From Athens to Wall Street

From Athens to Wall Street: Reflections on Occupy Movements in Greece and the U.S.

March 19, 2012
The CUNY Graduate Center

A discussion on the past, present and future of uprisings and occupy movements in Athens and New York City.

With Special Guests:

Dimitris Dalakoglou is co-editor of the book Revolt and Crisis in Greece, and a member of the Occupied London Collective. He works as a Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex (UK).

Manissa McCleave Maharawal is a writer, activist and a doctoral student in the anthropology department at the CUNY Graduate Center. She has been involved with and written extensively about the Occupy movement since it started.

Isham Christie is a student at the CUNY Graduate Center studying critical social theory, philosophy, and film. He has been involved with Occupy Wall Street since before the occupation began, in a range of working groups.

Cast: CenterforPlaceCulturePolitics

Tags: Athens, Greece, Wall Street, Occupy, Social Movements, CUNY, Graduate Center, Place Culture Politics, CPCP, Dimitris Dalakoglou, Manissa McCleave Maharwal and Isham Christie

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