[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Robert Jensen lecture tour, 11-25 May, CT, Joburg, Dbn

[Patrick Bond]

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Subject: A Truly Inspiration star has landed
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 11:21:41 +0200
From: Farid Esack <faridesack at gmail.com>

Dear friends and comrades,

I’m not a regular dispatcher of notices, or an encourager of people to 
attend events. But I really, really want to make an exception this time. 
A wonderful friend and mentor of mine is coming to South Africa for two 
weeks. Professor Robert Jensen is one of the most brilliant, authentic, 
and moving prophetic voices of our age. Amandla Publications are hosting 
him during his visit and have arranged several events around it in Cape 
Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. Attached you’ll find a list of his 
speaking engagements and, from the bottom of my heart, I want to 
encourage you to attend one or more of these.

Bob is a truly great human being, articulates and embodies all that it 
means to be a human being in resistance to all forms of oppression and 
who has a tireless desperation to participate in the creation of a new 
world wherein all people are free to be human and living in harmony with 
the only home that we have ever known, the earth.

Please do whatever you can to spread the word.

Comradely yours

Farid Esack

P.S. Look out for Amandla - South Africa's finest progressive magazine, 
covering justice, politics and more.

www.amandla.org.za

AMANDLA! MAGAZINE
PROFESSOR ROBERT JENSEN’S SOUTH AFRICAN LECTURE PROGRAM

CAPE TOWN

11 May - The World Today and the Role of Alternative Media
Keynote Address to Workers World Media Productions Conference
Time: Monday, 14h00
Venue: Community House, 41 Salt River Road, Salt River

12 May - Obama and the Multiple Crises of Empire
UCT Dept of Politics-sponsored presentation
Time: Tuesday, 13h00
Venue: Graduate School of Humanities, Seminar Room 3A, Upper Campus

12 May - Multiple Crises of Humanity
Amandla! Magazine and Our World is Not for Sale-sponsored event
Time: Tuesday, 17h30
Venue: Centre of the Book, 5 Queen Victoria Road, Cape Town

13 May - The Privatization of the University, the Commodification of 
Knowledge
UCT Student-Worker Alliance and Amandla! Magazine sponsored presentation
Time: Wednesday, 13h00
Venue: Leslie Social Science Bldg, Rm LS2B, Upper Campus, UCT

14 May - Feminism and the Quagmire of Masculinity
UCT STAND UP and Amandla! Magazine-sponsored presentation
Time: Thursday, 13h00
Venue: Leslie Social Science Building, LS2B, Upper Campus, UCT

15 May -
Closing speech at Workers World Media Productions Conference,
Time: Friday, 18h30
Venue: Community House, 41 Salt River Road, Salt River

24 May - Prophetic Religion and Resistance to Empire
Public Lecture at Masjidul Quds
Time: Sunday, 19h30
Venue: Gatesville Mosque, (Masjidul Quds), Clinic Street, Gatesville

25 May - The Prophetic Challenge: Few are Guilty; All are Responsible
Muslim Youth Movement-sponsored lecture
Time: Monday, 19h00
Venue: Leslie Social Science Bldg, LS1A, Upper Campus, UCT

JOHANNESBURG

18 May - Pornography and Sexual Inequality
Wits School of Journalism Lecture
Time: Monday, 16h00
Venue: Wits University School of Journalism

19 May - The Reality of Race, Gender, and Class Privilege: Beyond the 
Politics of Diversity
Hosted by a coalition of Wits student groups including Amnesty 
International, M&G, PSC & Activate
Time: Tuesday, 13h15
Venue: CB15, Central Block, East Campus, Wits University

19 May - Obama and the Multiple Crises of Empire
Harold Wolpe Lecture Seminars
Time: Tuesday, 17h45
Venue: Room 10, Ground Floor, South West Engineering Building, Wits 
University.

20 May - The Reality of Race, Gender, and Class Privilege: Beyond the 
Politics of Diversity
University of Johannesburg Centre for Democracy Public Lecture
Time: Wednesday, 13h15
Venue: Council Chambers, New Admin, .2nd Floor, A Ring, Auckland Park 
Campus, UJ

23 May - The Obama Factor and Prospects for Peace in the Middle East
Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC) Public Lecture
Time: Saturday, 15h00
Venue: AMEC Center, 38 Louw Geldenhuys Drive, Emmarentia

DURBAN

21 May - The Heart of Whiteness: Race, Racism, and White Privilege
Centre for Civil Society Seminar
Time: Thursday, 12h30
Venue: Memorial Tower Building, Centre for Civil Society Seminar room, 
F208, Howard College
Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal

22 May - What does the Prophetic Look Like in the Context of Empire
UKZN-School of Religion and Theology Lecture
Time: Friday, 13h00
Venue: School of Religion and Theology, (Rm 202), first floor, New Arts 
Bldg, Golf Road,
Pietermaritzburg Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal

For further information or questions, please contact Junaid Ahmad
Email: junaidsahmad at gmail.com
Phone: 0730788004 or 021 4475770