At great personal and physical risk, between 2010 and 2020, artist and scholar Rehab Nazzal traveled throughout Palestine to create a body of work in photography and video so expansive that it may be one of the most consequential artistic productions of our time.
Algarabía Language Co-op offers Spanish for Social Justice courses in partnership with The People’s Forum. We offer classes at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of fluency for those interested in topics related to social justice, politics, and culture.
Algarabía 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.
This 4-part course from the Palestinian Youth Movement will study the history and present of US intervention in the Middle East to equip participants with a deeper understanding of US imperialism, Israel’s role within it, and its consequences for working people in the US and around the world.
Revolutionary Printmaking w/ Daniel Drenan Elawar on Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30PM from November 8 through December 18. This six-session class provides an overview of relief printmaking in terms of the political poster tradition, combining type with image, and one-color linoleum print work. The broadside or poster serves as an important historical printed record and archive of prevailing customs and culture, as well as resistance to dominant cultural norms. In this project, students will conduct photo and lettering research, design and carve linoleum blocks, and print a small run of a one-color poster.
FILM SCREENING: Mother of All Lies • A Moroccan filmmaker investigates her family's history, uncovering lies. She connects personal and national narratives, linking the 1981 Bread Riots to contemporary Morocco.
This short course offers an introduction to screenprint as both an artistic medium and revolutionary tool. Participants will gain exposure to every stage of the silkscreen process–from screen build to multi-color printing! This course is designed to prepare participants for TPF’s Screenprint Open Studios.
De cómo la colonización también se instaló en nuestros oídos, moldeando el gusto y enseñándonos a despreciar nuestros propios sonidos.
Determined to defend their community from demolitions, residents organize to resist a profit-driven plan aimed at privatizing public housing.
Join us on Saturday, December 13, for the book launch of Manifestations of Thought: When
Join us in preparation for another week of struggle for a free Palestine! We will discuss the current moment and prepare materials for this week of mobilization! RSVP now!
FILM SCREENING: Kangamba • Kangamba is realistic portrayal of a August 1983 battle in the People’s Republic of Angola, when Cuban volunteer troops and their comrades-in-arms, the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) were under a brutal attack by the UNITA forces, who were armed and organized by the racist, apartheid regime of South Africa.
