Building Solidarity With the Arab Spring : Indybay

A Day-Long Teach-in on the Popular Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa

Featuring:

As'ad Abu Khalil on The US and the Arab Uprisings
Joel Beinin on Workers' Struggles in the Arab Spring
'Al-Shimaa Haider on Women's Role in the Egyptian Revolution
Revolutionaries from Egypt, Tunisia, and Palestine via videoconference

With additional workshops on questions and challenges for the uprisings and solidarity activists in the US.

Saturday, November 12th, 10am - 6pm
UC Berkeley
Workshop sessions at Dwinelle Hall
Plenary session at the Multicultural Center

Download the flier | Download the program

Schedule:

9am - 10am Registration

10am - 11:30am Session 1

The Arab Spring's Impact on Immigration • Nour Chammas, Ashwak Hauter, Miriam Zouzounis
Facts, Myths, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Sectarianism and the Arab Spring • Suzan Boulad
Internationalism and the Arab Spring • Mike Noonan
The Antiwar Movement and the Arab Spring • Zavi Katzvik, Michael Chase
Libya's Uprising

11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm - 1:45pm Session 2

Yemen's Youth Revolt • Mokhtar Alkanshali, Ashwak Hauter
Tunisian, Egyptian, and Palestinian Revolutionaries via Videoconference
Socialisms in the Arab World • Jeremy Tully, Miriam Zouzounis
Syria's Uprising • Rami Bailoney, Jaber Kabbesh, Khaled Saleh

2pm - 3:15pm Session 3

The US and the Arab Uprisings • As'ad Abu Khalil
Workers' Struggles in the Arab Spring • Joel Beinin
Palestine and the Arab Spring • Nora Barrows-Friedman, Jess Ghannam
Women and the Arab Spring • 'Al-Shimaa Haider

3:30pm - 5:30pm Plenary Session with As'ad Abu Khalil, Joel Beinin, and 'Al-Shimaa Haider

6pm Dinner and informal conversation

Cosponsored by: Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC), Berkeley MSA PAC, International Socialist Organization, Syrian American Council

For more information or to endorse, email info@arabspringteachin.org.

Building Solidarity With the Arab Spring
Date	Saturday November 12
Time	10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Location Details
UC Berkeley Dwinelle Hall and the Multicultural Center
Event Type	Teach-In
Organizer/Author	Jeremy
A Day-Long Teach-in on the Popular Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa Featuring: As'ad Abu Khalil on The US and the Arab Uprisings Joel Beinin on Workers' Struggles in the Arab Spring 'Al-Shimaa Haider on Women's Role in the Egyptian Revolution Revolutionaries from Egypt, Tunisia, and Palestine via videoconference With additional workshops on questions and challenges for the uprisings and solidarity activists in the US. Saturday, November 12th, 10am - 6pm UC Berkeley Workshop sessions at Dwinelle Hall Plenary session at the Multicultural Center Download the flier \| Download the program Schedule: 9am - 10am Registration 10am - 11:30am Session 1 The Arab Spring's Impact on Immigration • Nour Chammas, Ashwak Hauter, Miriam Zouzounis Facts, Myths, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Sectarianism and the Arab Spring • Suzan Boulad Internationalism and the Arab Spring • Mike Noonan The Antiwar Movement and the Arab Spring • Zavi Katzvik, Michael Chase Libya's Uprising 11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch 12:30pm - 1:45pm Session 2 Yemen's Youth Revolt • Mokhtar Alkanshali, Ashwak Hauter Tunisian, Egyptian, and Palestinian Revolutionaries via Videoconference Socialisms in the Arab World • Jeremy Tully, Miriam Zouzounis Syria's Uprising • Rami Bailoney, Jaber Kabbesh, Khaled Saleh 2pm - 3:15pm Session 3 The US and the Arab Uprisings • As'ad Abu Khalil Workers' Struggles in the Arab Spring • Joel Beinin Palestine and the Arab Spring • Nora Barrows-Friedman, Jess Ghannam Women and the Arab Spring • 'Al-Shimaa Haider 3:30pm - 5:30pm Plenary Session with As'ad Abu Khalil, Joel Beinin, and 'Al-Shimaa Haider 6pm Dinner and informal conversation Cosponsored by: Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC), Berkeley MSA PAC, International Socialist Organization, Syrian American Council For more information or to endorse, email info@arabspringteachin.org. For more event information: http://arabspringteachin.org Added to the calendar on Tuesday Oct 18th, 2011 3:24 PM

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