Radars and Fences

Thursday, March 6, 2008
05:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Thursday, March 6, 5:00-8:30 pm
NYU School of Law
40 Washington Square South
Vanderbilt Hall
Room 206

Friday, March 7, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
NYU Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square South
Room 808

Radars and fences, satellites and walls, networks and bunkers. Two different sets of technologies confront us: the former epitomize the selective and flexible character of what Gilles Deleuze termed the “societies of control”; the latter embody the “old” disciplinary paradigm based on separation, physical mass containment, and restriction of the freedom of movement. Most of the times control and discipline coexist ad reinforce each other; sometimes they seem to collide. This is due to a variety of far-reaching factors and transformations occurring in the productive sphere.

The 11th Annual National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR) will be held March 7-9, 2008 in Washington, DC!

The National Conference of Organized Resistance is an annual event that brings together people from all backgrounds for a weekend of learning and discussing local and international social justice issues through workshops, panel discussions, and skillshares. NCOR is held on the main campus of American University in northwest Washington, DC.

http://www.ncor2008.org/

Call to Action Against the G8 Summit
Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to
Climate Change

The G8 Summit will be held this year from July 7-9 in Toyako, Hokkaido,
Japan. This will be a culmination of a series of ministerial preparation
meeting beginning in March. The G8 Action Network, a network of various
Japanese organizations and movements, is calling on all social
movements, peasant organizations, women, migrants, urban and rural poor,
fisherfolks and civil society from all over the world who are resisting

MARCH 7, 7 PM

Bookcourt Bookstore
123 Court Street,
Brooklyn

Gabor G. Gyukics, Jan Garden Castro, and Michael Castro read from A Transparent Lion, their new translation of the poetry of Attila József.

The 11th Annual National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR) will be held March 7-9, 2008 in Washington, DC!

The National Conference of Organized Resistance is an annual event that brings together people from all backgrounds for a weekend of learning and discussing local and international social justice issues through workshops, panel discussions, and skillshares. NCOR is held on the main campus of American University in northwest Washington, DC.

http://www.ncor2008.org/

Call to Action Against the G8 Summit
Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to
Climate Change

The G8 Summit will be held this year from July 7-9 in Toyako, Hokkaido,
Japan. This will be a culmination of a series of ministerial preparation
meeting beginning in March. The G8 Action Network, a network of various
Japanese organizations and movements, is calling on all social
movements, peasant organizations, women, migrants, urban and rural poor,
fisherfolks and civil society from all over the world who are resisting

International Women's Day Salute to Women's Resistance

Saturday March 8
12:00 Noon Rally in Union Square, 14th St. & Broadway
1:00 p.m. March
3:30 p.m. Ending Ceremony at Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Memorial, Washington Place at at Greene St.
212.633.6646
march route map and flyer at...
http://troopsoutnow.org/flyers/iwd08eng.pdf
http://troopsoutnow.org/iwd08.html

MARCH 8, 2 PM

Bowery Poetry Club

Gabor G. Gyukics, Jan Garden Castro, and Michael Castro read from A Transparent Lion, new English translations of the poetry of Attila József -- accompanied by the Kraakovians jazz trio.

The 11th Annual National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR) will be held March 7-9, 2008 in Washington, DC!

The National Conference of Organized Resistance is an annual event that brings together people from all backgrounds for a weekend of learning and discussing local and international social justice issues through workshops, panel discussions, and skillshares. NCOR is held on the main campus of American University in northwest Washington, DC.

http://www.ncor2008.org/

Call to Action Against the G8 Summit
Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to
Climate Change

The G8 Summit will be held this year from July 7-9 in Toyako, Hokkaido,
Japan. This will be a culmination of a series of ministerial preparation
meeting beginning in March. The G8 Action Network, a network of various
Japanese organizations and movements, is calling on all social
movements, peasant organizations, women, migrants, urban and rural poor,
fisherfolks and civil society from all over the world who are resisting

MARCH 9, 7 PM

Zebulon Cafe
258 Wythe Ave.,
Williamsburg

Gabor G. Gyukics and Michael Castro read from A Transparent Lion, new English translations of the poetry of Attila József -- accompanied by J.D. Parran on flute.

Call to Action Against the G8 Summit
Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to
Climate Change

The G8 Summit will be held this year from July 7-9 in Toyako, Hokkaido,
Japan. This will be a culmination of a series of ministerial preparation
meeting beginning in March. The G8 Action Network, a network of various
Japanese organizations and movements, is calling on all social
movements, peasant organizations, women, migrants, urban and rural poor,
fisherfolks and civil society from all over the world who are resisting

Spinoza's Philosophy & its Misappropriation by Antonio Negri
A talk by Jørgen Sandemose
Author of the forthcoming study of Spinoza's philosophy, Universets Ansikt (Face of the Universe)

Monday, March 10th at 7 pm
$7 - $10, suggested donation
This talk will be held at TRS Inc. Professional Suite
44 East 32nd Street, 11th floor (between Park & Madison Avenues)
New York, NY 10016

The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) Presents

Call to Action Against the G8 Summit
Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to
Climate Change

The G8 Summit will be held this year from July 7-9 in Toyako, Hokkaido,
Japan. This will be a culmination of a series of ministerial preparation
meeting beginning in March. The G8 Action Network, a network of various
Japanese organizations and movements, is calling on all social
movements, peasant organizations, women, migrants, urban and rural poor,
fisherfolks and civil society from all over the world who are resisting

Slavoj Žižek --- "RESIST, ATTACK, UNDERMINE... WHERE ARE WE 40 YEARS AFTER '68"
Tuesday, March 11th 6:30pm

CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue (corner of 34th street)
Proshansky Auditorium
[B, D, F, V, N, R, Q to 34th St.-Herald Sq.; #6 to 33rd St.; #2, 3 to 34th St. (at 7th Ave) --t.]

"Žižek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation." -New Yorker

"Unafraid of confrontation and with a near limitless grasp of pop symbolism." -The Times

Join Queers for Economic Justice, and our Beyond Marriage project, as we support this important book.

Nancy Polikoff discusses and signs her book:
BEYOND (STRAIGHT AND GAY) MARRIAGE: VALUING ALL FAMILIES UNDER THE LAW
The First Title In The Beacon Press Queer Ideas Series

MARCH 11, 2008
RECEPTION 6:00 PM, PROGRAM 7:00 PM
LGBT CENTER, 208 W. 13TH ST. http://www.gaycenter.org/about/location
NEW YORK CITY
212-620-7310

Gay rights activist and American University law professor Nancy Polikoff writes that "marriage as a family form is not more important or valuable than other forms of family, so the law should not give it more value." She criticizes the conservative "marriage movement" for blaming all social problems on the decline of life-long heterosexual marriage.

Brian Holmes "Unleashing the Collective Phantoms" Book Release, London, March 15

Saturday March 15th, 6:30 PM book launch
Housmans Bookshop, Kings Cross (www.housmans.com)

Unleashing the Collective Phantoms: Essays In Reverse Imagineering by Brian Holmes

Come join us to celebrate the release of Brian Holmes’ new book Unleashing the Collective Phantoms. These insurgent essays describe, prolong and critique some of the cultural and artistic projects that arose with the worldwide wave of protests around the turn of the millennium, against what the global South calls neoliberalism. Dissent and the refusal of a programmed existence continually return to the streets; but they also unfold in the imagination.

Hosted by Autonomedia (www.autonomedia.org) and Mute Magazine (www.metamute.org)
For info on the book: http://www.autonomedia.org/unleashingthecollectivephantoms

Housmans Bookshop
http://www.housmans.com
5 Caledonian Road
LONDON, England
N1 9DX, UK
Nearest tube: King’s Cross St Pancras

Gloria Munoz, "The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement"

Please join us for a multimedia presentation on the history and struggles of the Zapatista movement with very special guest from Chiapas, Mexico, Gloria Muñoz Ramírez. Famed author of the recently translated El Fuego y la Palabra (The Fire and the Word), Gloria is probably the closest person to the Zapatistas in Chiapas to have ever come to NYC. Don't Miss this!

Saturday, March 29th, 7:00pm
The Change You Want To See Gallery
http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org/
84 Havemeyer Street, at Metropolitan Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement

Video screening and presentation with the author, Gloria Muñoz Ramírez

The film and book "El Fuego y la Palabra" (Fire and Word) is an oral history that recounts from the beginning of the movement of the Zapatista indigenous communities in the state of Chiapas. Their demands are liberty, justice, democracy, land, health, education, and labor rights. The story is told in the simple words of some of the original organizers of the movement. It is an inspiring testimony of hope and resistance. The author, Gloria Munoz, will be coming in to speak about the film and book to provide us with more insight to the compilation of this oral history and the struggles that the indigenous communities in the state of Chiapas have been organizing against.

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

In October of 2007 a call was circulated for a meeting amongst art, academic and activist institutions and individuals to discuss the merits of a coordinated strategy that would raise awareness around the multitude of art political discussions and projects in town while having a real impact on the politics of this city, and beyond.

One month later more than 60 representatives from a range of institutions convened, and the Where We Are Now network was born. Our goal is to demonstrate how powerful critical voices still exist, ones that cry out for global justice, agency and participation. Using the pivotal moment of the 2008 presidential election, we share a sense that the times have changed and are ours to claim. Through activities as diverse as art exhibitions, days of decentralized action, street performances and pedagogical conferences, we seek to gauge the status of the political in contemporary art, and consider how we may act as resources to one another and to other communities within and beyond New York City.

Academic Freedom in the Age of Permanent Warfare
April 3 - 4, 2008

Plenary Session
April 3, 2008, 5 - 7pm
Juan Carlos I Center Auditorium
53 Washington Square South

Ellen Schrecker, Professor of History, Yeshiva University, Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Center Fellow, “The Squeaky Wheels Go Round Again: Academic Freedom After 9/11”

Reception to Follow

April 4 Conference Program Schedule
9 – 5:30pm
NYU’s Wasserman Center
133 E. 13th St., 2nd fl (between 3rd & 4th)

9:00 am Welcome
John Sexton, President, New York University

Academic Freedom in the Age of Permanent Warfare
April 3 - 4, 2008

Plenary Session
April 3, 2008, 5 - 7pm
Juan Carlos I Center Auditorium
53 Washington Square South

Ellen Schrecker, Professor of History, Yeshiva University, Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Center Fellow, “The Squeaky Wheels Go Round Again: Academic Freedom After 9/11”

Reception to Follow

April 4 Conference Program Schedule
9 – 5:30pm
NYU’s Wasserman Center
133 E. 13th St., 2nd fl (between 3rd & 4th)

9:00 am Welcome
John Sexton, President, New York University

Their War, Our World: Building The Student Resistance
The Campus Antiwar Network's East Coast Conference

April 4-6th
Hunter College, New York City

Come one, come all! As we enter our 6th year in the occupation of Iraq, our leaders refuse to present an exit strategy or even a truthful representation of what's happening on the ground. Though we keep being told violence is down, US air strikes are up, and in 2007 sectarian killings "ethnically cleansed" Baghdad, turning it from 65% Sunni to 75% Shia. A poll conducted by the British Ministry of Defense found that 82% of Iraqis are "strongly opposed" to the occupation, and "less than 1% of the population believes coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security." Resistance to the war has emerged on three fronts: Iraqi civilians defending their country against foreign invasion and continued devastation, enlisted US troops refusing to participate in an illegal and bloodthirsty war, and American civilians (particularly the student movement, who feel that effect of the war daily -- as military recruiters continue to haunt our campuses and tuition is raised as the cost of the war depletes funds for education). As of yet, the US government has refused to recognize these forces of resistance as legitimate, but with continued and heightened pressure in the form of independent, grassroots activism, we can hope to create the change we wish to see.

Their War, Our World: Building The Student Resistance
The Campus Antiwar Network's East Coast Conference

April 4-6th
Hunter College, New York City

Come one, come all! As we enter our 6th year in the occupation of Iraq, our leaders refuse to present an exit strategy or even a truthful representation of what's happening on the ground. Though we keep being told violence is down, US air strikes are up, and in 2007 sectarian killings "ethnically cleansed" Baghdad, turning it from 65% Sunni to 75% Shia. A poll conducted by the British Ministry of Defense found that 82% of Iraqis are "strongly opposed" to the occupation, and "less than 1% of the population believes coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security." Resistance to the war has emerged on three fronts: Iraqi civilians defending their country against foreign invasion and continued devastation, enlisted US troops refusing to participate in an illegal and bloodthirsty war, and American civilians (particularly the student movement, who feel that effect of the war daily -- as military recruiters continue to haunt our campuses and tuition is raised as the cost of the war depletes funds for education). As of yet, the US government has refused to recognize these forces of resistance as legitimate, but with continued and heightened pressure in the form of independent, grassroots activism, we can hope to create the change we wish to see.

BRIDGING THE GAP: MAKING IT HAPPEN
An Organizers Conference

April 5, 2008, 10 AM
Middle Collegiate Church
50 East 7th St.,
New York, New York

http://thewarstopshere.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/bridging-the-gap-making-...

POLITICIANS CAN’T BE COUNTED ON TO HALT THE BLOODSHED
THE TROOPS HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THE WAR

THIS IS AN ORGANIZERS CONFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO WISH TO ACT TOGETHER TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN CIVILIANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BY DIRECT CONTACT

Speakers In Alphabetical Order [Partial List]
Thomas Barton, The Military Project & GI Special

Their War, Our World: Building The Student Resistance
The Campus Antiwar Network's East Coast Conference

April 4-6th
Hunter College, New York City

Come one, come all! As we enter our 6th year in the occupation of Iraq, our leaders refuse to present an exit strategy or even a truthful representation of what's happening on the ground. Though we keep being told violence is down, US air strikes are up, and in 2007 sectarian killings "ethnically cleansed" Baghdad, turning it from 65% Sunni to 75% Shia. A poll conducted by the British Ministry of Defense found that 82% of Iraqis are "strongly opposed" to the occupation, and "less than 1% of the population believes coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security." Resistance to the war has emerged on three fronts: Iraqi civilians defending their country against foreign invasion and continued devastation, enlisted US troops refusing to participate in an illegal and bloodthirsty war, and American civilians (particularly the student movement, who feel that effect of the war daily -- as military recruiters continue to haunt our campuses and tuition is raised as the cost of the war depletes funds for education). As of yet, the US government has refused to recognize these forces of resistance as legitimate, but with continued and heightened pressure in the form of independent, grassroots activism, we can hope to create the change we wish to see.