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How Do We Uproot the System and Build a Better World?
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An evening of ideas and inspiration with Marina Sitrin, Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, Patrick Reinsborough, Ramsey Kanaan, Rachel Neumann, Chris Crass, Jennifer Whitney, and David Solnit
A benefit to distribute "Horizontalism: Popular Power in Argentina" to social movements in Argentina and Latin America
An evening of ideas and inspiration with Marina Sitrin, Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, Patrick Reinsborough, Ramsey Kanaan, Rachel Neumann, Chris Crass, Jennifer Whitney, and David Solnit
A benefit to distribute "Horizontalism: Popular Power in Argentina" to social movements in Argentina and Latin America
HOW DO WE UPROOT THE SYSTEM AND BUILD A BETTER WORLD?
A benefit to distribute "Horizontalism: Popular Power in
Argentina" to social movements in Argentina and Latin America**
Tuesday May 31, 7pm: AK Press
An evening of ideas and inspiration with
Marina Sitrin, Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, Patrick Reinsborough, Ramsey Kanaan, Rachel Neumann, Chris Crass, Jennifer Whitney, and David Solnit
674-A 23rd. St, Oakland
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.
510.208.1700 http://www.akpress.org
With special guests:
MARINA SITRIN is the editor of "Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina," an oral account of the recent autonomous social movements in Argentina. Marina lived in Argentina for parts of the last two years, working closely with Argentine activists to create and distribute the book.
Marina is a New York City-based activist, writer, popular educator, lawyer and dreamer. She is a cofounder of the Peoples' Law Collective and currently works with Woomera, a no borders immigrants' rights group.
ELIZABETH "BETITA" MARTINEZ is an inspiring and engaging organizer, activist, and thinker who has been key to chicana/o, women of color and multiracial stuggles. She was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizer during the civil rights movement, a pioneer in the women's
liberation movement, and has worked as a community organizer in New Mexico and California. She also cofounded and works with the Institute for Multi-Racial Justice and is the author of "500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures," "Viva La Causa," and "De Colores Means All Of Us."
PATRICK REINSBOROUGH is the cofounder of the SmartMeme Training and Strategy Project, spent four years as the organizing director of the Rainforest Action Network, and is a longtime grassroots organizer, campaigner, and media strategist who has worked on issues including forest
protection, police brutality, peace in Northern Ireland, indigenous rights, and numerous local and global environmental justice struggles.
RAMSEY KANAAN was a working class community organizer in Scotland who help initiate and organize the successful Poll Tax Rebellion (which was key in
toppling Margaret Thatcher), and is the founder and a collective member of AK Press.
RACHEL NEUMANN is an activist who has worked in Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement, the Rights & Liberties editor of AlterNet, a writer, a mother and the editor of "Anti-Capitalism: A Field Guide to the Global Justice Movement."
CHRIS CRASS is an organizer with Catalyst Project, a center for political education and movement building that focuses on anti-racist strategies based in left/radical leadership development, strengthening grassroots fighting organizations, and multiracial alliance building.
JENNIFER WHITNEY is an activist and writer who has covered popular rebellions in Bolivia, Mexico, and Argentina, and is the co-editor of "We Are Everywhere: the irresistible rise of global anticapitalism." She is co founder of the Infernal Noise Brigade, and a health care worker involved in the Black Cross Health Collective in Portland, and organizes clinics
and street medic teams for direct actions.
DAVID SOLNIT is the editor of "Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World," both an organizing-inspiration manual and an articulation of the new radicalism (http://www.globalizeliberation.org). David is a puppeteer and co-founder of Art and Revolution, and a longtime
activist in the direct action, global justice, anti-war, environmental justice, and community struggles. He is currently organizing with the People Powered Strategy Project and the GI resistance support group, Courage to Resist.
**The book, "Horizontalism: Popular Power in Argentina" was printed in Argentina at a re-occupied worker controlled printshop and has been used widely across Argentina and Latin America for popular education about "horizontalidad," the hopeful new radicalism that has emerged in Argentina
and across the globe. It is an oral account by on-the-ground activists and thinkers involved in the ongoing popular rebellion that toppled the goverment, forced the non-payment of their IMF debt and has changed day-to-day life for millions of Argentines. The English version will be published in English in the coming year. "Horizontalism in Argentina," an article drawn from the book, can be read at:
http://www.leftturn.org/Articles/Viewer.aspx?id=447&type=w
A benefit to distribute "Horizontalism: Popular Power in
Argentina" to social movements in Argentina and Latin America**
Tuesday May 31, 7pm: AK Press
An evening of ideas and inspiration with
Marina Sitrin, Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, Patrick Reinsborough, Ramsey Kanaan, Rachel Neumann, Chris Crass, Jennifer Whitney, and David Solnit
674-A 23rd. St, Oakland
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.
510.208.1700 http://www.akpress.org
With special guests:
MARINA SITRIN is the editor of "Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina," an oral account of the recent autonomous social movements in Argentina. Marina lived in Argentina for parts of the last two years, working closely with Argentine activists to create and distribute the book.
Marina is a New York City-based activist, writer, popular educator, lawyer and dreamer. She is a cofounder of the Peoples' Law Collective and currently works with Woomera, a no borders immigrants' rights group.
ELIZABETH "BETITA" MARTINEZ is an inspiring and engaging organizer, activist, and thinker who has been key to chicana/o, women of color and multiracial stuggles. She was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizer during the civil rights movement, a pioneer in the women's
liberation movement, and has worked as a community organizer in New Mexico and California. She also cofounded and works with the Institute for Multi-Racial Justice and is the author of "500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures," "Viva La Causa," and "De Colores Means All Of Us."
PATRICK REINSBOROUGH is the cofounder of the SmartMeme Training and Strategy Project, spent four years as the organizing director of the Rainforest Action Network, and is a longtime grassroots organizer, campaigner, and media strategist who has worked on issues including forest
protection, police brutality, peace in Northern Ireland, indigenous rights, and numerous local and global environmental justice struggles.
RAMSEY KANAAN was a working class community organizer in Scotland who help initiate and organize the successful Poll Tax Rebellion (which was key in
toppling Margaret Thatcher), and is the founder and a collective member of AK Press.
RACHEL NEUMANN is an activist who has worked in Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement, the Rights & Liberties editor of AlterNet, a writer, a mother and the editor of "Anti-Capitalism: A Field Guide to the Global Justice Movement."
CHRIS CRASS is an organizer with Catalyst Project, a center for political education and movement building that focuses on anti-racist strategies based in left/radical leadership development, strengthening grassroots fighting organizations, and multiracial alliance building.
JENNIFER WHITNEY is an activist and writer who has covered popular rebellions in Bolivia, Mexico, and Argentina, and is the co-editor of "We Are Everywhere: the irresistible rise of global anticapitalism." She is co founder of the Infernal Noise Brigade, and a health care worker involved in the Black Cross Health Collective in Portland, and organizes clinics
and street medic teams for direct actions.
DAVID SOLNIT is the editor of "Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World," both an organizing-inspiration manual and an articulation of the new radicalism (http://www.globalizeliberation.org). David is a puppeteer and co-founder of Art and Revolution, and a longtime
activist in the direct action, global justice, anti-war, environmental justice, and community struggles. He is currently organizing with the People Powered Strategy Project and the GI resistance support group, Courage to Resist.
**The book, "Horizontalism: Popular Power in Argentina" was printed in Argentina at a re-occupied worker controlled printshop and has been used widely across Argentina and Latin America for popular education about "horizontalidad," the hopeful new radicalism that has emerged in Argentina
and across the globe. It is an oral account by on-the-ground activists and thinkers involved in the ongoing popular rebellion that toppled the goverment, forced the non-payment of their IMF debt and has changed day-to-day life for millions of Argentines. The English version will be published in English in the coming year. "Horizontalism in Argentina," an article drawn from the book, can be read at:
http://www.leftturn.org/Articles/Viewer.aspx?id=447&type=w
For more information:
http://www.akpress.org
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why not add medea benjamin to round out the liberal all-stars?
what does "liberal" mean---or are you just using it in the same context you heard it used on your favorite AM-nut-radio station?
if the right is *conservative* and the far-left is *radical*, the spineless fencesitters in the middle are the folks above, the liberals--plus their media darling: medea.
I'm a level 5 vegan, i don't eat anything with a shadow. ... Anyone who ranks level 4 or bellow is a liberal. Stupid liberals their just poseurs, they have no clue about being a real radical. Maybe after 4 or 5 years of being a liberal they can be inducted into our club if they are cool enough and kiss up to us enough but most will go back to the mainstream ways. Liberals are like those nerdy kids in the lunchroom who think they deserve to sit at your table because they think they are so bad ass when really they just bought the latest Eminem record from the mall and let their mom buy their clothes.
if the right is *conservative* and the far-left is *radical*, the spineless fencesitters in the middle are the folks above, the liberals--plus their media darling: medea.
Sounds like there is some values inherent in the definitions of both "liberal" and "radical"---only #7 under "conservative" would be anything to take pride in.
lib·er·al Audio pronunciation of "liberal" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lbr-l, lbrl)
adj.
1.
1. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
2. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
4. Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
Radical: Favoring or effecting fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions: radical political views.
Conservative:
1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.
4.
1. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.
2. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.
7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.
lib·er·al Audio pronunciation of "liberal" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lbr-l, lbrl)
adj.
1.
1. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
2. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
4. Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
Radical: Favoring or effecting fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions: radical political views.
Conservative:
1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.
4.
1. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.
2. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.
7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.
"fundamental or revolutionary changes"
can mean a lot of things. Some fundamentalist Christians want to bring on end times but that doesnt mean its going to happen. Many radicals talk the talk but in terms of daily actions don't contribute much towards radical change. Many people who think they are engaging in radical acts that will bring about a revolution are actually doing less for overall change than others who think of themselves as reformist (for example many rebellious teenagers may think of themselves as revolutionary when all they are doing is buying into a form of corporate pop culture that idealizes violent and warlike imagery that is can almost be seen in the same light as Civil War re-enacters or epople who take part in Society for Creative Anachronism events). When talking about libela vs radical one has to distingush desire, action and effectiveness of the action.
People who call themselves liberals can take the form of upper middle class intellectuals (who drive Volvos, listen to NPR, spend huge amount of money on gourmet food and coffee...) whose politics revolves around wanting to feel good about themselvs by throwing scraps to the poor. But of course thats really just a stereotype that doesnt describe that many people.
People who call themselves radicals can likewise be rich hipsters with trustfunds who dress in beat-up clothes, like to guilt trip evereyone else in contests over who is more politically pure (either by competing over diet, support for varous radical militant groups, attendence at global protests or willingness to do acts that can result in arrest..) and like to highjack other people's events to make vague politics points that seem almost solely designed to earn street cred among people in the same scene. But of course this is just as inaccurrate a stereotype of most radicals as is the stereotype about liberals.
can mean a lot of things. Some fundamentalist Christians want to bring on end times but that doesnt mean its going to happen. Many radicals talk the talk but in terms of daily actions don't contribute much towards radical change. Many people who think they are engaging in radical acts that will bring about a revolution are actually doing less for overall change than others who think of themselves as reformist (for example many rebellious teenagers may think of themselves as revolutionary when all they are doing is buying into a form of corporate pop culture that idealizes violent and warlike imagery that is can almost be seen in the same light as Civil War re-enacters or epople who take part in Society for Creative Anachronism events). When talking about libela vs radical one has to distingush desire, action and effectiveness of the action.
People who call themselves liberals can take the form of upper middle class intellectuals (who drive Volvos, listen to NPR, spend huge amount of money on gourmet food and coffee...) whose politics revolves around wanting to feel good about themselvs by throwing scraps to the poor. But of course thats really just a stereotype that doesnt describe that many people.
People who call themselves radicals can likewise be rich hipsters with trustfunds who dress in beat-up clothes, like to guilt trip evereyone else in contests over who is more politically pure (either by competing over diet, support for varous radical militant groups, attendence at global protests or willingness to do acts that can result in arrest..) and like to highjack other people's events to make vague politics points that seem almost solely designed to earn street cred among people in the same scene. But of course this is just as inaccurrate a stereotype of most radicals as is the stereotype about liberals.
and your point was? The inaccuracies of stereotypes?
Today's leftist peace activists don't want to make the world a better place. They want to destroy america, destroy israel, and elect osama bin laden as president. That's why nothing positive is happening
"elect osama bin laden as president"
Didnt Osama support Bush in 2000? Most Islamic fundamentalists did back then since Bush's Christian fundamentalist views on abortion, stem cells , teaching evolution etc... are quite similar to the views of the Taliban.
Didnt Osama support Bush in 2000? Most Islamic fundamentalists did back then since Bush's Christian fundamentalist views on abortion, stem cells , teaching evolution etc... are quite similar to the views of the Taliban.
as Pepe Escobar observed in the runup to the 2004 presidential election: "al-Qaeda votes Bush"
why? al-Qaeda believes that Bush's polarizing policies increase support for its variant of Wahhabist Islam, and undermines the authority of weak, undemocratic, US aligned governments throughout the region
by the way, for Frank and others of his kind, where is Osama? why hasn't he been captured or killed? and, likewise in regard to al-Zarqawi
one possibility is that Bush, Rumsfeld and Co. have no real interest in apprehending them
--Richard
why? al-Qaeda believes that Bush's polarizing policies increase support for its variant of Wahhabist Islam, and undermines the authority of weak, undemocratic, US aligned governments throughout the region
by the way, for Frank and others of his kind, where is Osama? why hasn't he been captured or killed? and, likewise in regard to al-Zarqawi
one possibility is that Bush, Rumsfeld and Co. have no real interest in apprehending them
--Richard
wouldn't it be nice if people could really be put into aox so simply and neatly. So naive
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