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

Sat Apr 5 10:18:12 PDT 2014

I think we have to stick with 4. Checking on the venue. 

Stephen

----- Original Message -----
From: tamara herman <tamaravherman at gmail.com>
To: Stephen Collis <scollis at sfu.ca>
Cc: Gil <zapat3ro at gmail.com>, Jan 1st Collective (list) <januaryfirst at lists.resist.ca>
Sent: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 10:16:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Januaryfirst] anti capitalism panel at rising tide training weekend?

Hi all

I can change until 1 pm if it isn't already too late. The problem is that I
was going to do my part with Harold, who I have no way of reaching.

- Tamara

On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Stephen Collis <scollis at sfu.ca> wrote:

> Ok looks like we will stick with the original 4pm time but likely change
> venue to Dogwood. Sorry about the alarm! Will confirm location.
>
> 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: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 07:59:13 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [Januaryfirst] anti capitalism panel at rising tide
>  training        weekend?
>
> 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 Vancouver-based group that seeks to
> organize with people and groups by bring the discussion of trade back to
> life (it seems anti-free trade organizing is so 1990s!), and using as an
> opportunity to "connect the dots" between many struggles and set our
> collective sights on the root causes of these issues: rampant capitalist,
> neo-liberal colonialism. Check us out at facebook.com/jan1stcollective "
>
>
> Please let me know if you need more info.
>
>
> Oh yeah, I wans wondering if you'd be interested in being added to our
> Jan. 1st organizing list. It's not too heavy on traffic but it does get
> some "let's meet at X time" and "I can't, let's do Y" sort of emails. We
> are also putting together an "announcement" list, which would only get
> invites to events, meetings, etc., so we can add you to that one instead,
> if you're interested.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> gil
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Stephen Collis < scollis at sfu.ca > wrote:
>
>
> Hi Gil
>
> Has the collective come to a decision? Let me know if you are going to
> participate. The panel, by the way, would be Saturday the 5th from 1-3pm.
> Thanks!
>
>
> 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: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 11:34:12 PM
> Subject: Re: anti capitalism panel at rising tide training weekend?
>
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
>
> Everyone at our meeting was happy that you invited us to be part of this,
> and so we're on board. However, it seemed a bit hard for us to come up with
> a plan of exactly what/how to do this since we felt the details were still
> a bit too nebulous :-p
>
>
> So, have you defined more what is sort of the slot you have for us? If
> possible, we'd like to know what day and time we are doing this, and how
> long we have for our part. And if you've managed to narrow down some more
> details, like who else is participating and what are they focusing on, we'd
> love to know.
>
>
> We're sure it'll turn out great regardless, but if we have a bit more
> clarity we can make sure we come better prepared.
>
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
> gil
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Stephen Collis < scollis at sfu.ca > wrote:
>
>
> Hi Gil,
>
> Great - and thanks!
>
> The idea was a panel, though we could maybe play loosely with that idea if
> you wanted to. As for ideas, it would be great if you talked about trade -
> everything you say here sounds interesting. NAFTA to TPP? What they have in
> common/what they all result in (as far an environment, indigenous and
> migrants rights, etc.) - all would be interesting.
>
> Let me know after your meeting on Tuesday.
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gil" < zapat3ro at gmail.com >
> To: "Stephen Collis" < scollis at sfu.ca >
> Cc: "Alexandra Henao" < alexandrahenaoc at gmail.com >
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:22:29 PM
> Subject: Re: anti capitalism panel at rising tide training weekend?
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
>
> Thanks for contacting us!
>
>
> Peter from Rising Tide had
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