The role of academia has always been controversial. On one side Universities are more and more forced to align with the neoliberal agenda; on the other side they are a space of radical thinking. In this session we aim at discussing the role of various actors in building social change, focussing in particular on the possibilities and limits of the exchange between activism and academia in support of the current struggles.

 

Sunday August 30, 14:00 – 15:30, Patras Social Center

Workshop: Social movements and research in action for social change (Facilitator: Federico Venturini and Ersilia Verlinghieri)

Sunday August 30, 15:45 – 17:15, Patras Social Center

Roundtable discussion: Intersections of Resistance

• Ian Bekker (Potchefstroom): On Pope Francis Laudato si and the ideas of Murray Bookchin (Skype presentation)
• Samuel Wade (Vienna): Industrial Unionism: Firing the bosses and abolishing wages
• Arnošt Novák (Prague): Klinika: Struggle for autonomous space in Prague

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