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Nov 8, 2026 - Don’t Forget the DS in BDS!

When: Sunday November 8th, 12pm

Join us on Sunday November 8 for our webinar: Don't Forget the DS in BDS: Why Divestment and Sanctions are critical in this moment!

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Nov 8, 2026 - Filmscreening: NAZA

When: November 8th, 1pm
Where: Hot Docs

The directors behind the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land return with a searing film that turns its investigative lens to the systems behind Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Clandestinely filmed at night from rooftops in Tel Aviv, NAZA reveals testimony from Israeli military insiders, examining how technology and intelligence protocols have shaped the war. Building upon reporting done by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call, the film takes its title from a military acronym used to indicate the number of civilians expected to be killed in an airstrike. NAZA premiered in competition at Venice, where it received the Special Jury Prize.

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Nov 9, 2026 - Documenting Life and Death in Gaza

When: Monday November 9th, 12pm
Where: 288 Church Street

Produced in collaboration with the Voices of Palestine project, this series of four events feature acclaimed Palestinian and Indigenous scholars, journalists, theatre makers, and musicians. This project has been made possible in part by The Muslim Fund.

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Nov 10, 2026 - Reading Poulantzas in the Middle East

When: Tuesday, November 10th, 2:30pm
Where: York University, S638 Ross Building

Nicos Poulantzas' commitment to Marxism and his theoretical contributions to it were shaped by his active involvement in left-popular democratic and communist movements in Europe, as well as by the strategic questions posed to Marxism by these struggles. This then raises the question of the extent to which Poulantzas can speak to popular classes and the development of emancipatory political strategies in the Middle East, at a conjuncture in which the latest genocidal war on Palestine and its violent regional reverberations have posed new theoretical and strategic questions for Marxism. This is particularly significant because the question of war is not central to Poulantzas' work or, more precisely, is posed primarily in negative theoretical terms.

Nima Nakhaei's forthcoming book, Crises of the Neoliberal World Order and the Regionalization of the Post-Revolutionary State in Iran, examines how crises of neoliberal imperialism have facilitated the regionalization of hegemonic struggles in Iran, materializing and condensing in a 'regional state formation'.