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On November 25, Camas books partnered with law professor Gillian Calder to host a panel discussion and Q&A at the University of Victoria. The discussion focused on JK Rowling's transphobia, how to resist it, and how readers who grew up loving Harry Potter now think about the books' place in our culture and politics.
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In seven and a half interlinked stories, Aaron Kreuter's Rubble Children tackles Jewish belonging, settler colonialism, Zionism and anti-Zionism, love requited and unrequited, and cannabis culture, all drenched in suburban wonder and dread.
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Zaynab Mohammed is a performance poet and multi-disciplinary artist who won the Richard Carver Award in 2022, the same year she was a BC Culture Days Ambassador. "Are You Listening?" is a journey of sound, sight and story. Using poems and stories, this memoir explores intergenerational displacement, and speaks the truths of a woman who loses her innocence at a young age due to cultural inequity and is forced to navigate a terrain foreign to her ancestors. Join Zaynab at Camas at 2620 Quadra St. at 7pm on November 30 for her book launch and live reading!
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Afghan activist Suraia and conflict researcher Wil offer their insight on the meaning behind Remembrance Day and lessons we can learn from the anti-war movement, and how it connects with other liberation movements.
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Award-winning Canadian author and Camas regular Michael Christie talks about his new novel “Greenwood,” the nature of labor & land, and the commodification of the natural world.
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Stop the Stack YYC is a group of abolitionists who aim to shed light on the criminal charges against Adora Nwofor and Taylor McNallie, two Black Activists in so-called Calgary who are facing attack from the legal system by the intentional stacking of charges against them. Stop The Stack YYC brings attention to this travesty, and educates the public on police and prison abolition. The group's goal is to centre Black women in their fight against anti-blackness - the root of all systems of oppression.
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In 2006, rage, grief, and deep love for her children compelled Tasha Diamant to create The Human Body Project as a vehicle for change. Tasha uses her naked self and body to represent and share not only her own vulnerability as a deeply sensitive person, but also in solidarity with those who are most vulnerable, like children...and also to represent the vulnerability of us all. Check out Tasha's website and visual art.
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Solidarity Sundays is a mutual-aid collective in so-called "Kelowna, B.C.," which helps provide the immediate material needs of their unhoused neighbours and other marginalized people. They have established a robust network of support from within their own community, and they are funded entirely by community donations. Help their efforts here, and follow them on IG.
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We speak with Humans of Fairy Creek, one of the recipients of Camas' inaugural community micro-grant program. Humans of Fairy Creek are a group of volunteer community theatre artists and musicians who are also activists and anarchists, and who have been involved in the movement known as the "Fairy Creek Blockade."
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Geographer Wil Sahar Patrick reviews "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow. You can read Wil's full review here.
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A great interview with Deondre Smiles, Assistant Professor of Geography at UVic, about People's Park and settler colonialism in Palestine and Turtle Island.
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We attended Pride Fest 2024, where we spoke to Camas collective members and festival attendees about the politics of Pride, and LGBTQ+ liberation.
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A long-awaited episode in which we discuss Palestine liberation, anti-Zionist Judaism, and the university encampment movement with Bert & Ernie, two UVic encampment activists.
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A discussion with Rocky Dobey, a Toronto-based Ukrainian anarchist, activist, and street artist for over 50 years.
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A discussion with Dr. Mohammed Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, about Palestine, the BDS movement, and a no state solution to the Israeli occupation.
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In this episode we interview Gord Hill about his life, his politics, and his incredible art, including one of his best-known works, The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book.
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Intro to the Seeds of Revolution podcast, and a roundtable with some Camas collective members.
