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University of East London Shuts Down Alternative G20 Summit

Thanks to Lorenz Khazaleh at antropologi.info for alerting me to this news yesterday, “University Cancels Alternative G20 Summit – Academics Occupy University of East London.” (Also see Lorenz’s posts: “Financial crisis: Anthropologists lead mass demonstration against G20 summit,” and ” ‘Intolerant Universities’: Anthropology professor Chris Knight suspended over G20-activism.”) ••••••• ••••••• ••••••• ••••••• ••••••• The […]

Watching Oppression Burn: Across Greece, Across Europe

Some media are calling these “riots” by “extremists,” while others insist on speaking of “self-styled anarchists” (as opposed to officially incorporated and state-recognized anarchists?) — I prefer to see these events as a transnational festival of insurgence that targets some of those insititutions that embody and breed violence locally and internationally: the police, the state, […]

Aboriginal Film Festivals, 2008: Montreal, Winnipeg, London, San Francisco

Montreal, currently underway: FESTIVAL PRÉSENCE AUTOCHTONE 2008 FIRST PEOPLE’S FESTIVAL, 2008 June 12 – 22 This is the 18th year of the festival. ••••••• Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, 2008 November 20 – 23 Call for entries ••••••• London – Native Spirit Festival, 2008 October Call for entries ••••••• 33rd Annual American Indian Film Festival American […]