Wednesday July 2nd 7:00PM
@ Wooden Shoe Books
508 s. 5th street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
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In The Middle of the Whirlwind
A Talk on the Current State of compositions of Movements and Struggles circulating the United States and across the Planet
With The Team Colors Collective

Our goal with this project is to inquire into and map some the current winds. Accordingly, we begin and end with one question: "Will you join us in the middle of a whirlwind?"

A meaningful and substantial answer to the above question is not to be found within these pages, nor is it found in rhetoric or posturing. The answer to this question is found on the barricades, and in the streets, fields, forests, gardens, homes, farms, community centers, workplaces and neighborhoods where we struggle everyday to create new worlds and new lives, together. Our small whirlwinds become tornados only in and through activity.

Whirlwinds is intended as an "intervention," accomplished in form and content through an "inquiry" into contemporary movement; this project is not intended to be a comprehensive map of "the movement" or a 'snapshot' of movements. We don't feel that it is possible to create a comprehensive inquiry into social struggles in the United States. However, many small inquiries are necessary and possible, and in summation such efforts help us all to understand the terrain on which we can build and intensify our collective resistance.

Our major strategic aim is for Whirlwinds to serve as a point of discussion of movement strengths and weaknesses, as well as movement purposes, tactics and theories. We hope that this project assists those who read it to better understand current struggles for liberation, and that this understanding helps build strategies for building movements capable of "winning." 

In the middle of a whirlwind: 2008 Convention protests, Movement and Movements is a one-off Online Journal of theory, practice, art, activism and organzing. Coordinated by Team Colors Militant Research Collective and Published by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest. This event will include a brief presentation on the journal and the themes addressed within it, followed by a discussion. For info on the journal: www.inthemiddleofawhirlwind.info

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