Events

At virtually every economic scale, debt propels the economy. The working poor pay for groceries and medical emergencies on their credit cards. Cities clear snow and pay kindergarten teachers using funds borrowed from Wall Street. States pave highways and staff prisons by issuing bonds. Nations borrow from global banks to rebuild electrical lines and water […]

College costs more today than ever and is worth less. Tuition at public colleges has more than tripled in the past 50 years. Over the same period student debt has grown from virtually nothing to more than $1.7 trillion, second only to home mortgages. Skyrocketing student-loan burdens are leading an entire generation to put off […]

Our session will put two keywords in relation that are essential to the fight ahead in higher education and beyond: study and struggle. How can we turn discussions about what we read and think into discussion for action? How does action lead to new forms of critical analysis? We will discuss how we imagine our […]

What opportunities do our present combined crises—of austerity and intensified facism—present us with in considering how we struggle over, or through public schools that have at once been sites of harm and violence; and also infrastructures through which communities forge survivance, solidarity, and a praxis of sanctuary? As it becomes increasingly clear that a return […]

Amid political repression and a deepening affordability crisis, what can communities do to fight against austerity policies and for city budgets that give communities the resources they need to address their needs? Cities have to do more than elect progressive mayors and work towards specific policies or campaigns. They must work to democratize our democracy, […]