January 25, 2019: Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
In Dread Poetry and Freedom — the first book dedicated to the work of 'political poet par excellence' Linton Kwesi Johnson - David Austin explores the themes of poetry, political consciousness and social transformation through the prism of Johnson's work.
In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their Black brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black radicals of the era.
January 31, 2019: Raiz Up! Hip Hop Showcase + Open Mic
Our monthly open mic and showcase welcomes emcee’s, singers, dancers, poets, and all other artists! Join us as we celebrate resistance, movement and art.
February 4, 2019: Black Reconstruction
Some have called the U.S. Civil War the “second American revolution” or the completion of the first American revolution. Others claim that the war of independence and Civil War were not revolutions, but had tremendous revolutionary potential. We will read W.E.B. DuBois’ Black Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2007) in whole, and for more recent research, the middle part of Steven Hahn’s A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South (Harvard University Press, 2003).
January 25, 2019
Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished RevolutionIn Dread Poetry and Freedom — the first book dedicated to the work of 'political poet par excellence' Linton Kwesi Johnson - David Austin explores the themes of poetry, political consciousness and social transformation through the prism of Johnson's work.
January 27, 2019
Moving Against the System: The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Making of Global ConsciousnessIn 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their Black brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black radicals of the era.
January 31, 2019
Raiz Up! Hip Hop Showcase + Open MicOur monthly open mic and showcase welcomes emcee’s, singers, dancers, poets, and all other artists! Join us as we celebrate resistance, movement and art.
February 4, 2019
Black ReconstructionSome have called the U.S. Civil War the “second American revolution” or the completion of the first American revolution. Others claim that the war of independence and Civil War were not revolutions, but had tremendous revolutionary potential. We will read W.E.B. DuBois’ Black Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2007) in whole, and for more recent research, the middle part of Steven Hahn’s A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South (Harvard University Press, 2003).
February 5, 2019 @ 6pm
Reading Marx's Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey
February 5, 2019 @ 6pm
Pan Africanism and Social Movements
February 6, 2019 @ 8am
Spanish Language for Social Movements (High Beginner)
February 6, 2019 @ 5pm
Bible Study with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
January 26, 2019 @ 2pm
Black and Cuba: Film Screening
February 22, 2019 @ 5pm
Pontecorvo double feature: The Battle of Algiers & Burn! (Quemada!)
