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What will social movements look like in the newly emerging era? What does global resistance look like? How do we build a new common sense in an age of internet eco-chambers? What can we learn from recent and past uprisings and movements to sustain them and take power?
- Shanelle Matthews, Founder of Radical Communicators Network and co-editor of forthcoming Framing New Worlds: Building Narrative Power for 21st-Century Social Movements
- Nimmi Gowrinathan, activist, scholar and founder of the Politics of Sexual Violence Initiative and author of Radicalizing Her (Beacon Press 2021)
- Tooba Syed, feminist labour organiser, Pakistan
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00:00 Introduction
06:32 Tooba on distinction between activism and organising
16:02 Nimmi on how female fighter challenges our ideas of resistance
22:03 Shanelle on how to reclaim narrative power from the far-right
30:59 Tooba on why internationalism is critical to resistance
40:03 Nimmi on why finding your political voice means discomfort
49:24 Shanelle on how to tell compelling and materially grounded story that moves beyond resistance
59:52 Tooba on why we need systems of accountability to have long-term impact
01:06:00 Nimmi on why we need different forms of organisation for different times
01:11:04 Shanelle on why lack of resources for base-building impeded Movement for Black Lives
01:18:18 Final reflections by Nimmi and Shanelle on how to resist and win
What will social movements look like in the newly emerging era? What does global resistance look like? How do we build a new common sense in an age of internet eco-chambers? What can we learn from recent and past uprisings and movements to sustain them and take power?
- Shanelle Matthews, Founder of Radical Communicators Network and co-editor of forthcoming Framing New Worlds: Building Narrative Power for 21st-Century Social Movements
- Nimmi Gowrinathan, activist, scholar and founder of the Politics of Sexual Violence Initiative and author of Radicalizing Her (Beacon Press 2021)
- Tooba Syed, feminist labour organiser, Pakistan
Visit our website: tni.org
Support our work: tni.org/en/support-tni
Sign up for our newsletter: tni.org/en/subscribe
00:00 Introduction
06:32 Tooba on distinction between activism and organising
16:02 Nimmi on how female fighter challenges our ideas of resistance
22:03 Shanelle on how to reclaim narrative power from the far-right
30:59 Tooba on why internationalism is critical to resistance
40:03 Nimmi on why finding your political voice means discomfort
49:24 Shanelle on how to tell compelling and materially grounded story that moves beyond resistance
59:52 Tooba on why we need systems of accountability to have long-term impact
01:06:00 Nimmi on why we need different forms of organisation for different times
01:11:04 Shanelle on why lack of resources for base-building impeded Movement for Black Lives
01:18:18 Final reflections by Nimmi and Shanelle on how to resist and win
