[WSF-Discuss] Fwd: 1968: The Great Rehearsal - Mark your calendars for a week of events and discussions on the long '68. Sept. 17-25

Thu Sep 4 07:30:33 UCT 2008

Everyone should know about this !  Though it's a pity (or is it  
good ? is it synchronous ? ) that it is happening at exactly the same  
time as the ESF in Sweden...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Katharine Wallerstein" <kwallerstein at gmail.com>
> Date:  September 4 2008 4:47:48 AM GMT+05:30
> To: kwallerstein at globalcommonsfoundation.org
> Subject: 1968: The Great Rehearsal - Mark your calendars for a week  
> of events and discussions on the long '68. Sept. 17-25
>
> Apologies for cross-listing.  Please forward widely!   Please feel  
> free to print attachment (11x17) and post in your local bookstore,  
> cafe, cultural center, university, public space.
>
>
> The Great Rehearsal:
>
> A symposium and week of events
>
> on the World Revolution of '68 and its legacies
>
> September 17-25
>
> www.greatrehearsal.org
>
> 1968 was a world revolution.  From Mexico City to Tokyo, Paris to  
> Prague, Columbia University to Berkeley, it was a revolutionary  
> event that at once failed and transformed the world. The process it  
> put into place continues today.  1968, the long '68, altered  
> fundamental balances of power and set the stage for today's new  
> movements.  '68 was a great rehearsal.  For what, it is up to us to  
> decide.
>
> The Global Commons Foundation, PM Press, and Historians Against the  
> War invite you to a week of discussions and events on the worldwide  
> events of 1968 and their legacies.
>
> The events will run from Wednesday September 17 to Thursday  
> September 25, and will be centered around an all-day symposium at  
> the University of San Francisco on Saturday September 20th.
>
> These events were made possible through partnerships with:   
> University of San Francisco, Intertribal Friendship House, American  
> Indian Movement, Retort, Free Speech Cafe Program at UC Berkeley,  
> CounterPULSE, Shaping San Francisco, KPFA, WarTimes/Tiempo
>
> The symposium at the University of San Francisco was made possible  
> through the support of: The Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic  
> Studies and Social Thought at the University of San Francisco, Leo  
> T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good, USF  
> Academic and International Activities, USF Center for the Pacific  
> Rim, USF Department of Sociology, USF Environmental Studies  
> Program, USF Gender and Sexualities Studies Minor, USF Offices of  
> the Associate Dean for Social Sciences, Associate Dean for Arts &  
> Humanities and Dean for Arts & Sciences
>
> WEEK OF EVENTS:
>
> WEDNESDAY 17th
>
> American Indian Movement to the World Indigenous Movement, 1968- 
> present
> Intertribal Friendship House
> 523 International Blvd., Oakland
> 6PM - 10PM, Free
> Participants include: Len Foster, Bill Means
>
> 40th Anniversary: San Francisco State Strike 1968-69
> CounterPULSE
> 1310 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
> 7:30pm Free
> THURSDAY 18th
>
> Archives of Dissent
> Free Speech Café, Moffitt Library, UC Berkeley.
> 6-8:30pm, Free
>
> Robert Hillary King
> Book launch for From The Bottom Of The Heap: The Autobiography of  
> Black
> Panther Robert Hillary King
> The Green Arcade
> 1680 Market Street (at Gough)
> San Francisco CA 94102
> 7pm, Free
>
> FRIDAY 19th
>
> National Teach-In on the Iraq War
> University of California, Berkeley
> 9am-6:30pm, Free
> Participants include: Daniel Ellsberg, Brian Willson, Paco Ignacio  
> Taibo II,  Andrej Grubacic, Paul Cronin, Sam Green, Mark Danner,
> Tom Reifer, Staughton Lynd, Immanuel Wallerstein, Carlos Muñoz,  
> Medea Benjamin, Antonia Juhasz, Tom Hayden
>
> 1968: A Discussion On The Lessons and Vibrant Legacy Of The Year  
> That Shook The World
> Julia Morgan Center For The Arts
> 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley
> 7pm, $10 (no-one turned away)
> Participants: Robert Hillary King, Immanuel Wallerstein, Staughton  
> Lynd, Andrej Grubacic, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
>
> SATURDAY 20th
>
> The Great Rehearsal? The World Revolution of 1968
> Harney Science Center
> Plenaries in room 127
> University of San Francisco
> 8:30AM-7:30PM, Free
> Participants include:  Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz,  
> Immanuel Wallerstein, Denis O'Hearn, Peter Linebaugh, Donald  
> Nicholson-Smith, Marta Petrusewicz, Ziga Vodovnik, Robin Balliger,  
> Walter Turner, Muto Ichiyo, Sabu Kohso, Estella Habal, Uldis Kruze,  
> Chris Carlsson, Frances Beal, Barbara Esptein, Ramon Grosfoguel,  
> Robert Hillary King, Betita Martinez, William Means, Jorge Aquino,  
> Lilian Dube, Laura Fantone, Raj Patel, Mayo Fuster Morell, Eddie  
> Yuen, James Tracy, Anne Weills, Andrej Grubacic, Katharine  
> Wallerstein, Tom Reifer, Mike Fisher, Brian Willson, James Tracy,  
> Staughton Lynd
>
> SUNDAY 21st
>
> "Wobblies and Zapatistas" Book Launch
> City Lights Bookstore
> 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco
> 5pm, Free
> Participants:  Andrej Grubacic, Staughton Lynd, Denis O'Hearn
>
> Cinema and the Long 68
> A Retort event
> San Francisco, venue TBA
> 8pm, Free
>
> MONDAY 22nd
>
> Paths to Liberation: Political Prisoners, Incarceration, and Struggle
> Modern Times Bookstore
> 888 Valencia St, San Francisco
> 7pm, Free
> Participants:  Robert Hillary King, Denis O'Hearn and Andrej Grubacic
>
> Paco Ignacio Taibo II in Conversation.
> Women's Building, The Audre Lorde Room, 3543 18th St # 8, San  
> Francisco
> 7pm. $10 (no-one turned away).
> Participants: Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Donald Nicholson Smith
>
>
> TUESDAY 23rd
>
> Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement
> Dr. Carlos Muñoz
> Reading and discussion
> The Green Arcade
> 1680 Market Street, at Gough
> 7pm, Free
>
> WEDNESDAY 24th
>
> Global Africa: African liberation movements and decolonialization  
> from 1945 to Today
> CounterPULSE
> 1310 Mission Street, San Francisco
> 7:30pm, Free
> Participants: Immanuel Wallerstein, Walter Turner, Will Grant
>
> Real Cost of Prisons Comix
> Book Launch with editor Lois Ahrens
> The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco
> 7pm, Free
> Participants include: Lois Ahrens, Marlon Altan, Amie Dowling,  
> Debbie Reyes, Karen Shain, Mara Taub
>
> THURSDAY 25th
>
> Incarceration, Resistance, Costs And Consequences: A Discussion  
> with Authors, Activists And Former Political Prisoners
> First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St, Oakland
> 7pm. $10 (no-one turned away).
> Participants include: Robert Hillary King, Lois Ahrens, Victoria  
> Law, Matt Meyer, Ashanti Alston, Rita 'Bo' Brown
>
>
> For more information, contact Katharine Wallerstein, Executive  
> Director, The Global Commons Foundation
>
> www.greatrehearsal.org
>
>
> If you would like to be added to or removed from our mailing list  
> please send an email to kwallerstein at globalcommonsfoundation.org.
>

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