A Day-Long Teach-in on the Popular Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa

Featuring:

As'ad AbuKhalil on The US and the Arab Uprisings
Jess Ghannam and Noura Khouri on Palestine and the Arab Spring
Monadel Herzallah on Workers' Struggles in the Arab Spring
Al-Shimaa' Helmy on Women's Role in the Egyptian Revolution
Rami Bailony, Jaber Kabbesh, and Mohja Kahf on Syria's Uprising
Occupy Activists on Occupy! From Tahrir to Wall Street to the Bay Area
Revolutionaries from Egypt, Tunisia, and Palestine via videoconference

With additional workshops on questions and challenges for the uprisings and solidarity activists in the US.

Saturday, November 12th, 10am - 6pm
UC Berkeley
Workshop sessions at Valley Life Sciences Building from 10am to 3:15pm
Plenary session at the Multicultural Center from 3:30pm to 5:30pm

$5 - $20 Donation Requested, Nobody Turned Away for Lack of Funds



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Schedule:

9am - 10am Registration

10am - 11:30am Session 1
  • The Antiwar Movement and the Arab Spring • Michael Chase, Zavi Katzvik

  • The Arab Spring's Impact on Immigration • Nour Chammas, Ashwak Hauter, Miriam Zouzounis

  • Facts, Myths, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Sectarianism and the Arab Spring • Suzan Boulad

  • Occupy! From Tahrir to Wall Street to the Bay Area • Maggie Coshnear, Al-Shimaa' Helmy, Diana Macasa, Fatima Mojadiddy

  • Tunisian, Egyptian, and Palestinian Revolutionaries via Videoconference • Rana Baker, Mostafa Omar, Fathi Zabaar

11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm - 1:45pm Session 2
  • Arab Youth Organizing Workshop • Lubna Morrar

  • Internationalism and the Arab Spring • Mike Noonan

  • Libya's Uprising • Mais Jasser

  • Socialisms in the Arab World • Jeremy Tully, Miriam Zouzounis

  • Yemen's Youth Revolt • Mokhtar Alkanshali, Ashwak Hauter

2pm - 3:15pm Session 3
  • Palestine and the Arab Spring • Jess Ghannam, Noura Khouri

  • Syria's Uprising • Rami Bailony, Jaber Kabbesh, Mohja Kahf

  • The US and the Arab Uprisings • As'ad AbuKhalil

  • Women's Role in the Egyptian Revolution • Al-Shimaa' Helmy

  • Workers' Struggles in the Arab Spring • Monadel Herzallah

3:30pm - 5:30pm Plenary Session with As'ad AbuKhalil, Al-Shimaa' Helmy, Monadel Herzallah, and Mohja Kahf



Cosponsored by: Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC), Berkeley MSA PAC, International Socialist Organization, Syrian American Council

For more information or to endorse, email info@arabspringteachin.org.