I was invited to participate in a panel hosted by Dalhousie University about “Trump, Trumpism, and the Struggle for the Future” alongside Senator Gerald Neal (Member of the Kentucky State Senate and an attorney), Dr. […]
Category: events
Safe space for white questions
In February 2020, Dr. Ajay Parasram and I began an experiment we called “Safe Space for White Questions,” recurring drop-in sessions we host aimed at white-identified people to ask difficult questions about racism, white supremacy, […]
How Can social & environmental justice movements build political power?
On December 10, 2020 I was invited to participate in a session of “Ask a Scientist Live” organized by XR Scientists to discuss the question of how social and environmental justice movements build political power. […]
Strategies for Dismantling Racial Fragility in Public Institutions
On January 27, 2020, I had the pleasure of being invited to a roundtable and public panel discussion about “Strategies for Dismantling Racial Fragility in Public Institutions” hosted by the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy […]
A Police Escort for the Radical Imagination?
A short piece I wrote re-published in the Nova Scotia Advocate about platforming police, deplatforming radical social justice programming, and public spaces.
Race in a Glass Nation: Fragility and Dissent in the University and Beyond
I was honoured to be invited to be a panelist at this event held at the University of King’s College on November 17, 2017. In a moment of rising fascism, aggrieved masculinity, and rabid white […]
Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?
Video in three parts from Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?: Panel Discussion and Launch Event at Mount Saint Vincent University on October 11, 2017 featuring Michael Truscello, Catherine Martin, Jackie Barkley, Lynn Jones, El […]
Political Cultures and Movements
On April 21 and 22, 2016 the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy hosted the 4th seminar in the Social Movements & Media Technologies series organized by the Centre for Global Media and Democracy (CGMD) […]
Cinema Politica Spotlight: The Radical Imagination Project
The good folks at Cinema Politica headquarters have featured the Radical Imagination Project and our long-running documentary film series in the most recent iteration of their newsletter. Check out our spotlight!
Alex Khasnabish 