Events Archive
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
https://youtu.be/tvPaLPAg_vE 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 […]
Part of ourAmerican Militarism and the Debt Trap
SPEAKER: Nazia Kazi
https://youtu.be/TLYAcODNd-8 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
https://youtu.be/sQQm1_BdMl8 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 […]
Part of ourGreen Card Soldiers, Empire, and Debt
SPEAKER: Sofya Aptekar
https://youtu.be/HF8yqpx2dE8 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 […]
Part of ourWriting Workshop
POST DECISION: Debtors Union Response Call
Student Debt Update Call
Reparative Universities – a Collective Unraveling Session
SPEAKER: Ariana Gonzalez Stokas
https://youtu.be/P5GBiRg9Tb0 As diversity, equity and inclusion efforts play a central and increasingly embattled role in the strategy and resources of higher education, reparation is rarely offered as a pathway for transforming higher education. Together,through engaging with the text Reparative Universities, we will work together to come to terms with diversity and what its failures tell […]
Part of ourNew York Liberation School – a community study session
SPEAKER: Conor Tomas Reed
https://youtu.be/2QYyuW8TY0Q New York Liberation School documents how a public university and city were transformed by such writers and organizers as Toni Cade Bambara, Samuel Delany, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Assata Shakur. Through archives, interviews, publications, and movement waves, we chronicle what occurs when people commit to radically reconfiguring an urban learning institution […]
Part of ourTheater Activism Troupe
Student Debt Update Call
Ukraine: Bought & Sold International Finance and War
SPEAKER: Jacques Laroche
https://youtu.be/GurjDmtdvJo SPEAKER: Jacques Laroche This talk delves into Ukraine’s debt and its impact on the country’s citizens while also examining the debt burden that US and EU citizens bear in fueling this ongoing proxy-war. The discussion covers financial aid packages, their conditions, and the priorities of involved parties, ultimately questioning the allocation of funds that […]
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