Category: Events

Elizabeth Anderson, Philosophy and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan

The Struggle for Free Labor April 15-17, 2014

Who is Dayani Cristal?

SOCIAL CINEMA: STORIES OF STRUGGLE & CHANGE  Special Series on IMMIGRATION "Who is Dyani Cristal?" Wednesday, April 30, 7pm Union South Marquee Theatre (1308 W. Dayton, Madison, WI)    An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind. With Gael Garcia Bernal. Post-screening discussion led by local immigrant rights activists. Co-sponsored by the Workers Rights Center, the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice and the UW Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program

Connected by Coffee

SOCIAL CINEMA: STORIES OF STRUGGLE & CHANGE  Special Series on IMMIGRATION "Connected by Coffee" Wednesday, April 23, 7pm Union South Marquee Theatre (1308 W. Dayton, Madison, WI)    A 1000-mile journey across Central America to show how coffee farmers and consumers can work together to create a more just world. Post-screening discussion led by Matt Earley (Just Coffee) Co-sponsored by the Workers Rights Center, the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice and the UW Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program

The State of Arizona

SOCIAL CINEMA: STORIES OF STRUGGLE & CHANGE  Special Series on IMMIGRATION "The State of Arizona" Wednesday, April 16, 7pm Union South Marquee Theatre (1308 W. Dayton, Madison, WI)     The politics of immigration, seen through the turbulent battle over undocumented immigration in Arizona that came to a head with Senate Bill 1070 and went all the way to the Supreme Court. Join us for a post-screening discussion led by local immigrant rights activists.  

Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

The Crises of Democratic Capitalism April 9-12, 2014

Jacques Bidet Professor Emeritus, University of Paris-Nanterrre

Foucault, Marx and the Project of Human Emancipation April 8, 2014

Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program

SOCIAL CINEMA: STORIES OF STRUGGLE & CHANGE  Special Series on IMMIGRATION "Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program" Wednesday, April 9, 7pm Union South Marquee Theatre (1308 W. Dayton, Madison, WI) 

Chris Crass, Author

Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis and Movement Building Strategy March 27, 2014

Eleni Varikas, Université Paris 8/Saint-Denis

“‘An Endless Series of Catastrophes’ Hannah Arendt, Rosa Luxemburg & the Question of Plurality” March 26, 2014

George Lakoff, Linguistics, University of California-Berkeley

"Neural Politics: Cognitive and Material Power" March 24, 2014