"An Original Black Political Ideology": Martin Sostre and the Birth of Black Anarchism.

When and Where

Thursday, November 02, 2023 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Deluxe Screening Room, IN-222E
Innis College
2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5

Speakers

Garrett Felber, Study and Struggle

Description

What can the life of Martin Sostre, a former political prisoner and the progenitor of Black anarchism, tell us about our own fight against fascism? Sostre's biographer - an organizer, educator, and library worker - considers the lessons we can learn about prisons, the state, and revolutionary struggle today. Please join us for a screening of Frame-Up! (1974, 30 minutes) and post-screening conversation with Garrett Felber, PhD, director of the Study and Struggle project.

Garrett Felber is an educator, writer, and organizer. He is a co-founder of the abolitionist collective, Study and Struggle, and is currently writing a biography of revolutionary anarchist Martin Sostre and building a radical mobile library, the Free Society People's Library, in Portland, Oregon.

Sponsors

Cinema Studies Institute, Department of History, Centre for the Study of the United States