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Platform at ‘Generosities of Economy’ Symposium, Liverpool, 8th December
Come, think, and talk about ‘Gifts of Self-care and Lovely Limits’: how are we sustainable in our art-activism? With Jane Trowell, Platform. This is part of the fascinating ‘Generosities of Economy’ afternoon symposium at the Homebaked Bakery in Anfield, Liverpool. Free event. Details of the Symposium here.
I Hate America! (I Love America): Who Owns Myth, Pop, Money, Race, and Terror in the Land of the Free?
Ownership means acquiring, maintaining, and wielding power (the power to define, select, include, and exclude). What are the sources of American ownership? What is the history of American power? How is that power exercised today? I Hate America! (I Love America): Who Owns Myth, Pop, Money, Race, and Terror in the Land of the Free?...
Fraud, freedom, and fossil fuels: Azerbaijan after the election
10am-12pm Thursday 24 October Committee Room 6, House of Commons The 9 October Azerbaijani presidential election returned Aliyev to power for a third, controversial term. The election was condemned by the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) which found ‘serious problems’ with the electoral process. Throughout 2013, the Azerbaijani government conducted “a...
Showcase#3: Propaganda! Perception! & Power! Tuesday 29th October
Shake! Showcase#3: Propaganda! Perception! & Power! is the explosive showcase from the participants of the third Shake! course. Featuring freshly created poetic, filmic and musical responses to injustice, the showcase will present an original and inspiring mix of political creativity. So get on down to the Free Word Centre in Farringdon on Tuesday 29th October,...
The Oil Road at Rutgers University NJ – 10 October 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:00 PM Center Hall, Busch Campus Center 604 Bartholomew Road Rutgers University NJ Hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Join CMES for a talk by James Marriott about his and Mika Minio-Paluello’s book, The Oil Road: Journeys From The Caspian Sea To The City Of London. From Caspian drilling...
Carbon Democracies? Politics, Money, and the Pursuit of Oil – New York, 9 Oct
Wednesday October 9th, 6.30pm With Timothy Mitchell, Anna Galkina, James Marriott and May Boeve Hosted by The Committee on Globalization and Social Change CUNY Graduate Center | Skylight Room, 9th Floor 365 Fifth Avenue, New York NY It’s no coincidence that the globe is experiencing a dual political-ecological crisis. Oil and gas have shaped our...
The Oil Road in New Orleans LA, 3-4 October 2013
Thursday 3 October, 6pm Maple Street Books, 7523 Maple Street, New Orleans, LA with Cherri Foytlin Please join us Thursday, October 3rd, at 6PM, for a reading and discussion with Mika Minio-Paluello and Anna Galkina of Platform, and Cherri Foytlin, co-founder of Gulf Change and Bridge The Gulf blogger. We will discuss resistance against BP’s...
The Oil Road in San Francisco Bay Area, 23-24 September 2013
The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London Sign up on Facebook Monday, September 23 at 7pm Books Inc. 1760 4th St. Berkeley Free and open to the public Tuesday, September 24 at 7pm City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco Free and open to the public Mika Minio-Paluello...
Tracing the oil road: global lessons and bioregional resistance, Red Emma’s, Baltimore MD, 24 September 2013
with Bill Moyers from the Backbone Campaign Tuesday 24 September, 6.30pm 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore MD Join Facebook event Join Red Emma’s for community forum on fossil fuels, featuring James Marriott of Platform, co-author of Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London $5-10 sliding scale, proceeds to Red Emma’s...
The Oil Road at Busboys & Poets, Washington DC, 23 September 2013
The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London Monday, 23 September, 6.30pm Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St, NW. Washington, D.C. 20009 Sponsored by Institute for Policy Studies Teaching for Change Busboys and Poets Oil Change International In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian to the...
The Oil Road US tour: Virginia, 5 and 10 September 2013
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 5 September, 12:30pm in 132 Lane Hall The Oil Road – the machinery of our fossil fuel addiction and how to move beyond it Talk by James Marriott, co-author of The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian to the City of London. This event is free and open to the public,...
Shake! August 2013
FREE 5-day course for 16-25 year old’s Shake! is a dynamic youth initiative using art as a powerful non-violent force for change and a celebration of youth voices. Each day Shake! creative workshops will provide space to imagine what justice looks like, experiment with new ideas, learn new tools, work with incredible artists and inspire...
