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		<title>The High Cost of Taking on the Corporate University</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radical anarchist physics professor Denis Rancourt stands for activist learning and a democratic academy. On April 21st and 22nd, internationally recognized and controversial professor-activist Denis Rancourt will be giving a series of talks on academic freedom and radical learning in Winnipeg.  Dr. Rancourt was recently dismissed from his position at the University of Ottawa, despite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbactivism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6172461&amp;post=123&amp;subd=mbactivism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Food Club Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have posted the first of the videos featured at the Shaking the Tree Video Celebration that took place at the Mondragon Bookstore and Coffeehouse on March 5th, 2009. Food security exists when all people at all times have access to as much safe and nutritious food as they need in order to meet their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbactivism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6172461&amp;post=117&amp;subd=mbactivism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community video screenings and celebrations &#8211; come on down!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shaking the Tree: Grassroots Activism in Winnipeg A Video Celebration of Local Social and Environmental Change… When: March 5th, 2009. Food at 6pm. Movies from 7-9pm. What: a collection of community groups will come together to celebrate the debut of five videos celebrating local social and environmental change. Free food and fun. Where: Mondragon Bookstore [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbactivism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6172461&amp;post=100&amp;subd=mbactivism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Violence as self-defeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently reading Ward Churchill&#8216;s writing: &#8220;Pacifism as Pathology&#8221;. A short summary of the thesis could read: &#8216;by strictly using non-violent tactics, activists are only reinforcing their/our oppression&#8217;. The summarized argument goes: Despite the fact that many activists are committed to challenging or even overthrowing the social order, pacifist tactics may in fact be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbactivism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6172461&amp;post=46&amp;subd=mbactivism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Summary of Rupert</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnneufeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his article, “Gramscian (re-)vision of the politics of governance/resistance,” Mark Rupert attempts to rephrase western Marxism to align with the semi-globalized anti-capitalism movements coalescing throughout the world.  This class based interpretation seems to lend itself well to the growing dynamic of resistance throughout the global “proletariat.”  The similarities found between the Gramscian “intellectual-moral bloc” and the global anti-capitalism movement are striking, and even promising.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbactivism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6172461&amp;post=44&amp;subd=mbactivism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is activism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our class took some time to think through just what &#8220;activism&#8221; means to us. Each of the 10(ish) participants contributed 3-4 sticky notes that described actions and ideas that we associate with activism. We spent 15 minutes or so clustering the ideas up on a white board, trying to tease out some common themes. Limited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbactivism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6172461&amp;post=34&amp;subd=mbactivism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Course Site &#8211; Where to Go From Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testing&#8230; Testing&#8230; Well, this seems like a pretty useful tool. I have started a wordpress (www.wordpress.com) site as a place where we can post readings, host on-line discussions, disseminate information, keep blogs, etc. It took me about an hour to get set up and could be a useful tool, depending on the groups inclination to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbactivism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6172461&amp;post=1&amp;subd=mbactivism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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