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July 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Subject: IPS Events: Songlands: John Feffer & Tope Folarin in Conversation, Author Talk: Manufacturing Hate, Celebration & Reflections on Water Defenders Solidarity
Songlands: John Feffer & Tope Folarin in Conversation, Author Talk: Manufacturing Hate, Celebration & Reflections on Water Defenders Solidarity Problems viewing this email? Click here to view all upcoming events at IPS.
| | IPS Events June 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Online – 5:00 pm EST/ 2:00 pm PST  2052. The world is a mess. The climate change meltdown has triggered an endless cycle of natural disasters. Nationalist paramilitaries battle against religious extremists. Multinational corporations, with their own security forces, have replaced global institutions as the only real power-brokers. Waves of pandemics have closed borders with such regularity that travel has become mostly virtual. describes humanity 's last shot at solving the world 's problems. Can Aurora assemble a team to reverse the splintering of the international community and avert an even more dystopian future?
Join John Feffer and IPS Director Tope Folarin as they discuss Feffer's "Songlands," the stand-alone finale to the Splinterlands trilogy. Order a copy of Songlands: http://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1654-songlands Register here to receive a link to the video conference on the day of the event. This event will also be recorded and have live captioning.
July 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Online Zoom Event  Manufacturing Hate: How Africa Was Demonized In Western Media explains the history of demonization of Africa, and by extension descendants of Africa, in Western media–books, newspapers, and magazines–from the 17th century to our contemporary era, and the lingering ramifications of centuries of demonization.
The book takes the reader on a sweeping journey, critiquing the so-called "journals" of the European trespassers who traveled to Africa beginning in the 17th century to "discover" and arrogantly rename lakes, rivers, mountains, and even countries that already had African names. The early European travelers were agents of imperialism. They mapped out Africa for later colonial conquest. Their "journals" demonized Africans in order to justify conquest, colonization, and exploitation of Africa–the people and the resources–under the false narrative of "civilizing" Africa. Join author, Milton Allimadi as he discusses the book's critiques dozens of articles, dating from decades ago, in publications such as The New York Times, National Geographic magazine, Time magazine, and The New Yorker. Allimadi will show how these media outlets inherited their racist depictions of Africa from the European travelers' "journals." Register here. Order copies of Manufacturing Hate: http://he.kendallhunt.com/product/manufacturing-hate-how-africa-was-demonized-western-media
July 13 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Online Zoom Event  Join us for a virtual forum to hear from activists from Canada, the United States, and El Salvador about the lessons from North American activists and organizations' decade-long solidarity relationship with Salvadoran water defenders.
On the 12th anniversary of the assassination of Salvadoran water defender Marcelo Rivera, join activists from Canada, the United States, and El Salvador in a webinar discussion on lessons from North American activists and organizations' decade-long solidarity relationship with Salvadoran water defenders for international solidarity work going forward. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, authors of the just-published book: The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed (Beacon Press, 2021) will kick off the discussion with observations from the book, which covers the Salvadoran people's struggle to protect their small, precious country and its imperiled waters from large-scale metal mining. A courageous struggle that led their country to become the first nation to ban mining in 2017! The conversation will draw on the rich history of Canadian solidarity with social movements in El Salvador. WITH PARTICIPATION FROM:
• Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, co-authors of the book
• Jamie Kneen of MiningWatch Canada
• Vidalina Morales of La Mesa National of El Salvador
• Jen Moore and Manuel Pérez Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies
• Laura Avalos, founder and former president of the Salvadoran Canadian Association of Ottawa and National Capital Region (ASCORCAN)
• René Guerra, former director of Salvaide
• Jim Hodgson, formerly of the United Church REGISTER HERE (FOR FREE!) This event will be in English; if you need interpretation REGISTER. Platforms: Zoom and Facebook live
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