The Past Is A Battleground [DisOrientation 2011]

THE PAST IS A BATTLEGROUND
Sept 18 to Sept 23

http://disorientation2011.org/

Ten years ago, two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre buildings
in New York City, inspiring the US-led “War on Terror.” Within months
the US invaded Afghanistan with Canadian military support. Two years
later the US invaded Iraq under the pretext of eliminating “weapons of
mass destruction” that were never found. These military ventures, like
so many others, affirm the simple truth about terrorism: states do it
with far greater quantifiable devastation, and always well disguised as a
force of good. To counter this violence and manipulation, activists
around the world persistently research, educate and organize to dig
deeper than media sound bytes and fight those who distort the truth for
personal gain.

The tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001
reminds all of us that our conception of the past determines how we
operate in the present. Join the Ontario Public Interest Research Group
and the University of Toronto Students’ Union for a week of events that
will help us reveal the most accurate version of history, and prevent us
from making the same mistakes twice.

All DisOrientation 2011 events are free and wheelchair accessible.

Full details at http://disorientation2011.org/

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
2:45-3:45pm – Sound-making/Spoken word
Revival, 783 College Street
with Nic (da Grassroots, lal) Rose (lal and r3 Collective) and Sonny B (r3 Collective)

4-5pm – Identity and Decolonization: A First Step
Revival, 783 College Street
with musiciant/activist Amai Kuda; dancer & mural artist Victoria
Mata; theatre artist/activist Sedina Fiati; and spoken word & visual
artist Keisha-Monique Simpson.

*Both Sunday events are part of Manifesto Festival of Community and Culture (themanifesto.ca).

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
2-4pm – More Than “No Means No”: Reconceptualizing Consent
University College Arts Centre
15 King’s College Circle
with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network

6:30-8:30pm – What is Anti-oppression?
Centre for Women and Trans People
563 Spadina Crescent, Suite 100
with Sharmeen Khan

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
1-3pm – Direct Action Gets the Goods
Hart House, East Common Room
7 Hart House Circle
with Jessica Bell

4-6pm – Deconstructing the Immigration System:
Myths and racism in the canadian state
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Room 2281
252 Bloor St W.
with Syed Hussan and Francisco Villegas, members of No One Is Illegal

7pm – Showdown at Ground Zero:
A Retrospective on the tenth anniversary of 9/11
William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street
with Sunera Thobani
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=271771842835060

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
12-4pm – Independent Media Fair!
Willcocks Street, just west of St. George
Featuring Ryerson Free Press, YU Free Press, CIUT, Groundwire Radio,
Toronto Media Coop, Upping the Anti: A journal of theory and action,
Basics Community Newsletter, Relay Magazine, and more!

1-3pm – Understanding Mainstream Media
Wetmore Hall (New College), Room 75
300 Huron Street
with Justin Podur

4-6pm – Neoliberalism and Colonization:
Canadian extractive industries and how to stop them
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Room 5150
252 Bloor St. W.
with the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network

7-9pm – Labor Unionism Today: Limits and legacies
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Room 2213
252 Bloor St. W.
with Sam Gindin

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
2-4PM – Privatizing Public Education
Sidney Smith Building, Outdoor Patio
(Rain location: OISE Room 4418)

6-8pm – Food Quality & Working Conditions in Campus CORPORATE Cafeterias
with Student-Worker Solidarity, a working group of the UofT General Assembly
William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Ave.

7-10pm – Eyewitness to War
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
with Mike Skinner, Noaman Ali and a representative from Afghans for Peace
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158523664226375

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
12-2pm – Sovereignty and Solidarity on Turtle Island:
Indigenous Rights 101
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Room 2281
252 Bloor St. W.
with Barriere Lake Solidarity

3-5pm – The Struggle for Genuine Women’s Liberation in Canada
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Room 5170
252 Bloor St. W.
with the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance-Ontario

6-8pm – Campus Space Politics
Location TBA
with Students Against Israeli Apartheid, the Centre for Women and Trans People, UTSU President Danielle Sandhu, and others

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
9pm-12am – R3: Roots,Rhythms, Resistance presents:
Amai Kuda CD Launch Celebration
The Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave.

Featuring: lal, sonny b, Izzy Mackenzie, Sedina Fiati
and Amai Kuda with full band
doors open: 9pm, show 10pm
Admission: $10, $20 with cd
No one turned away for lack of funds.

DisOrientation 2011 on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188524427883561