From resistance to rebellion: South Asian internationalism then & now is a free political education programme that explores international solidarity – particularly South Asian histories.
This programme has been designed for individuals who are interested in learning and applying lessons on anti-colonial and international organising. They may already be familiar or curious about topics such as Asian youth organising, Bangladesh liberation war and neo-fascism. This programme will delve into these topics, highlighting lessons that can then be applied to organising today.
The programme will be limited to around 30 participants who will be selected after the application deadline has closed.
There will be 6 closed sessions and two public events as part of this programme.
Materials for each session will be shared beforehand, including further reading materials. Each session will be a 2 hour interactive session.
There are six private classroom based session and two public discussion events for this programme. The private sessions will take you on a journey to explore South Asian Internationalism – looking at what was occurring both in Britain and South Asian from the 60s to modern day. We will uncover what challenges Internationalism has faced and why this has caused the decline of third-wordism. We will end by considering how these lessons can be applied to reinvigorate South Asian Internationalism today.
Please note: registrants are expected to attend all sessions.
Locations will take place within Tower Hamlets and will be accessible. Exact location is to be determined.
- Resistance to rebellion (Sunday 11th May) Covering South Asian organising in Britain around late 60s – 70s
- Rebellion to revolution (Sunday 25th May) Covering mass movement organising taking place in then East Pakistan leading to the founding of Bangladesh
- Revolution to “rights” (Sunday 29th June) Exploring the decline of third-worldist internationalism and the move towards “Human Rights”-based NGO internationalism in the decades since the 1980s
- Neo-Fascism and Imperialism today (Sunday 7th September) Understanding the interconnection between fascism and imperialism today, including through the role of NATO and the militarisation of British society
- International People struggles today (Sunday 5th October) Recovering mass people-led international organising, and how we recover a form of international solidarity beyond charity and NGO-ism
- Building and documenting internationalist organising (Sunday 26th October) Exploring the tools of building an international campaign
Please note sessions and dates are subject to change.
Whilst this programme is open to non-Bengalis/Bangladeshis, they will be prioritised. We will also be prioritising people of South Asian descent.
This programme is building on our first “bangla fora” series, and will be providing more in-depth grounding on topics as well as building upon practical campaign building skills.
This is the programme for you if you:
- are already interested and familiar with anti-colonialism/decolonisation as topics
- you are interested in topics such as Asian Youth organising and Bangladeshi left organising beyond popular narratives
- you are interested in impactful solidarity and what third-worldism can look like
- you are interested in partaking in campaigns related to these topics.
The programme is limited to around 30 participants who will be selected after the application deadline has closed.
Each of the six sessions will be led activists and learners. There will also be two public events as part of this programme.
To register please apply here.
This programme is funded by Amiel and Melburn Trust.
