[Wamvan] EVENT TOMORROW: 'Occupy the Economy': Public Lecture by David Barsamian

[Alexandra Tse]

Hi WAM! 


As an extension of Media Democracy Days, we would like to invite you to a talk by David Barsamian, taking place tomorrow (Friday, November 30th) as part of our CounterCulture Speaker series. His talk is titled 'Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism'. Following are details of the event: 


"Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism" Lecture by David Barsamian 


Date: Friday, November 30, 2012 
Time: Doors 6:30PM; Talk 7:00PM 
Venue: Terasen Cinema (Room #1800), SFU Harbour Centre Campus (515 W. Hastings St.) 
Cost: FREE 
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ events/126102934209508/ 

On Friday, November 30, the CounterCulture Speaker Series will host prolific author and independent broadcaster David Barsamian for a free talk, titled ‘Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism’ at SFU’s Harbour Centre Campus in the Terasen Cinema (Room #1800). 


Barsamian has written best-selling books alongside prominent public intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Edward Said, to name a few. He is also the Founder and Director of ‘Alternative Radio’, an independent, internationally syndicated public affairs program. 


We hope that you are able to join us tomorrow for what is certain to be a lively and engaging discussion of the forces that have driven our global economic systems to crisis. 


Thank you for your continued support! 


-- 
Alex Tse 

Media Fair Coordinator 



Twitter: @MediaDemocDay, #MDDVan 
Facebook: "Media Democracy Day Vancouver" 
Webpage: www. mediademocracyday.org 







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Indie Broadcaster & Author David Barsamian Speaks in Vancouver Tomorrow 


Vancouver, B.C. – November 29, 2012. Renowned journalist, independent broadcaster, and activist David Barsamian will speak tomorrow, November 30, 2012 at SFU’s Harbour Centre Campus (515 W. Hastings St.) beginning at 6:30PM, as part SFU’s new CounterCulture Speaker Series from SFU. 
Barsamian is well known for his best-selling collaborations with famed intellectuals including Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Edward Said. His latest is “Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism” with radical University of Massachusetts economist Richard Wolff. In his Vancouver talk, Barsamian will offer attendees a critical look at economic crises in a changing world, and speculate on how we might act to prevent future collapses. 


Outside of his writing, Barsamian the award-winning founder and director of Alternative Radio, an independent, internationally-syndicated, talk radio program now in it’s 26th year. Alternative Radio can be heard regularly here in Vancouver on Coop Radio (CFRO) 100.5FM 


His commitment to showcasing prominent progressive and humanitarian thinkers has garnered wide-spread acclaim. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its “Top Ten Media Heroes.” In addition, he is the winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU's Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. 


This free event will be held on Friday, November 30, 2012 at the SFU Harbour Centre Campus (515 W. Hastings St) in the Terasen Cinema (room #1800). Let us know you will be attending and RSVP on our Facebook page. For more information about the event head over to www.mediademocracyday.org . The CounterCulture Speaker Series is a partnership with The Media Democracy Project and SFU’s Institute for the Humanities. 


About the CounterCulture Speaker Series: 
CounterCulture is a discussion and screening series aimed at engaging interested members of the public in critical debate on issues relating to art, media and political change. CounterCulture aims to promote the democratic ideals of dissent, debate and discussion, constituting a point of contact between the university and local communities with free, public events held at SFU’s downtown Harbour Centre campus. Sponsored by SFU’s Institute for the Humanities, CounterCulture will help to create a significant presence for non-commercial alternative, independent, and democratic media in Canada. 


About The Media Democracy Project: 
The Media Democracy Project is a group of people from both academic and activist communities who are committed to democratizing the media. We believe that the media are central to the question of democracy for at least three reasons: (i) they are a significant source of political and cultural information for Canadians, (ii) they make some perspectives or messages part of the public discourse and neglect or omit others, and, (iii) they are owned by large corporate conglomerates, who wield significant political and economic power. Our project is to promote democracy of the media system itself and through the media, and to do so we focus on three principles, as identified in our ‘tag line’: 


Know the Media | Be the Media | Change the Media 




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Media Contacts: 


Kathleen Cross, PhD. 
Chair, The Media Democracy Project 
778-782-3861 
kcross at sfu.ca 


Stuart Poyntz, PhD. 
Steering Committee, The Media Democracy Project 
778-782-7293 
spoyntz at sfu.ca 


Josh Tabish 
Lead Coordinator, Media Democracy Days 2012 
778.782.7353 
mddcoordinator at gmail.com
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