[WSMDiscuss] Webinar on Friday, July 24 2020 : 'What is the Nature, and Meaning, of Our Current Moment ?' / AND : The launch of the Movements of Movements website !

Sat Jul 18 16:43:18 CEST 2020

Hi Jai,

Looks very interesting ... and I have registered to participate.

Thanks for the new website too--and the graphic is a swarm, and not a dust devil?!

Lee
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Subject: [WSMDiscuss] Webinar on Friday, July 24 2020 : 'What is the Nature, and Meaning, of Our Current Moment ?' / AND : The launch of the Movements of Movements website !

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Viruses in movement…, Movements in movement…, Ideas in movement…

Announcing a double bill event ! :

What is the Nature, and Meaning, of Our Current Moment ?

A Movements of Movements Conversation

A Webinar on Friday, July 24 2020

At 8 am San Francisco / 10 am Lima / 11 am Boston / 4 pm London / 5 pm Johannesburg and Paris / 9:30 pm New Delhi / 11 pm Taipei

AND :

The Movements of Movements website !

The Movements of Movements Project

On behalf also of the organising team, and of the host encuentro5, I'm very pleased indeed to – first – warmly invite you to…

The first in a series of ‘Movements of Movements Conversations’,

What is the Nature, and Meaning, of Our Current Moment ?

Join Gina Vargas, Matt Meyer, Michal Osterweil, Laurence Cox, and Guillermo Delgado-P, and other contributors to the Movements of Movements books,[1] as well as Johanna Fernandez and Rose Brewer [TBC] as commentators, as they collectively and critically reflect on our current and emerging political moment, in the US and worldwide.

Suren Moodliar, of encuentro5, will host the event starting at 11:00 a.m. (US Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, July 24, 2020) live on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/3794094553950362/> and Zoom <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-the-nature-and-meaning-of-our-current-moment-tickets-113585072008> (get the Zoom link by registering on EventBrite<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-the-nature-and-meaning-of-our-current-moment-tickets-113585072008>).

AND ALSO TO :

The grand opening of The Movements of Movements website, and project, at https://movementsofmovements.net/ !

Welcome to the Movements of Movements website and project, a companion to The Movements of Movements book series !

Here, you may :

  *   Buy copies of the Movements of Movements books, at discount prices
  *   Get details of the Movements of Movements Conversations and of other events (and where the July 24 event is only the first; a second one is already in planning, for Friday, September 4, at the same time)
  *   See blogs and reflections on our current moment, within the ‘OpenSpace<https://movementsofmovements.net/openspace>’ section
  *   Get access to other related movement-related activities – see the ‘Movement Spaces<https://movementsofmovements.net/>’ section
  *   See the archives of the World Social Movement Discuss list (and of its predecessor WSFDiscuss), also (at present) in the ‘Movement Spaces<https://movementsofmovements.net/>’ section; and –
  *   Reach out to the editor of the books, and in time also, some of the contributors.

Again, welcome !  Just note, though :

The MOM site is always going to be work-in-progress, but at the moment it’s also still under construction.  So don’t mind the blank spaces, we’ll be filling them in soon !

            And on behalf also of the other members of the organising team for the Movements of Movements Conversation, Gina Vargas, Matt Meyer, and Suren Moodliar

            JS

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[1] Jai Sen, ed, 2017 – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ?.  New Delhi : OpenWord, and Oakland CA : PM Press.  Hard copy and ebook available at PM Press<http://www.pmpress.org/> (ALSO, Indian edition : Jai Sen, ed, 2018b – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ?.  New Delhi : AuthorsUpfront, in collaboration with OpenWord and PM Press.  Hard copy available at MOM1AmazonIN<https://www.amazon.in/dp/9387280101/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1522884070&sr=8-2&keywords=movements+of+movements+jai+sen>, MOM1Flipkart<https://www.flipkart.com/the-movements-of-movements/p/itmf3zg7h79ecpgj?pid=9789387280106&lid=LSTBOK9789387280106NBA1CH&marketplace=FLIPKART&srno=s_1_1&otracker=search&fm=SEARCH&iid=ff35b702-e6a8-4423-b014-16c84f6f0092.9789387280106.SEARCH&ppt=Search%20Page>, and MOM1AUpFront<http://www.authorsupfront.com/movements.htm>); and : Jai Sen, ed, 2018a – The Movements of Movements, Part 2 : Rethinking Our Dance.  New Delhi : OpenWord, and Oakland CA : PM Press.   Hard copy and ebook available at PM Press<http://www.pmpress.org/>.

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Jai Sen

Independent researcher, editor; Senior Fellow at the School of International Development and Globalisation Studies at the University of Ottawa

jai.sen at cacim.net<mailto:jai.sen at cacim.net>

Now based in New Delhi, India (+91-98189 11325) and in Ottawa, Canada, on unceded and unsurrendered Anishinaabe territory (+1-613-282 2900)

CURRENT / RECENT publications :

Jai Sen, ed, 2018a – The Movements of Movements, Part 2 : Rethinking Our Dance. Ebook and hard copy available at PM Press<http://www.pmpress.org/>

Jai Sen, ed, 2018b – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ? (Indian edition). New Delhi : AuthorsUpfront, in collaboration with OpenWord and PM Press.  Hard copy available at MOM1AmazonIN<https://www.amazon.in/dp/9387280101/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1522884070&sr=8-2&keywords=movements+of+movements+jai+sen>, MOM1Flipkart<https://www.flipkart.com/the-movements-of-movements/p/itmf3zg7h79ecpgj?pid=9789387280106&lid=LSTBOK9789387280106NBA1CH&marketplace=FLIPKART&srno=s_1_1&otracker=search&fm=SEARCH&iid=ff35b702-e6a8-4423-b014-16c84f6f0092.9789387280106.SEARCH&ppt=Search%20Page>, and MOM1AUpFront<http://www.authorsupfront.com/movements.htm>

Jai Sen, ed, 2017 – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ?.  New Delhi : OpenWord and Oakland, CA : PM Press.  Ebook and hard copy available at PM Press<http://www.pmpress.org/>

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