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 ourSPEAKER: 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 ourSPEAKER: 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 ourSPEAKER: 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 ourSPEAKER: 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 […]
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