Past Events
Why Canada Doesn’t Deserve a UN Security Council Seat
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In this talk, we discuss why the international community should not reward bad behaviour, and should oppose Canada’s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council.
Transformative Planning: Radical Alternatives to Neoliberal Urbanism Livestream
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A discussion on urban planning and radical alternatives to neoliberal urbanism.
Social Ecology and the Right to the City: From the Middle East to the USA
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Across the world, a new wave of urban social movements are arising: movements building economic, social, and political alternatives based on solidarity, equality, and participation. At the forefront of these, social ecology is emerging as a rich body of ideas spanning disciplines as diverse as democracy, economics, and urbanism to technology, philosophy, and social development.
Take the City: The Future of Radical Urban Social Movements
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Since the late 2000s, the majority of human beings have lived in cities. Across the world, a new wave of urban social movements is rising to fight against corporate control, social exclusion, hostile immigration policies, gender oppression, and ecological devastation.
Rent Strike: Housing Activism in the Pandemic
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We were already suffering from a housing crisis, with landlords and banks jacking up the rents and doing mass evictions. And that was before the pandemic.