Join us for the first event of our new monthly reading group!
Through mid-month gatherings we will collectively read and study decolonial ideas and history, building community along the way. Each month we will explore pressing questions from a decolonial lens, offering space to think critically about the challenge of dismantling the enduring legacies of colonialism today.
January's reading group will explore the question of solidarity in a world of multiple and competing imperialisms. How do we practise solidarity in a world of differing colonial legacies and liberatory imaginations without reproducing hierarchies of allyship? When states monopolise violence to crush resistance or quickly co-opt it leaving international aid to replace internationalism?
To help us think through this, we will read and discuss short excerpts from The Peoples Want Manifesto as well as several contributions from the Funambalist Magazine issue Questioning Our Solidarities. Print-outs will be provided as well as teas and light snacks. Tickets are Pay What You Can; all proceeds will help us continue funding the work we do.
Schedule
12.30pm - Doors open
1.00pm - Reading
1.30pm - Discussion
2.30pm - End
3 - Close
Venue and Physical Accessibility
The event will be held at Ibraaz, First floor, Sofra - 93 Mortimer Street, W1W 7SS. The closest station is Oxford Circus Overground Station. The Sofra Room is located on the first floor via a staircase or lift (this is unfornately not wheelchair accessible). Ramp access to the ground floor is possible if requested in advance. If you have any accessibility needs, please let us know in advance and we will do our best to accommodate them.
The Decolonial Centre is a political education platform committed to spreading anti-colonial and decolonial perspectives on history, social theory, and current affairs. We deliver our work via our Newscast episodes, Decolonial Encycopaedia, and community events. By fostering solidarity and collaboration, we aim to amplify the powerful movements at the forefront of challenging and dismantling the enduring legacies of colonialism today. Our vision is to help inspire a new intergenerational cohort of activists that pushes for systems change and create links between communities in struggle.