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Eric Laursen Presents: The Operating System (Virtual Event)

On Thursday, September 9th at 7pm ET, join the author of The Operating System: An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State, Eric Laursen alongside professor and author Benjamin Shephard. A unique aspect of anarchism as a political philosophy is that it seeks to abolish the state. But what exactly is “the state”? The State is […]

Lessons In Liberation: Healing Justice Pedagogies (Virtual Event)

Join us on alongside Education for Liberation Network and Critical Resistance in celebration of the release of Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators (forthcoming September 2021). This is the second of a six-part webinar series dedicated to supporting abolition across educational contexts. Register here. All webinars will be streamed via YouTube and Facebook. […]

Intersectionality and Class: With Julie Greene & Michael Reagan

In conversation for the first time, historians Julie Greene and Michael Reagan will discuss class and intersectionality. In the last fifty years, work on racial capitalism, materialist feminism, and Black feminism have transformed scholarship and activism on class and capitalism. But social movements and scholars have struggled to adequately grapple with the complexity of class […]

Lessons In Liberation: Abolition In Our PreK-12 Classrooms (Virtual Event)

    On Tuesday, September 28th at 4:00pm, join us on alongside Education for Liberation Network and Critical Resistance in celebration of the release of Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators (forthcoming September 2021). This is the third of a six-part webinar series dedicated to supporting abolition across educational contexts. Register here! All […]

Anarchism & The Black Revolution With Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and William C. Anderson

On Saturday, October 23rd at 8am PT/11am ET and join us alongside Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin will discuss his book and its ongoing significance with William C. Anderson, who wrote the introduction to the new edition. Register here! Anarchism and the Black Revolution first connected Black radical thought to anarchist theory in 1979. Now amidst a rising […]

Lessons In Liberation: Students For Abolition (Virtual Event)

Join us on alongside Education for Liberation Network and Critical Resistance in celebration of the release of Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators (forthcoming September 2021). This is the fourth of a six-part webinar series dedicated to supporting abolition across educational contexts All webinars will be streamed via YouTube and Facebook. ASL Interpretation will […]

FOLD Kids Book Fest

In early November, join us for a webinar with the authors Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, and illustrator Eduardo Trejos to discuss We Move Together at the FOLD Canada Kids Book Fest. Registration opens October 14, be sure to register here! A bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces […]

G.D.H. Cole: A Libertarian Trapped in the Labour Party

  On Thursday, November 11th at 6:30PM GMT, join us alongside Socialist History Society for a discussion with David Goodway on G.D.H. Cole, a critical member of Britain's Labour Party. Register here! G.D.H. Cole (1889-1959) declared forcefully at the end of his life that he was ‘neither a Communist nor a Social Democrat…but something…essentially different […]

Lessons In Liberation: Bridging Abolition to School Leadership (Virtual Event)

On November 16th at 4pm PST, join us on alongside Education for Liberation Network and Critical Resistance in celebration of the release of Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators (forthcoming September 2021). This is the fifth of a six-part webinar series dedicated to supporting abolition across educational contexts Register here! All webinars will […]

Lessons In Liberation: Abolitionist Community Organizing and Education (Virtual Event)

Join us on alongside Education for Liberation Network and Critical Resistance in celebration of the release of Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators (forthcoming September 2021). This is the sixth of a six-part webinar series dedicated to supporting abolition across educational contexts All webinars will be streamed via YouTube and Facebook. ASL Interpretation will […]