Another Politics: Talking Across Today’s Transformative Movements”
Chris Dixon, organizer, writer, educator from Ottawa, Canada.
October 29, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
“Recent decades have seen the exciting convergence of anti-authoritarian radicalism and broader-based movements in the U.S. and Canada. From this convergence, a growing set of activists – from anti-poverty organizers in Toronto to prison abolitionists in Oakland, from occupy activists in New York to migrant justice organizers in Vancouver – are developing shared politics and practices. They are building “another politics,” to use a Zapatista expression. These efforts combine anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-oppression politics with grassroots organizing among ordinary, non-activist people. Drawing on interviews with organizers across North America, this presentation will explore another politics and distill lessons for building effective, visionary movements.”
World Issues Forums/Paths to Global Justice
Fall Quarter 2014
http://www.wwu.edu/Fairhaven/news/worldissuesforum/14fall.shtml
Coordinator: Shirley Osterhaus Shirley.osterhaus@wwu.edu
