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SUMMARY:[COURSE] The Artist Must Take Sides: Culture & The Movement Past\, Present\, & Future
DESCRIPTION:The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.” — Paul Robeson \nIn times of war and crisis\, when people are rising up\, when people are taking a stand\, when the stakes could not be higher– what is the responsibility of the artist? \nHistory points us to the answer. Culture is the heartbeat of our movements. It brings people into collective action\, sharpens our sense of our own power\, and makes a better future feel possible. But the ruling elites also use culture to flood our screens with art that makes the current crisis feel natural\, inevitable\, and permanent. Artists on the side of freedom have to fight back. Nina Simone\, Langston Hughes\, June Jordan\, Elizabeth Catlett\, and Paul Robeson all took a side. The muralists of the Chicano Movement took a side. Hip-hop artists and those speaking out on stages\, screens\, studio walls\, and the streets today take a side. Now\, we as artists have to consider what that looks like in today’s context. \nIn this course presented by Artists Against Apartheid & The People’s Forum\, we will study the role of the artist in the movement. We will discuss the responsibility of artists to struggle against the system that exploits\, alienates\, and pacifies and towards building a culture that inspires\, drives\, and sustains our collective struggle for liberation. Art alone cannot make a revolution\, but it can transform the people who will. \nMore About the Course: You can take this course from anywhere in the world — join live in-person in NYC at The People’s Forum and online via zoom\, or access recordings and readings on your own time. There will also be opportunities to connect with people participating in your regional area to watch classes\, discuss and build connections together. Register now and we will follow up with details about local participation. \nDrawing from the tradition of the Black Arts Movement\, the John Reed Clubs\, and other radical artist organizing\, part of this course will be Artist Salons — gatherings to exchange ideas\, and discuss how to bring the classroom lessons into our artistic practices and organizing. Salons will take place twice over the 6 week course\, with some opportunities for those outside NYC to plug into one in their area. \nREGISTER HERE \nAbout the Organizations: \nArtists Against Apartheid is a network of over 15\,000 artists & cultural workers dedicated to using our practices to build the movement for the liberation of Palestine & beyond. We are musicians\, writers\, poets\, actors\, filmmakers\, painters\, dancers\, chefs\, sculptors\, directors\, and more—and we know that all artists have a responsibility to build a better world. AgainstApartheid.art \nThe People’s Forum is a New York City-based education and cultural center for working class and marginalized communities. We build unity across historic lines of division at home and abroad through courses\, workshops\, grassroots organizing\, and cultural programming. peoplesforum.org  \n  \nWHEN: \nThis course runs for 6 weeks\, from April 21 to May 26\, meeting on Tuesdays from 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET. If you aren’t able to join each class live due to scheduling conflicts or time zone differences – no worries\, the recordings from each session are uploaded to the course student portal\, which all registrants will have indefinite access to\, within 24 hours of class. \nWHERE: \nThe Artist Must Take Sides: Culture and the Movement Past Present and Future is a hybrid program\, so you can participate from anywhere in the world. \n\nIf you are based in New York City\, join us in-person at The People’s Forum (320 W 37th St.)\nIf you are joining virtually\, a zoom link will be sent prior to each class\nIf you aren’t able to join classes live\, all course materials (including class recordings\, readings\, and additional materials) will be uploaded to the student portal so you can follow the course at your own pace.\n\n  \nHOW: \nRegister here to join the course and gain access to all course materials!
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/course-the-artist-must-take-sides-culture-the-movement-past-present-future/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:PORTUGUESE INTERMEDIATE 2 | SPRING 2026
DESCRIPTION:Intermediate Portuguese 2 Português Intermediário 2 \nFor continuing students who completed Intermediate Portuguese 1 \nFor New students who know the basic structure of Portuguese including present/past tenses\, plus Presente e Futuro do Subjuntivo\, upon filling out an application and taking an assessment: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96  \nContinuing students: contact your instructor to get the registration link and skip the application form \nNew Students: New students are welcome to apply. The link to the Assessment is at the end of the application form. It should take about 15-20 minutes to be completed. Be sure to submit both the application and the assessment to get a registration link via email \nPortuguês Intermediário 2 is an advanced intermediate class\, designed by Natalia de Campos for The People’s Forum\, with a focus on deepening listening\, speaking and developing communication skills in Portuguese in a conversational style\, without translating into one’s native language\, to allow you to have more vocabulary\, composed verbal structures\, and more elaborate conversations with Portuguese native speakers.  \nWe will work with texts from Brazilian and other Portuguese-speaking revolutionary thinkers and writers\, such as Paulo Freire\, Carolina Maria de Jesus\, Conceição Evaristo\, and others. We look at both historic and contemporary political practices to deepen your understanding of Portuguese while learning about Portuguese-speaking people’s movements\, the history of Brazilian people\, its revolutionary struggles\, and other means of resistance. \nThis course has an advanced approach for people who already speak basic Portuguese \nWe will use visual materials\, music\, literature\, and conversation\, focusing on Brazilian Portuguese\, and also examine a few differences between Brazilian\, African\, South Asian and European Portuguese. The program will deepen grammar structures in practical ways\, and include writing and speaking exercises about historical and contemporary contexts of the working classes and social movements in Brazil\, and other Portuguese-speaking countries. \n  \nDETAILS \n\nCourse runs on Tuesdays every week (for 8 weeks) from April 14 – June 2 \n6pm – 8pm EST\n$180 – $340 sliding scale cost for students*\n\nClick here to apply and fill out an assessment form: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96  \nContinuing students: contact your instructor to get the registration link and skip the application form \nMore information:  Portuguese is a language with roots in Portugal and also the official language spoken today in 10 countries or regions: Brazil\, Mozambique\, Angola\, Portugal\, Guine-Bissau\, East Timor\, Equatorial Guinea\, Macau\, Cape Verde\, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Portuguese is arguably among the 9 or 10 most spoken languages in the world\, but only 5 percent of its speakers live in its original home Portugal. It is estimated that 270 million people speak Portuguese today\, amongst which nearly 254 million are native speakers. It is the second most spoken Romance language\, after Spanish. Brazil’s 213 million people is the largest Portuguese-speaking population in the world. \nAs a colonial language\, it suffered many transformations\, particular to each locale. It is nowadays also a result of cultural resistance of the indigenous and enslaved people during colonialism. It is spoken in the U.S particularly in the Northeast\, in California and in Florida\, where native Portuguese speakers\, who are immigrants from Africa\, South Asia\, Europe and Brazil have concentrated historically. In nearby regions\, it is more widely spoken in areas of Newark\, New Jersey; Astoria\, Queens; in the coastal regions of Connecticut\, and Massachusetts.  \nBackground:  Since the 16th century Brazilians started to incorporate dialects\, words and sounds into Portuguese\, particularly from the Tupi and Guarani indigenous linguistic branches that make up the majority of the pre-Columbian indigenous languages of Brazil’s current territory. With enslaved workers brought from Africa\, more heavily during the 17th\, 18th and 19th centuries\, many different languages and backgrounds were also influential. \nBrazilian Portuguese continued to evolve as the common language amongst all living in Brazil\, and the one permitted to be spoken by the colonizers. However\, new words referring to foods\, materials and relationships with no correlations in Europe\, started to influence Continental Portuguese\, even though the grammar and syntax structures remained the same.  \nRevolutionary literacy methods created for adults\, by the influential educator Paulo Freire in the 1960s\, author of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed\, finally started to prioritize local people’s needs and generate wider political consciousness about the role of language in political emancipation to the elite oppressors. It is still used to combat illiteracy and poverty\, and to help achieve freedom\, much beyond Brazil’s borders.
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/portuguese-basico-3-spring-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:Language courses,Portuguese
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SUMMARY:PORTUGUESE BASICO 3 | SPRING 2026
DESCRIPTION:Basic Portuguese 3  | Português Básico 3  \nFor students who know the basic tenses and structures of Portuguese \nNew Students: An application and an assessment are required for this level (the assessment link is given to you  at the end of the Application form).  \nClick here to apply: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96 \nContinuing students: contact your instructor at portugueseny@gmail.com  to get the registration link\, and skip the application form. \nThis is a fast-paced course designed for people who learned the Basic structure of Portuguese and present\, past and near future of verbs tenses. You will learn other tenses\, introduction to subjunctive and more complex writing \nIdeal for native Spanish speakers who started to learn Portuguese formally\, and suitable for people who grew up/spent time around Portuguese but need to perfect their grammar.  \nIt is a continuation of the course: Português Básico 2.  \nNew students are welcome to apply\, and will be accepted upon filling out an application and an assessment form\, to qualify for the start level of this class. It is recommended that you commit to the 8 weeks. \nDETAILS \n\nCourse runs on Zoom on Wednesdays every week\n\n\nApril 15 – June 3\, 2026  –  8 weeks\n\n\n6pm – 8pm EST \nOne extra weekly hour of self-study is expected\n$180 – $340 sliding scale cost for students\n\n  \nClick here to apply: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96 \n* Note: Intermediate is also offered in the Spring  \nAdvanced Portuguese students are also welcome to apply and will be contacted when we have class options. \nMore information:  \nPortuguese is a language with roots in Portugal and also the official language spoken today in 10 countries: Brazil\, Mozambique\, Angola\, Portugal\, Guinea-Bissau\, East Timor\, Equatorial Guinea\, Macau\, Cape Verde\, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Portuguese is arguably among the 9 or 10 most spoken languages in the world\, but only 5 percent of its speakers live in its original home Portugal. It is estimated that 270 million people speak Portuguese today\, amongst which nearly 254 million are native speakers. It is the second most spoken Romance language\, after Spanish. Brazil’s 211 million people is the largest Portuguese-speaking population in the world. \nAs a colonial language\, it suffered many transformations\, particular to each locale. It is nowadays also a result of cultural resistance of the indigenous and enslaved people during colonialism. It is spoken in the U.S particularly in the Northeast\, in California and in Florida\, where native Portuguese speakers\, who are immigrants from Africa\, South Asia\, Europe and Brazil have concentrated historically. In nearby regions\, it is more widely spoken in areas of Newark\, New Jersey; Astoria\, Queens; in the coastal regions of Connecticut\, and Massachusetts. \nIf you have any questions\, you can contact the instructor at: portugueseny@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/portuguese-basico-3-spring-2026-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
CATEGORIES:Education,Language courses,Portuguese
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SUMMARY:PORTUGUESE BASICO 1 | SPRING 2026
DESCRIPTION:For true beginners\, students who know very basic Portuguese\, or speak Spanish.  \nIf you studied and introduction via apps before\, but did not have formal training\, this course is highly recommended! \nFill out an application form\, and the instructor will send you a link to register: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96. An assessment is not needed for this class \nPortuguês Básico 1 is a beginner’s class\, designed by Natalia de Campos for The People’s Forum\, with a focus on listening\, speaking and developing communication skills in Portuguese from the first day\, without resorting to translating into one’s native language.  \nThis course will give you a solid base and allow you to start communicating with Portuguese native speakers.  \nThe instructor will use visual materials\, music\, and conversation between participants during the learning process\, focusing on her native Brazilian Portuguese. It is the first part of a program of Basic and Intermediate modules that also examine some differences between Brazilian\, African\, South Asian and Continental (European) Portuguese.  \nThe program will introduce grammar structures in practical ways\, and some writing exercises. The course runs weekly\, with 2 hours on Zoom\, and an extra hour of required individual practice exercises. \nAs you develop your language skills\, we will also engage with the history of Brazilian people\, its revolutionary struggles\, and other means of resistance.  \nJoin us for an introductory course on the basics of Portuguese with a glimpse on historical and contemporary contexts of the working classes and social movements in Brazil\, and other Portuguese-speaking countries. \nDETAILS \n\nThis course runs on Zoom on Thursdays every week \nApril 16 – June 4 – 8 weeks \n6pm – 8pm EST \n$180 – $340 sliding scale cost for students*\nPlan for a weekly hour of required individual practice exercises\n\nFill out an application form at: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96     \nAfter you complete the application\, you will be invited via email to register for Basic 1. Check your email often. This class fills up quickly! \nReturning students\, contact your instructor: portugueseny@gmail.com  to get the registration link to skip the application form. \n*For Basic 2\, 3 or Intermediate and Advanced levels\, also fill out an assessment form. \nMore information:  \nPortuguese is a language with roots in Portugal and also the official language spoken today in 10 countries: Brazil\, Mozambique\, Angola\, Portugal\, Guinea-Bissau\, East Timor\, Equatorial Guinea\, Macau\, Cape Verde\, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Portuguese is arguably among the 9 or 10 most spoken languages in the world\, but only 5 percent of its speakers live in its original home Portugal. It is estimated that 270 million people speak Portuguese today\, amongst which nearly 254 million are native speakers. It is the second most spoken Romance language\, after Spanish. Brazil’s 211 million people is the largest Portuguese-speaking population in the world. \nAs a colonial language\, it suffered many transformations\, particular to each locale. It is nowadays also a result of cultural resistance of the indigenous and enslaved people during colonialism. It is spoken in the U.S particularly in the Northeast\, in California and in Florida\, where native Portuguese speakers\, who are immigrants from Africa\, South Asia\, Europe and Brazil have concentrated historically. In nearby regions\, it is more widely spoken in areas of Newark\, New Jersey; Astoria\, Queens; in the coastal regions of Connecticut\, and Massachusetts.  \n  \nIf you have any questions\, you can contact the instructor at: portugueseny@gmail.com
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/portuguese-basico-1-spring-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
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SUMMARY:ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES | SUMMER 2026
DESCRIPTION:Arabic for Social Justice\nAPPLY HERE: Registration Form \nAlgarabía Language Co-op is offering new Arabic courses at The People’s Forum to those who are interested in learning Arabic with a focus on topics of social justice\, cinema\, media\, and culture. \nThrough weekly social justice themes\, and using a communicative and popular education approach\, participants will improve their Arabic skills and critically engage with various cultural productions in Arabic\, including films\, TV series\, newsreels\, short stories\, and songs. \nThese courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking\, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in the U.S. and the Arab world. \nCourse Offerings\nAll classes run for 10 weeks. Cost for each class is a $300–$400 sliding scale ($500 if the contribution is paid for by a work stipend instead of the individual participant). \n  \nA1: Beginner I (In-person and virtual options)\nThis course introduces students with no prior experience to the Arabic alphabet and the basics of reading\, writing\, pronunciation\, and sentence structure. Participants learn foundational vocabulary and simple grammatical forms while being introduced to spoken Arabic alongside Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Jun 14 | 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Jun 14 | 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM EST\nIn-Person: Saturdays\, starting Jun 13 | 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM EST\n\n  \nA2: Beginner II (In-person and virtual options)\nDesigned for students with one semester of Arabic\, this course reviews core structures and expands vocabulary\, verb conjugation\, and sentence formation. Participants continue developing reading\, listening\, and speaking skills while gaining more exposure to spoken Arabic and its relationship to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Jun 14 | 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Jun 14 | 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM EST\nIn-Person: Tuesdays\, starting Jun 16 | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST\n\n  \nA3: Beginner III (In-person and virtual options)\nThis course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of Arabic and are ready to work more consistently with cultural materials. Participants strengthen conversational skills\, expand vocabulary\, and develop greater comfort moving between spoken Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) through short texts\, songs\, film clips\, and guided viewing activities. \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Jun 14 | 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST\nIn-Person: Saturdays\, starting Jun 13 | 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST\n\n  \nIntermediate (In-person and virtual options)\nThis Intermediate course builds on foundational Arabic skills to develop participants’ ability to communicate across everyday\, cultural\, and social topics using both colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Students work with short video clips\, songs\, dialogues\, and written texts to expand vocabulary\, practice key grammatical structures\, and build confidence in comprehension\, conversation\, and short writing. \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Jun 14 | 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM EST\nIn-Person: Saturdays\, starting Jun 13 | 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST\n\n  \nAdvanced and Heritage Speakers Film Club (Virtual only)\nThis discussion- and media-based Arabic course uses a film club format to develop advanced comprehension\, vocabulary\, and expressive skills across colloquial Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Designed for high-intermediate learners\, advanced students\, and heritage speakers\, participants work with subtitled and unsubtitled films/clips\, dialogue transcripts\, and short texts through translation\, brief writing\, and guided discussion. \n\nVirtual: Sundays\, starting Jun 14 | 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST\n\n  \nImportant Information for Applicants\n\nRolling Admissions: Selected participants will be contacted by our instructors on a rolling basis until a week before classes start. Late applications will be considered if spots are made available.\nPriority: This program prioritizes working-class\, queer\, BIPOC\, and heritage speakers of Arabic.\nAccessibility: As part of Algarabía’s mission to make our courses accessible\, we have sliding-scale rate options and payment plans available. Once you complete the application and are selected\, you will be given the opportunity to apply for these discounted rates individually.\n\n  \nAbout Us\nAt Algarabía Language Co-op\, we see language learning as a meaningful\, collaborative\, and transformative process. This is reflected in our training in hands-on communicative and task-based language teaching approaches and our use of popular education in the language classroom. We seek to support the holistic development of all language learners as they become competent multilingual speakers. We devise classroom activities and use textbooks and other original didactic materials that meet our participants’ needs and represent the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish- and Arabic-speaking worlds. \nAPPLY HERE: Registration Form \n  \nContact & Follow Us: \n\nEmail: algarabia.arabic@gmail.com\nWebsite: www.algarabialanguage.com\nInstagram: @algarabia.language
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/arabic-language-classes-summer-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual Event with The People’s Forum
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SUMMARY:American Empire in Crisis? Palestine\, Trade Wars\, and "World Order"
DESCRIPTION:Building upon more than a half century of sustained analysis of the evolving political economy of contemporary capitalism—and in particular the challenges it poses to the left—Socialist Register 2026\, Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins puzzles through the rubble left behind after decades of rampant neoliberalism. \n\nWhat kind of world order is now emerging?\nIs capitalism entering a terminal crisis\, or being violently reconstituted?\nHow is American empire being reshaped from Palestine to New York?\nAnd what possibilities remain for socialist politics in an age of ecological breakdown\, geopolitical fracture\, and resurgent authoritarianism?\n\nIbrahim Shikaki\, Costas Lapavitsas and Paul Heideman\, three contributors to this year’s Socialist Register volume\, will consider these and other question in conversation with co-editor Steve Maher and the new editor of Monthly Review Press\, Arun Kundnani. \nAbout the Socialist Register: \nThe late\, great Mike Davis described the Socialist Register as “…the intellectual lodestar for the international left since 1964.” Every year over the past 6+ decades\, the Socialist Register (published by Monthly Review Press) has offered a fascinating survey of movements and ideas. \nFor the contents of this year’s Socialist Register\, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKpKQOZmtY8 \nThe Socialist Register has been around for more than half a century\, but this is the first-ever live U.S. launch of the Socialist Register in decades\, if ever.This is also your chance to come meet Monthly Review Press’ new editor\, Arun Kundnani\, in person\, alongside the relatively new coeditor of the Socialist Register\, Steve Maher. \nPlease join us on Thursday the 28th of May!
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/socialistregister2026/
LOCATION:Josina Machel & Michael Ratner Combined Classroom\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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SUMMARY:EcoRove's Land Keepers Release Event
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nJoin the Land Keepers Release Event on Friday\, May 29th\, from 6:30–8:30 PM NYC time at The People’s Forum (320 West 37th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) New York\, NY 10018 in the Michael Ratner classroom for the release event for Land Keepers\, a reader by EcoRove published by GenderFail. EcoRove’s Land Keepers Reader brings together writers\, activists\, journalists\, farmers\, and ecologists from across Bilad al-Sham — Lebanon\, Syria\, and Palestine — to tell stories of green resistance in the Jabal al-Sheikh ecological zone. Spanning South Lebanon\, the occupied Jawlan\, and the occupied Galilee\, this landscape faces ongoing ecocide\, defined as the deliberate destruction of land and ecologies used by the settler-colonial regime to erode livelihoods\, cultures\, and environments. \nThe event will include a conversation between  EcoRove’s Iyad Abou Gaida with contributors Mahdi Sabbagh\, Hussein Chaabane\, and Michelle Eid\, moderated by Lara Arafeh of Majlis NYC. Tickets are available on a sliding scale to ensure everyone can afford to attend. If you have the means\, please consider purchasing a supporter ticket to support this important work. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All tickets will come with a special risograph print created exclusively for this release event! \nTicket Pricing: Community Ticket: $10.00 Community Ticket\, including a copy of Land Keepers: $30.00 General Ticket: $25.00 General Ticket\, including a copy of Land Keepers: $50 Supporter Ticket: $50.00 Supporter Ticket\, including a copy of Land Keepers and an 11×17 in limited edition Risograph print by Iyad Abou Gaida: $100.00 The People’s Forum  320 West 37th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) New York\, NY 10018  in the Michael Ratner classroom Friday\, May 29th\, from 6:30–8:30 PM \nLand Keepers Reader: https://genderfailpress.info/Land-Keepers With contributions by Mahdi Sabbagh\, Hamza Hamouchene\, Public Works\, Hussein Chaabane\, Hisham Younes\, Nadine El-Khoury\, Michelle Eid\, and Munira Khayyat\, EcoRove’s Land Keepers Reader brings together writers\, activists\, journalists\, farmers\, and ecologists from across Bilad al-Sham — Lebanon\, Syria\, and Palestine — to tell stories of green resistance in the Jabal al-Sheikh ecological zone. Spanning South Lebanon\, the occupied Jawlan\, and the occupied Galilee\, this landscape faces ongoing ecocide\, defined as the deliberate destruction of land and ecologies used by the settler-colonial regime to erode livelihoods\, cultures\, and environments. The Reader highlights these struggles through essays\, research\, and testimonies that show how native communities remain rooted in place\, resisting colonial environmental orientalism\, greenwashing\, and scorched-earth tactics. As part of a wider body of work that includes a documentary film\, tapestries\, and sculptural pieces\, the Reader amplifies indigenous ecological knowledge and envisions regenerative futures for threatened landscapes. Land Keepers Edited by Ecorove (Iyad Abou Gaida and Jumanah Abbas) With work by Mahdi Sabbagh\, Hamza Hamouchene\, Public Works\, Hussein Chaabane\, Hisham Younes\, Nadine El-Khoury\, Michelle Eid\, and Munira Khayyat) Cover illustration by Iyad Abou Gaida Designed by GenderFail (Be Oakley) 144 pages Risograph Printed 1st Edition of 600 April 2026 \nEcoRove: EcoRove is a collaborative\, multimedia\, research project and co-collaborative production studio examining the politics of critical zones and the livelihood of humans and non-human species who dwell in them. Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to share knowledge\, data\, and narratives that re-contextualize eco-socio-political dynamics through a broad spectrum of documentary\, scientific\, and technological approaches. In 2020\, EcoRove was awarded the Arab Fund for Art & Culture Fine Arts Grant for their project Cedar Exodus\, which was exhibited at The New Museum in 2023 – 2024. They have been published in “Pre-Occupied Thoughts” (Al-Rawiya\, 2024)\, and participated in WORLDING 2025 at MIT. \nMajlis NY: Majlis NY is a cultural collective dedicated to fostering dialogue\, artistic expression\, and intellectual exchange within New York’s diverse communities. Inspired by the tradition of the majlis—a gathering space for conversation and storytelling—Majlis NY hosts readings and discussions that highlight voices from the SWANA. Through its programming\, Majlis creates an inclusive space for artists\, writers\, and thinkers to engage with critical social and political issues while celebrating cultural heritage and contemporary creativity. \nGenderFail: GenderFail is a publishing outlet that seeks to instigate works that expand queer subjectivity through a working-class lens. GenderFail sees failure as a boundless source of inspiration in our work\, as a tool to both undo acts of oppression and imagine new systems of liberation. Often these failures are not ours but ones we inherit through systems of Zionism\, colonialism\, white supremacy\, and other forms of silence of oppression. With GenderFail\, Oakley has published over 140 editions\, including works by A.L. Steiner\, Abigail Lucien\, Paul Soulellis\, Lex Brown\, Coco Klockner\, Morgan Bassichis\, Eileen Myles\, Pamela Sneed\, Viva Ruiz\, E. Jane\, and many\, more. Oakley has been an Artist in Residence with the Institute of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (October 5\, 2024- March 02\, 25)\, Acre Residency (August 2022)\, and Wendy’s Subway (October 1\, 2018 – December 31\, 2018). In 2022\, Oakley was awarded a 3-year $30\,000 grant through the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation for their ongoing work with GenderFail. \nSpeaker bios: \nIyad Abou Gaida:  is a Lebanese farmer\, ecological designer\, architect\, and researcher\, and co-founder of EcoRove\, a collaborative research and storytelling platform. Iyad’s research engages ecologies of human and non-human beings through film\, illustration\, and spatial practice\, addressing aesthetic and socio-political urgencies for architecture and urbanism across dimensions and geographies. Through EcoRove\, Iyad’s work has been presented at the New Museum\, New Inc Demo 2025\, and the Tallinn Architecture Biennial (TAB). He was part of New Inc’s Creative Science Track (Year 11)\, and the work has been supported by the Alserkal Arts Foundation and AFAC\, with an honorary mention at Prix Ars Electronica. Iyad gained farming experience living on his ancestral terraced agricultural fields with his family in Hasbaya\, South Lebanon. He is the co-founder of Taïm Olive\, a producer of extra virgin olive oil that honors traditional farming practices and the resilience of the land. \nLara Arafeh:  is an independent curator\, writer\, and researcher based in Brooklyn. She also serves as the director of Majlis NY\, dedicated to community building\, promoting cultural exchange\, and showcasing voices from the SWANA. Her research focuses on decolonial methodologies and narrative histories while exploring the intricate intersections of culture\, identity\, and feminism. \nMahdi Sabbagh: is an architectural scholar and urbanist. He co-curates the Palestine Festival of Literature and serves as Editor at Large for the Avery Review. He is the editor of  Their Borders\, Our World (Haymarket Press\, 2024) and was a 2023 Matakyev Research Fellow at the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands. His work appears in the Journal of Public Culture\, Jerusalem Quarterly\, The Architectural Review\, Art Review\, Curbed\, Architecture of the Territory (Kaph Books\, 2022)\, Open Gaza (AUC Press\, 2021)\, and other publications. \nHussein Chaabane: is a Lebanese investigative journalist and war correspondent from Tyre and Ain Baal in Jabal Amel\, South Lebanon. He is a graduate of the Lebanese University. His work focuses on occupation\, political violence\, and the destruction of place\, with particular attention to South Lebanon and the histories carried by its people and landscape. Bringing together field reporting\, documentary investigation\, and legal analysis\, he is a journalist at Legal Agenda\, where he writes long-form investigations and critical analysis. \nMichelle Eid:  is a Lebanese researcher and Editor-in-Chief of Al Rawiya\, a platform and magazine covering stories and analyses on Bilad al-Sham. Her work explores socio-economic justice\, agropolitics\, and food sovereignty\, with a focus on the relationship between land\, identity\, and struggle. \nPublic Works: Public Works Studio is a Lebanon-based action research organization that uses a multidisciplinary approach to spatial justice. It addresses\, mobilizes around\, and actively responds to the chronic challenges facing just cities\, inclusive urban governance and equitable development in Lebanon.
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SUMMARY:Defending Our Vets: The Pendleton 2
DESCRIPTION:Documentary screening and discussion about the story of political prisoners John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter. \n\n\n\n\nJoin the National Black Radical Organizing Conference (NBROC) for an event honoring political prisoners and featuring the documentary film The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up. This film tells the story of John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter\, two prisoners who intervened to save a fellow inmate\, Lincoln “Lokmar” Love\, from a beating by KKK-affiliated prison guards in 1985\, leading to their unjust incarceration for over four decades. The event will feature the film’s co-director\, Too Black\, alongside members from Black Alliance for Peace\, Black Men Build\, Community Movement Builders\, and Spirit of Mandela. \nFilm Description \nOn the morning of February 1\, 1985\, Lincoln “Lokmar” Love was doomed to the same fate as George Floyd\, Tyre Nichols\, and so many other Black men in the US. As he lay handcuffed and shackled\, Pendleton Correctional Facility guards beat the prisoner beyond recognition as terrified bystanders watched from their cells. But Lokmar’s story ended differently when 2 fellow prisoners sacrificed their freedom to save him from his assailants — a Ku Klux Klan-affiliated guard gang known as the Sons of Light. “The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up” tells the story of John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter\, the leaders of the Indiana prison uprising that rescued Lokmar\, exposed Pendleton’s dehumanizing conditions\, and unleashed the vindictive wrath of the Indiana Department of Correction. Presented by the Defense Committee to Free the Pendleton 2\, “They Stood Up” features exclusive first hand testimony from Cole and Trotter\, as well as interviews with family members and witnesses to the uprising who continue to fight for the Pendleton 2 after four decades of unjust incarceration and solitary confinement. \n  \nRSVP
URL:https://peoplesforum.org/events/defending-our-vets-the-pendleton-2/
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