Alternative Futures and Popular Protest, 2021
7-9th June, 2021. Free registration and fully online.AFPP is an international, cross-disciplinary conference on social movements, protest and cognate topics. It has drawn participants from over 60 countries, whether based in departments of sociology, politics,...
The Umbrella Movement 2.0: The 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest in Hong Kong
In September 2014, hundreds of thousands of protesters in Hong Kong went onto the street, standing up against the Chinese National People’s Congress’s decision to bar Hong Kong from having a free and fair universal suffrage. Protesters occupied the roads around the...
Livestream: Colin Barker – A celebration of his work.
4-6pm, Monday April 15th 2019 The Harwood Room, Barnes Wallis Building Livestream via YouTube Update: There is now a better quality video of the full session available via YouTube A key event in the programme for Alternative Futures and Popular Protest is a...
Harvesting hope: the permaculture movement in India
NB This blog post was first published on openDemocracy, as part of the openMovements series (29 July 2018). The major transformative potential of permaculture in India lies in its ability to make small-scale farmers self-sufficient. Hence, it offers viable solutions...
Interview: Stansted 15, Direct Action and Legal Repression
On 10th December 15 anti-deportation activists were convicted under anti-terror legislation for their peaceful direct action at Stansted airport. Graeme Hayes observed the whole trial as part of a wider research project on disobedience, direct action and trials of...
Protest Talks: Materialist theories and analyses of contemporary social movements.
3-4.30pm, Weds 14th November 2018. 3.213, University Place, Oxford Road. Speakers: Anne Engelhardt (Kassel) Madelaine Moore (Kassel) Pete Lampard (Univ. Manchester) This session - co-organised with the Global Political Economy Research Cluster - will explore the...
Reading Group Series, Semester 1 2018-19
For this semester we’re focusing our readings on the relationship between global sociology and social movements. All welcome; no need to sign up in advance. All sessions in 3.040, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester. 2-4 pm, Wed 17th Oct Burawoy, M....
Marxist Theory, Party Organisation and Today’s Social Movements. Impressions of The Socialism Conference 2018 in Chicago.
The Socialism Conference took place from July 5 to 8 in Chicago, Illinois. Organised by The International Socialist Organisation (ISO), the annual conference was co-sponsored by Jacobin for the second year in a row. Around 2000 participants from all over the world,...
Protest Talks: Gramsci’s Relevance for Our Times
Critical Pedagogy and Global Social Movements under Neoliberal Globalisation. A discussion with Peter Mayo and Nadim Mirshak.3.30-5 pm, Thursday, 13th September 2018.G.33, Humanities Bridgeford Street, UoMContinuing their exchange previously published in Open...
Understanding radicalised movements through social movement theory
Thursday 22nd March 4-6pm 2nd Floor Board Room, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester All welcome, no need to book in advance. Kevin McDonald: Rethinking radicalisation: networked affect, imagination and subjectivity This paper explores the potential for the...
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