++++ 2009 SEMINAR SERIES ++++
All @ Geography Lecture Theatre, East Building
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/info/school/contact.html
No need to book.
Wine reception and book sales will follow each seminar
All @ Geography Lecture Theatre, East Building
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/info/school/contact.html No need to book.
Wine reception and book sales will follow each seminar
++++ 2009 SEMINAR SERIES ++++
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Monday March 2nd 5.30pm
Dr Nick Thoburn, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.
'Weatherman: the militant diagram and the problem of political passion'.
Nick is author of 'Deleuze, Marx and Politics' (Routledge, 2003) and
will be talking about the militant Weather Underground movement which
emerged in early 1970s USA which he will use to problematising past and
contemporary activist subjectivities.
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Tuesday 7th April 5.30pm
Chris Carlsson. San Francisco, USA.
'Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists and Vacant-lot
Gardeners Are Inventing the Future Today'
Chris has been part of the radical activist scene in San Francisco for a
number of decades will be talking about his new book published by AK
Press last year. He will take us through a journey of the Nowtopians,
those people not prpeared to wait, but making the future right here and
now.
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Monday March 2nd 5.30pm
Dr Nick Thoburn, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.
'Weatherman: the militant diagram and the problem of political passion'.
Nick is author of 'Deleuze, Marx and Politics' (Routledge, 2003) and
will be talking about the militant Weather Underground movement which
emerged in early 1970s USA which he will use to problematising past and
contemporary activist subjectivities.
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Tuesday 7th April 5.30pm
Chris Carlsson. San Francisco, USA.
'Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists and Vacant-lot
Gardeners Are Inventing the Future Today'
Chris has been part of the radical activist scene in San Francisco for a
number of decades will be talking about his new book published by AK
Press last year. He will take us through a journey of the Nowtopians,
those people not prpeared to wait, but making the future right here and
now.
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Sounds like they will be good...
31.01.2009 01:05
"Carlsson gives a hard-edged critique of work and society based on working for money. He reviles the current system of “wage slavery” which forces us to take jobs and do as we are told to earn money, thereby relinquishing our control over the world. We no longer think of ourselves subjectively as political agents who can make a difference in the world through our livlihoods. In fact, he feels that a huge percentage of the “work” currently being done is a complete waste of time, if not actually destructive of the planet-- such work as banking, insurance, real estate, advertising, military production and destruction, production of shoddy products designed to breakdown and be constantly replaced, etc. His vision of radical political change involves a deep transformation of our lives and approach to work. There are some signs though that a radical, community based revolution is beginning to grow and take shape. His new book, Nowtopia, extends his analysis of our current systems and documents how people apply their time and technological know-how to create a better world when they are not working for money. He calls for a move beyond the logic of money, markets and wage labor as the fundamental institutions which guide our society."
Are the meetings in Leeds going to be recorded and could MP3's be posted to Indymedia for those of us who probably won't be able to make it...?
Chris
I'll record them ...
06.02.2009 00:00
Anyone interested in helping out with a/v recording for this or other events please get in touch, I'm not an expert - I just do what I can.
one of Leeds Bradford IMC
e-mail:
imc-leeds-contact@lists.indymedia.org
He's going to Newcastle too
10.03.2009 10:09
I'm planning to put an audio recording up here for people who can't make it to either.
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