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January 9, 2004 - 9:45am -- hydrarchist
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In the Streets


Anonymous Comrade writes "WOMBLES - news Dec.14th, 2003

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1. Europe-wide day of action/ Jan 31st 2004

>>1.

It looks set that WOMBLES will back the Europe day of action in support of
migrants, “sans papiers”, and asylum seekers, and against “precariosness” and
the new slavery. A few specific ideas have been discussed and will continued
to
be discussed. The weekly gatherings on Tuesday night will be used to discuss
the ideas, analysist and confrontational direct action that will be used to
make an impact on this Europe-wide day of action.

January 8, 2004 - 10:31am -- jim
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Events

"R/Évolution 3: POP"

March 19-21, 2004, Concordia University, Montreal


An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Hosted by the Ph.D. Humanities Program: Interdisciplinary Studies
in Society and Culture


Keynote speaker: Will Straw

January 7, 2004 - 10:30am -- jim
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Events

"Globalization, Americanization and Contemporary Popular Culture"

Istanbul, Turkey, May 20-22, 2004

The University of Bahçeþehir, in collaboration with
Richmond, the American International University in London, announce the
2nd Annual "Media and Cultural Studies"
Conference

January 6, 2004 - 10:35pm -- jim
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Events

"Resistance"

7th Annual Conference

Society for European Philosophy

London, Aug, 26-28, 2004

At the University of Greenwich, Maritime Campus

Conference web site: www.gre.ac.uk/~jk13/SEP2004

The greatest thinkers and movements of European philosophy have been
concerned to question and analyse the systems of thought, economies and
patterns of behaviour that constitute the dominant ideology of their time.
Modern European philosophy has attained its power by producing concepts
and questions that interrupt the presuppositions and techniques of that
order.


However, the specificity of contemporary forms of power seems to rest in
the fact that, far from being challenged by resistance, they thrive upon
it; many of the old forms of resistance have not simply passed away, but
have been effectively taken into the very economy they sought to break.
This is the reality confronting philosophical thinking today.

January 5, 2004 - 11:23am -- jim
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Events

Library of Social Science Symposium on the Psychological Interpretation of War

January 14-17, 2004, New York City


Anthony Giddens has observed that the failure of scholars to come to terms with the meaning of violence and war constitutes “one of the most extraordinary blank spots in social theory in the twentieth century.”  This is an astonishing lacuna.  War is a central institution in the history of civilization. World War I and World War II were the defining events of the 20th century.  Just when it seemed that we were moving toward a globalized existence, we have been thrown once again into a world dominated by ideologies of violence.

January 5, 2004 - 11:03am -- jim
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Events

"LIfe After Capitalism" Conference

New York City, August 20-22, 2004

As a new wave of activism in the US and abroad popularizes
opposition to global capitalism, it is essential that we continue to
develop alternative visions of a post-capitalist society. This
conference seeks to create a forum for people from diverse movements
to refine collectively our analysis of capitalism, to develop new
visions for directly democratic economic and political systems, and
to build effective organizing strategies for actualizing our
visions. This conference builds on the project initiated by ZNet at
the 2003 World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

January 2, 2004 - 12:03pm -- hydrarchist
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News

GroundAction writes

"A new website titled 'Ground Action' has just been created.
The Ground Action site includes forums for discussing projects and developing plans of action for constructing organisations, networks and systems that are based on participatory democracy, mutual aid and self-management (i.e. alternatives to capitalism, centralised government, corporate controlled media, authoritarian schooling, etc.).

Thank you,
Michael

January 2, 2004 - 11:59am -- hydrarchist
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Theory

Anonymous Comrade writes

"The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the 'state of emergency' in
which we live is not the exception but the rule. We must attain to a
conception of history that is in keeping with this insight. Then we shall
clearly realize that it is our task to bring about a real state of emergency."—Walter Benjamin, “Theses on the Philosophy of History"

December 31, 2003 - 2:24am -- hydrarchist
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Theory

Anonymous Comrade writes "NEURO -- networking europe

From February 27.-29, 2004 the second version of the makeworlds festival will take place in Muffathalle, Munich (DE). A new generation of media and network initiatives from all over Europe and different parts of the world present and work on their projects in a broad interactive framework that explores the different conceptual and practical idioms used to articulate and create new social, political and artistic practices. Originating within the networking culture of open communications and free exchange the event aims to connect contemporary debates on mobility, migration and social movements with new media instruments, information and communication technologies. NEURO will be a major opportunity for forming creative alliances - within a coherent discursive field - between all those that share the aspiration to raise theory and activity to a level adequate to the practice of digital generations.

December 17, 2003 - 11:00am -- jim
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Independent Media

"Democracy Now!" Internship Postions

"Democracy Now!" is an award-winning non-commercial daily radio/TV news hour pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S. and broadcasting on over 180 stations; we are one of the fastest growing programs in public broadcasting.


We are looking for 2 interns to work on organizing college students to bring Democracy Now! to their local radio/tv stations. There are over 500 college radio stations in the United States.


Skills needed:

We are looking for energetic, organized, self-motivated, efficient, resourceful people with good interpersonal skills. The ability to organize your own work and work on multiple tasks in a busy environment is necessary, as well as friendly phone manner and good writing skills. You should also be computer literate including knowledge of word, excel and some database software. Political organizing experience preferable. Familiarity with Democracy Now! is important.


We are not offering a salary but college credit can be arranged.


To apply:

Send an email to Julie with subject header OUTREACH INTERN. Please tell us why you would be a good match for this internship. Attaching your resume is optional.

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