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SUMMARY:In Solidarity: Rethinking Political Friendship - Ayça Çubukçu
DTSTART:20161115T170000Z
DTEND:20161115T184500Z
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CONTACT:Nina Rismal
DESCRIPTION:"Their world is collapsing. Ours is being built\," said Marie 
 Le Pen in a chilling statement after Trump's win. With upcoming elections 
 in France\, Austria and the Netherlands\, and far-right governments in pow
 er in Erdogan's Turkey\, Modi's India and Netanyahu's Israel\, the far rig
 ht is on the rise. It's time to riot.\n\nJoin us for a public dialogue on 
 what needs to be done. Dr. Çubukçu will open this session with her thoug
 hts on the politics of transnational solidarity. Drawing on examples of Er
 dogan's brutal crackdown on dissidents – recently Kurdish MPs – and Tr
 ump's chilling victory\, she will engage with us on a conversation on thin
 king through the potentialities and challenges of organising with and for 
 others. This will be followed by an open dialogue on resisting the right a
 fter Trump.\n\n_*Dr. Ayça Çubukçu* is Assistant Professor in Human Righ
 ts at the London School of Economics and Political Science\, where she lea
 ds a research group on Internationalism\, Cosmopolitanism and the Politics
  of Solidarity. She is also a co-editor of Jadaliyya’s Turkey page._
LOCATION:Room 1\, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms\, 8 Mill Lane\, Cambridge
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