upcoming events
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some upcoming events of interest:
"Revolutions from Within: The Internalization of Feminist Self-Help"
Michaele Ferguson (Political Science, University of Colorado)
Monday April 14th at 4pm
Turpin Building B255
Michaele is a political theorist by training and the author of Sharing Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2012) and co-editor with Lori J. Marso of W Stands for Women: How the George W. Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender (Duke University Press, 2007). This talk is drawn from her recent work on 'neoliberal feminism' which has been recently featured in popular publications like the New Statesman and Boston Review.
Event sponsored by: Cultural, Social, Political Thought, Women's Studies, Environmental Studies, and Political Science
We will be heading out for a drink at the Grad House after the talk and so there will also be opportunity to chat with Michaele casually during her visit. Michaele maintains a blog called the 'Theoretical Mentor' and is a repository of helpful advice for theory-inclined students. Come... on out to the talk, and then consider joining us for a post-talk libation.
"THE SHOCK DOCTRINE"
7:00pm Thursday, April 17 2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall) Victoria
From acclaimed filmmakers Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, The Killer Inside Me) and Mat Whitecross (The Road to Guantanamo), and based on Naomi Klein's provocative bestselling book of the same name, The Shock Doctrine is a gripping and incisive deconstruction of how radical free market policies have come to dominate the world.
Using shock therapy as a metaphor, the film investigates Klein's central idea of disaster capitalism. When countries are jolted by catastrophic events such as war or natural disasters, they are often subjected to totally un-regulated free market remedies that benefit corporations at public expense. The film traces the doctrine's beginnings from the theories of Milton Friedman and the Chicago School economists, through its implementation over the past 40 years in Pinochet's Chile, Yeltsin's Russia, Thatcher's Britain, and the American Neo-Con directed invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Sponsored by Victoria Friends of Cuba http://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com
Evan Greer will be doing a workshop on "Queer Liberation & Environmental Justice - Workshop with Evan Greer
April 21 at 6pm, at Camas Books.
There will be a music show to follow with performances by Evan Greer and folk legend Anne Feeney which will be hosted by Victoria's Youth Poet Laurette Morgan Purvis
In this Workshop, participants will discuss the root causes of homophobia, heterosexism, and trans-phobia and see how these injustices relate to environmental destruction. We will examine some of the similarities between mainstream campaigns for "gay rights" and "green living" and compare them to grassroots struggles for environmental justice and queer liberation.
For more information about the show got to the event page on facebook
BIO:
Evan Greer is a radical genderqueer singer/songwriter, parent, and community organizer based in Boston. (S)he writes and performs high-energy acoustic songs that inspire hope, build community, and incite resistance! At 25 years old, Evan tours internationally as a musician and facilitates interactive workshops to support movements for justice and liberation. Wielding an arsenal of fiercely radical songs that vary in style from pop-punk poetry to foot-stompin’ bluegrass singalongs, Evan has been honored to collaborate, tour, and share stages with artists as musically diverse as Pete Seeger, Immortal Technique, Billy Bragg, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Pamela Means, Against Me!, The Coup, Anne Feeney, Oi Polloi, State Radio, Leftover Crack, Emma's Revolution, The Mammals, Defiance Ohio, Holly Near, Chumbawamba, and Vicci Martinez (featured on NBC's "The Voice".)
- See more at: http://evangreer.org/bio#sthash.xIcynr3G.dpuf
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