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Watch Vivek Chibber’s Lecture: Author of Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

Source: to Kritik, a public forum on theory, culture, and politics hosted by the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Vivek Chibber (NYU): Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

From Akademie der Künste der Welt

Watch Vivek Chibber here.

‘To use western theory to understand the east is problematic. It becomes part of the imperial project of the west. Cultural specificity is needed’. Also applies to questions of social  mobilisation theory and social justice.  

January 2, 2016

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Undisturbed. Podcast by Bijan Sabbagh

Undisturbed is a tunnel to understanding global leftist movements. Another podcast from Colourful Voices Host: Bijan Sabbagh Latest episode: Veronica Velez and the Uprising of Colombia (June 2, 2021) Colombia was witness of massive protests and police violence throughout last weeks. In an interview with Veronica Velez, A Colombian activist and lawyer based in Berlin,… Read more »

June 6, 2021

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Conference on the Sudanese refugees’ situation in Germany (31 January at 21:00 on Skype)

Update 3 On 31/1/2021 at 21:00 we have a continuation of a workshop about Sudanese refugees from Schaumberg/Niedersachsen online to discuss the refugee’s situation. This is the 4th workshop now. We are not going to be silent, until the deportation is stopped, until the isolation of refugees is broken, and until the primary, secondary, and universal… Read more »

October 19, 2020

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Conference on the Sudanese refugees’ situation in Germany (31 January at 21:00 on Skype)

Update 3 On 31/1/2021 at 21:00 we have a continuation of a workshop about Sudanese refugees from Schaumberg/Niedersachsen online to discuss the refugee’s situation. This is the 4th workshop now. We are not going to be silent, until the deportation is stopped, until the isolation of refugees is broken, and until the primary, secondary, and universal… Read more »

October 19, 2020

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Daily Resistance Monthly Editorial Meeting continues on July, 9

On July 9, 2018, the current editorial team of >Daily Resistance< will continue its new monthly meeting. It is the third in a series of social and working get-togethers that tries to bring together people who want to share their ideas about the newspaper, who want to contribute and who want to work on upcoming… Read more »

February 28, 2018

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Kundgebung & Demo zur Räumung der Ohlauer/GHS, 11.01.2018, 7:45

Räumung der GHS am 11.01.2018 – Solidarität mit den Bewohner_innen. Eviction of GHS, 11.01.2018 – Call for solidarity Die Chronologie der GHS auf Deutsch und Englisch Pressestatement der Nachbarschaftsinitiative Ohlauer Straße (NIO), 19.7.2017: Wir kennen die beteiligten Menschen, wir respektieren die Umstände, wir erinnern die Absprachen Solidaritätsaufruf Andere Zustände ermöglichen (*aze) ____ DEUTSCH (English, French,… Read more »

January 8, 2018

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Programme // O-Platz wird 10 – Baustelle Migration

We invite you to celebrate 10 years of the refugee resistance movement, that occupied Oranienplatz and later the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Schule in Ohlauer Straße. To mark this anniversary, we will gather at Oranienplatz from 5.10 – 9.10.2022 to celebrate the history of the refugee movement. There will be panels, concerts, photo exhibitions, art performances, a zine workshop and much more! Angela Davis will also be coming to support our local struggles. We will be posting the entire programme over the next few days on our Instagram account and on oplatz.net. Let’s come together, remember, and fight for the fair treatment of all refugees!

October 5, 2022

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Pressekonferenz und Rede mit Special Guest Angela Davis

morgen, am 06.10. 2022 wird Angela Davis im Rahmen des Kunstfestivals “OPlatz wird 10” 


am 06.10. 2022 wird Angela Davis im Rahmen des Kunstfestivals “OPlatz wird 10”

um 10 Uhr gemeinsam mit den Aktivistinnen Jennifer Kamau und Napuli Langa sowie dem Aktivisten Adam Baher eine Pressekonferenz abhalten. Diese Veranstaltung wird aufgrund der Raumkapazität nur für geladene Presse und enge Verbündete stattfinden. Wir werden die Pressekonferenz in Kooperation mit dem Community Radiosender Refugee Worldwide und Radio Berlin International streamen, sodass alle – wenn auch nicht direkt vor Ort – teilnehmen können.

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In print: #10 of Daily Resistance!

Yesterday morning, 1 October, the 10th issue of “Daily Resistance” was sent to our printer! It’s a special #OplatzTurns10 issue and bigger than usual, devoted to the Refugee Movement from O-Platz/Ohlauer and all movements around the world. Get your copies by writing a mail to dailyresistance(at)systemli(dot)org – and spread them afterwards, so many people can… Read more »

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10 years of the protest camp at Oranienplatz … No reason to celebrate


I don’t want our history to be falsified: When you commemorate the protest camp on Oranienplatz, which started in October 2012, remember correctly! Remember Mohammad Rahsepar! At the end of January 2012, Mohammad Rahsepar took his own life at a refugee camp in Würzburg. He had already expressed suicidal thoughts in December. Therefore, doctors had… Read more »

September 28, 2022

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RIGHT TO STAY for ALL instead of opportunity trap!

Info event: 04 October 2022 | 6 pm | 2. HH – MehringHof – Gneisenaustr. 2a – 10961 BerlinOn the podium: Berenice Böhlo (Migration law Lawyer)Bruno Watara (activist, R.w.A.)Asylum counsellor, KuB: requested Rally: Fr, 7 October 2022 | 4pm | Bundestag The federal government aims to implement its migration and refugee policy promises in the… Read more »

September 27, 2022