee Chew (Boston-based anti-imperialist and
feminist activist and writer)
Glen Coulthard (Dene scholar-activist)
Hamid Sodeifi (Editorial associate, New Socialist)
Dianne Feeley (Co-editor, Against the Current, Detroit)
Kabir Joshi-Vijayan (Toronto Haiti Action Committee)
A speaker from Socialist Project and Trade Unionists Against the War
And others TBA
Agenda:
Friday, September 15
7 PM – Iraq and the Middle East: Imperialism and War Today
With Rafeef Ziadah, Hamid Sodeifi and Dianne Feeley
Saturday, September 16
1-3 PM – Patriarachy, War and
Imperialism
With Huibin Amee Chew, Dianne Feeley and others
3-5 PM – Imperialism at Home: Attacks on Indigenous peoples, Haiti, Afghanistan, and the War Against Immigrants and Refugees
With Glen Coulthard, Kabir Joshi-Vijayan and others
—————————————————————————
Following the conference there will be a social and
magazine launch for issue 58 of New Socialist,
a special issue on the struggles of indigenous peoples.
All conference-goers are invited to attend. It will be
an ideal time to continue the discussions of the day
in an informal enviroment and socialize with other
conference attendees:
Saturday September 16
7PM-Midnight
Tranzac Club – Tiki Room
292 Brunswick Avenue
Just South of Bloor
http://newsocialist.org/