Resistance Rewritten Tour
Donation protected
6/19: Northern Vermont at 7pm (email [email redacted] for location and more information)
6/23: Brooklyn NY at 6pm (email [email redacted] to be notified of location)
6/27: City College Morales/Shakur Student Center Rm. 3/201 at 6pm
7/2: Sudbury, ON at 6pm (email [email redacted] for location and more information)
7/4: Toronto, location TBA
7/14: Boston (email [email redacted] to be notified of location)
7/21: Baltimore, 311 Murdock Road at 6pm
It's often repeated that "history is written by the victors." The colonist and the slave owner, the warmonger and the CEO alike use their stolen power to control which stories are remembered, taught, and celebrated - and which are distorted, suppressed, and in some cases, forgotten altogether.
Spanish philosopher George Santayana put it rather more bluntly when he wrote that "history is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there." But it is not enough to dismiss mainstream historical narratives as irrelevant. We must ask- what has been omitted, and why? When we look past the rosy fiction to the buried truth, we begin to uncover a true history of resistance that is still unfolding.
In the era of catastrophic biodiversity loss, toxification, and climate change, the world is facing challenges of unprecedented magnitude, and we are running out of time. The stakes could not be higher. Will we fall prey to the lies of the powerful and miss our chance at victory, or can we write a brighter future by learning from resistance movements of the past?
6/23: Brooklyn NY at 6pm (email [email redacted] to be notified of location)
6/27: City College Morales/Shakur Student Center Rm. 3/201 at 6pm
7/2: Sudbury, ON at 6pm (email [email redacted] for location and more information)
7/4: Toronto, location TBA
7/14: Boston (email [email redacted] to be notified of location)
7/21: Baltimore, 311 Murdock Road at 6pm
It's often repeated that "history is written by the victors." The colonist and the slave owner, the warmonger and the CEO alike use their stolen power to control which stories are remembered, taught, and celebrated - and which are distorted, suppressed, and in some cases, forgotten altogether.
Spanish philosopher George Santayana put it rather more bluntly when he wrote that "history is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there." But it is not enough to dismiss mainstream historical narratives as irrelevant. We must ask- what has been omitted, and why? When we look past the rosy fiction to the buried truth, we begin to uncover a true history of resistance that is still unfolding.
In the era of catastrophic biodiversity loss, toxification, and climate change, the world is facing challenges of unprecedented magnitude, and we are running out of time. The stakes could not be higher. Will we fall prey to the lies of the powerful and miss our chance at victory, or can we write a brighter future by learning from resistance movements of the past?
Organizer
Rachel Ivey
Organizer