Events Archive
The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights
SPEAKER: Mark Paul
Since the Founding, Americans have debated the true meaning of freedom. For some, freedom meant the provision of life’s necessities, those basic conditions for the “pursuit of happiness.” For others, freedom meant the civil and political rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights and unfettered access to the marketplace—nothing more. Yet building meaningful freedom—freedom that […]
Part of ourEducator Caucus Monthly Meeting
B**** Better Have Our Money
50 Over 50 Strikers Call
Theater Activism Troupe
Tell the Feds: the Hospitals are up to No Good
New Member Call
What the Heck is Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) Federal Student Loan Discharge? – Teach-in & Community Discussion
B**** Better Have Our Money
New Member Call
Debt Abolition: A Series Hosted by Debt Collective & Robinson Space
Robinson Space
4308 Burns Ave
Los Angeles
CA
90029
What the Heck is Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) Federal Student Loan Discharge? – Teach-in & Community Discussion
50 Over 50 Strikers Call
Theater Activism Troupe
50 Over 50 Call
Theater Activism Troupe
On the University of Puerto Rico Debt Struggles and Resistance
SPEAKER: Maria del Mar Rosa Rodriguez
In 2016, PROMESA law was signed by President Obama to restructure Puerto Rico’s debt. A Federal Oversight Management Board (FOMB) of unelected Wall Street bankers was imposed to control all finances on the islands and renegotiate the debt. Austerity, privatization, hurricanes, earthquakes and a pandemic added to the Puerto Rican crisis. The University of Puerto […]
Part of ourAmerican Militarism and the Debt Trap
SPEAKER: Nazia Kazi
The refusal of the US state to provide Americans with much-needed student debt relief stands in stark contrast to the eagerness with which it spends on militarism. In this talk, Professor Nazia Kazi (anthropologist and author of Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics) shares her thoughts on the relationship between militarism, education, and debt.
Part of ourTheater Activism Troupe
Student Debt Update & Strike Training
The Alternative University: Lessons from Bolivarian Venezuela, reading & discussion
SPEAKER: Mariya P Ivancheva
Based on extensive fieldwork in Venezuela, The Alternative University outlines the origins and day-to-day functioning of the colossal effort of late President Hugo Chávez’s government to create a university that challenged national and global higher education norms. The session will commence with reading from the book and outlining some of its main themes. It will […]
Part of ourGreen Card Soldiers, Empire, and Debt
SPEAKER: Sofya Aptekar
Immigrants have long worked in the US military. In this talk, Sofya Aptekar (sociologist and author of Green Card Soldier) shares her research on the immigrant experience of military labor, situating it within a global system of wealth extraction and imperialism, and highlighting the role of different types of debt in channeling immigrants into the […]
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