[Januaryfirst] anti capitalism panel at rising tide training weekend?

[Gil]

Hello,

I could make it at 1, but some of our group won't be able to. If its
better/really necessary, we can adapt to this.

Crazy times huh?! :-)

Gil

On Saturday, April 5, 2014, Stephen Collis <scollis at sfu.ca> wrote:

> Good morning!
>
> There has been a scheduling issues for today - is there any chance you all
> could do this at 1pm instead of 4? If not, obviously we will have to stick
> with the original plan. But let me know as soon as you can!
>
> Stephen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Collis" <scollis at sfu.ca>
> To: "Gil" <zapat3ro at gmail.com>
> Cc: "tamara herman" <tamaravherman at gmail.com>, "Jan 1st Collective
> (list)" <januaryfirst at lists.resist.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 12:50:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Januaryfirst] anti capitalism panel at rising tide training
>       weekend?
>
> Thanks Gil!
>
> Tamara Herman is going to join us too. So I can start out (10-15 minutes)
> then Tamara (same), and then Jan First - and then on into the groups
> exercise/discussion. I like that! And yes, we will set up in a circle.
>
> Solidarity,
>
> Stephen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gil" <zapat3ro at gmail.com>
> To: "Stephen Collis" <scollis at sfu.ca>, "Jan 1st Collective (list)" <
> januaryfirst at lists.resist.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 12:22:33 PM
> Subject: Re: anti capitalism panel at rising tide training weekend?
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
>
> Apologies forma not responding earlier!
>
>
> Yes, it would work well like you propose. In fact we were chatting
> yesterday about asking you to go first and sort of "set the stage" by
> talking about capitalism more broadly, and then we'd talk about trade and
> how it all relates to very specific ways in which we organize our lives and
> become "active perpetuators" of capitalist values and practices. But we'll
> keep that a bit more general so we can ask people to do the exercise of
> reflecting on this themselves in the group.
>
>
> As far as how to do this, we're hoping therell be a big enough crowd (but
> not too big) to have a more of collective discussion/debate about these
> ideas, rather than a presentation from us "experts" and the the "audience"
> asks questions. So, perhaps we can organize the space in a circle, we give
> our presentations, and then lead this discussion. We'd be interested in
> challenging ourselves to think of concrete ways in which we are all part if
> these dynamics and to dig deeper into what it means to be
> "anti-capitalist", and how that can be done in the context of Vancouver or
> BC.
>
>
> We'll also talk about the zapatistasand other expe iences in Latin America
> :-)
>
>
> Gil
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Stephen Collis < scollis at sfu.ca > wrote:
>
>
> Hi January First!
>
> So it looks like our anti-capitalism panel will just be me and you (that
> makes a "we," luckily). Not sure what you have planned, or how many of you
> will participate, but here's one suggestion: I could lay out some broad
> picture stuff, talking about contemporary capitalism and the (Canadian)
> state, in the context of resource extraction. I will probably say something
> about the Zapatistas when it comes to resistance, because I still feel they
> provide such a key example of to get it done. Then over to you to talk
> trade? What do you think?
>
> Stephen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gil" < zapat3ro at gmail.com >
> To: "Stephen Collis" < scollis at sfu.ca >
> Cc: "Jan 1st Collective (list)" < januaryfirst at lists.resist.ca >
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 4:58:20 PM
> Subject: Re: anti capitalism panel at rising tide training weekend?
>
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
>
> Yes, we're in. We'll do our best to inject a bit of an interesting twist
> to our presentation. We'd pitch it based on my previous email; something
> like:
>
>
> "Members from the January 1st Collective will talk about trade as one of
> the most visible faces of capitalism, and how "once you know a trade
> agreement, you know them all". Most of the focus will be in collectively
> identifying the links between free trade and environmental justice,
> indigenous rights, migrants' dignity and many other struggles."
>
>
> As for who we are, you could just add something like:
>
>
> "The January 1st Collective is a
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