29.November-5.February, 2020 [A prescript about photography:I felt very uncomfortable taking photos of people, as if zooifying their daily lives,and I was also uncertain about taking
Syntax of Power is a well-tested method for finding Power and Pleasure in every aspect of life. It’s not about politics. It’s about creativity and
1. what is economics.
TOOLS
HISTORY
thingsto track
EDGE
how do we find these? history, institutions, ideology
Outline of the lecture
Free Trade Agreements (TTIP, TTP, ALCA, NAFTA, WTO…)
Debt and austerity
Colonialism
Economics Toolbox: growth, commodification, privatization
So the topic of this session is innovation and social change in the food system. I’m going to start with some examples of innovation. There
Lecture to the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, 5 February 2015.
Historical evidence insists that oppression on its own does not produce social movement reaction. In places with little culture of resistance, there will be little social movement reaction to social problems, or occasional outbursts may not be sustained. San Francisco has had, regularly and recently over the last decades, a series of effective and sustained street manifestations, so there are people, organizations, networks, systems, etc. to make the next ones bigger and more robust.
So what is the cosmology of food sovereignty? Food is a community, not a commodity… But how do we turn this idea into culture? Alberto Melucci explains how it is that we create culture… through creating new spaces, identities, meanings, identities, commitments….
Lecture to “Plants and the Environment” course, University of Sydney, 7 October 2014.
Bibliography with notes about readings mentioned in the lecture. Alternatives need to focus not just on innovating, but on decommodifying and building community.
Alana has studied one of the many vibrant alternatives to this juggernaut, the movement for food sovereignty, conceived and led by La Vía Campesina. Vía Campesina is typical of contemporary social movements in its recognition of the common interests of first and third world farmers, smallholders and laborers, producers and consumers and in its recognition of the centrality of women, indigenous people and culture to forming truly liberatory alternatives.
The first map is a graphic representation of my analysis of the US movement, and the other denotes the comparable elements existing in AU (to
Table of Contents An Underground Restaurant: Local Food, Artisan Economics, and Creative Political Culture 1 Not a potluck: is it food? is it performance art?
Amory Starr Luis A. Fernandez Christian Scholl 2011: New York University Press Don’t mind the press’ stupid title, the proper one is: Out of Order:
radicalism, politics, organizing and safety on campus: a little operationalization Amory Starr chapter in Anthony Nocella, et. al., ed. Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial
Participatory democracy has been studied as an auxiliary to state processes and as an institutional and cultural part of social movements. This paper examines the
…The German government’s “official submission” to the Oscars… / “official story” of this period. On general principle, it’s probably not a good idea to go
My overview of the literature Key points to keep in mind about social movements there is considerable debate about how to define them. it’s not
J. K. Gibson-Graham, A Postcapitalist Politics. 2006: U Minnesota. This book finds a new way of thinking about and working on economic development based on
13 myths about globalization this is a very simple lecture. it is not about my research. it is a simple summary of the perspective of
J. K. Gibson-Graham, A Postcapitalist Politics. 2006: U Minnesota. This book finds a new way of thinking about and working on economic development based on
By Christine Petit LOUDmouth 12 Spring 2006. According to activist scholar Amory Starr, she was politicized pretty late in life. She was 20. As an
‘A guidebook helps those who search. In a time of “infinite war”, when we confront the infinite stupidity, lies and arrogance of power, we search
Last weekend’s otherwise visionary annual Denver Pan African Arts Society Film Festival included a pre-release screening of Crash, honoring actor and producer Don Cheadle for
biotech lecture © amory starr 2005 three kinds of biotechnology biotech crops biotech pharmaceuticals bio-prospecting/biopiracy/biopatenting four kinds of biotech crops increased nutrition/shelf life/freeze tolerant/consistent size/ease
amory starr “Get Rid of Them All & Become a Zapatista: Autonomy in the Anti-Globalization Movement” Critical Sociology mini-conference, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 13
documentary film by Activist Media Project, 2004. 60 minutes. this is what free trade looks like the NAFTA fraud in México, the failure of the
hunted in miami, “the model for homeland defense” amory starr 29 November, 2003 (a shorter version was printed as “Free trade in the Americas: the
In 2005, LA Sound Posse, asked me to record my lectures on globalization. The audio is available at Radio4All.
Cancún, México 5th WTO Ministerial 2003 daily reports 10-14 September audio reports “Sunstroke in Cancún” Synthesis/Regeneration: A Magazine of Green Social Thought 33: 1, 35-6.
this lecture is an introduction to what i call “critical globalization studies”, which reflects the work of an international group of scholars, primarily economists and
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“This is What Democracy Looks Like” letter to the editor, Santa Barbara Independent 1.13.03 I’m home for the holidays, so I strap on my cock
Collegiate Farm Bureau Colorado State University Annual Ag Week Lecture Can Industrial Agriculture Feed the World? 16.April 2002 Good evening. I’m really happy that the
Amory Starr roundtable on “directions for the anti-corporate globalization movement” with Bernard Cassen (President of ATTAC, France), Gerald Horne (U of Noth Carolina), Dennis Brutus
Amory Starr panel on “the new imperialism” with Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin, Michael Hardt, Peter Gowan Socialist Scholars Conference Cooper Union New York City 13
“the international context of anti-globalization: key concepts” Amory Starr Arizona State University, Phoenix Department of Justice Studies 2.15.02 It’s really a pleasure to
Report from F2 manifestations against the World Economic Forum Meetings, New York City (January 31-Feb 3, 2002) The Divas for Democracy, an affinity group including
naming the enemy, before seattle: an autochthonous book review WorldReview, 5:1 (2002): 14-16. other peoples’ reviews… The bulk of the research for Naming the Enemy
“The Role of the University and the Role of Student Power” The University: Fortress or Beacon: Open Forum Colorado State University, 10 October, 2001 I
updates from the dcS29 crew Friday in DC: DC seems quite normal to us, we have not seen significant police or military presence at all.
naming the “anti-“ Amory Starr confronts globalization by Michelle French Features Editor The Manitoban, 26 September 2001. Amory Starr is an activist and professor of
The Manifestation Québec City, Friday & Saturday April 20 & 21, 2001 It’s a bit hard to figure out what happened in Québec City, even
Visions of a Post-Corporate Society at Parkland Institute, November 2000 I just came from the streets and it’s hard to make the transition. So help
What happened to DAN in LA?: speculative notes I am an activist from the anti-globalization movement and am also an anti-racist activist. I spent Aug
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes their Lives (2000: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham) by Jeff Schmidt, a
thinking out white Adam Bishop, Amory Starr June 2000 Abstract: This paper attempts a grounded contribution to race theory, drawing on classroom experiences and theoretical
Amory on Cincinnati for the Snout, UpRoot Newsletter While the Continental Direct Action Network exhorts us to do anti-oppression organizing on local issues in lieu
Confronting Globalization for Communities Confronting Capitalist Globalization University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 14-16 April, 2000 14 April, 7 pm, Corwin Pavilion. Hello. I’m very
Subject: urgent: report from seattle (fwd) Dear Friends, I just returned from a week in Seattle with 20 students. Members of our group were all
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