labor militancy
Day 2, Session 4—Southern Insurgency: Mass Movements Throughout the Global South
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYIt is essential that we considers the broader historical forces in play today throughout the Global South, such as the effects of imperialism, the decline of the international union movement, class struggle, and the growing reserve army of available labor on a global scale.
African Literature: Colonialism, Liberation, Disillusionment
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYWith the reading of novels by Ousmane Sembene (Senegal), Tayeb Salih (Sudan), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) and Ngugu wa Thiong’o (Kenya), we examine four different areas of Africa as the peoples there emerge from European colonization. We witness the struggles of workers on strike before their full independence, anti-colonial resistance spanning from Mount Kenya to academic circles in London. As nations become independent we discover new and recycled forms of oppression, exploitation and war. In the midst of disillusionment, we see resolve and signs of what remains possible.