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DESCRIPTION:Poor people movements and radical politics\nPart I\nThe MTST (movement of 
 the homeless workers in Brazil) is one\nof the biggest and most interesting 
 urban movement of poor people in the world.\nIn this workshop we will 
 present the movement and look on their strategies for social struggle.  We 
 will discuss briefly Antonio Negri's concept of the city as "productive 
 fabric in the\nmetropolitan territory" and its application to MTST.  Also, 
 the works of Jacques Ranciére on the crossing of politics and aesthetics 
 and his appeals for a new, radical understanding of politics that 
 criticizes and opposes the left-liberal concept\nof politics will be 
 examined. \nWe'll try to examine the MTST and their actions in relation 
 to\nRanciere's form of politics, to develop a strategy that's based on poor 
 peoples' movements and that surpasses liberal democracy.\n\nLeft politics 
 in Germany – Parliamentary and Non-parliamentary\nPart II\nWe will 
 introduce briefly left politics in Germany.  "Die Linke" gained 11.9 % of 
 all votes in 2009 elections, that means more than 5 million voters selected 
 a party that's in favour of democratic Socialism. We will briefly present 
 this party and why it became such a success. \nNext, we will present 
 non-parliamentary left politics in Germany, which takes place outside of 
 political parties. \nWe will then present the Antifascist movement of 
 Germany and especially their youth branch "Jugendantifa", the antifascist 
 youth alliance, where many thousands of youth get involved with radical 
 politics. This movement enables young people all over Germany to engage in 
 anti-capitalist as well as anti-fascist politics, and provides a critique 
 of capitalism and a means for direct action.  \nFinally, we will look at 
 movements like the hedonist international, that develops a form of 
 resistance that interrelate more hedonistic 'party people' from the club 
 scenes (in Berlin and Hamburg) with direct action and a critique of 
 capitalism.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/26/18636255.php
SUMMARY:talk on poor people movements and radical politics
LOCATION:the institute for the critical study of society\n6501 Telegraph Avenue - 
 Oakland CA 94609
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/26/18636255.php
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