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SUMMARY:‘Bread\, Freedom and Social Justice’: Organised Workers and Ma
 ss Mobilizations in the Arab World\, Europe and Latin America - Speaker to
  be confirmed
DTSTART:20140710T080000Z
DTEND:20140710T170000Z
UID:TALK51876@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:24901
DESCRIPTION:http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25028\nThe wave of protest 
 against neoliberalism which swept through Latin America in the early years
  of the 21st Century\, the Arab Revolutions of 2011\, the anti-austerity a
 nd Occupy movements in Europe and North America are connected by a common 
 thread: the demand for economic justice. This international conference wil
 l provide the first opportunity for scholars\, journalists and activists f
 rom Argentina\, the UK\, the US\, Greece\, Spain\, Egypt\, Tunisia and bey
 ond to compare the challenges faced by the Latin American movements with t
 he experience of mobilizations for similar demands in the Arab world and E
 urope since 2011. We will focus especially on the interactions between org
 anised workers and the unemployed\, youth and students who have played a k
 ey role in many of the street mobilizations of the past two years as they 
 build alliances\, make demands of the state\, and attempt to define politi
 cal and social alternatives to neo-liberalism and austerity.\n\nWorkers' s
 trikes and protests played a critical role in propelling the mass movement
 s in Latin America into state power\, destabilised dictatorships in Tunisi
 a and Egypt\, and continue to challenge austerity governments across Europ
 e. Yet the role of workers as a collective social actor is significantly u
 nderestimated in narratives of the Latin American 'Turn to the Left' and t
 he 'Arab Spring' alike. In an age which commentators have branded an era o
 f social media revolutions\, this conference will also provide a space for
  critical perspectives on the relationship between digital communication a
 nd organisational praxis.
LOCATION:CRASSH\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 
 9DP
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