04/09/2014
Panel Discussion with leading student activists in Taiwan's Anti-Trade Pact Movement, Wei Yang (魏揚) and Huang Yu-Fen (黃郁芬), and scholars of globalization in NYC
Time: 4/12, 10am - 1pm
Location: CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Ave)
Room 5414 (5th floor)
*The event is free. Please bring a valid photo id (e.g., drivers' license, passport) to be checked in at the front door.
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From March 18 to April 10, tens of thousands of protestors occupied Taiwan's Congress for 24 days and shocked the world. They demand the government's Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement with China be legal and transparent. This very recent movement mobilized millions of people in Taiwan and overseas, and brought the people to heated debates of the economy and national sovereignty for the first time in these two decades. With the visit of two leading student activists, Wei Yang and Huang Yu-Fen, to provide their experience and insight, this panel looks into the movement in the broader context of capitalist globalization and East Asian geopolitics.
The panel invites academics and activists who theorize globalization, East Asian societies, labor relations, and activism in response to the actual working of capitalism in our time. This event also invites the general public to join us in a discussion, to reflect on the horizon and possible actions in response to the increasing crisis of global capitalism.
Panel Schedule:
10:00 Brief of Occupy Congress in Taipei
Wei, Yang (Activist, Master student of Sociology, Tsing Hua University)
10:20 East Asian Activism in A Global Context
Rebecca Karl (Prof. of History & East Asian Studies, NYU)
Hsiu-Hua Shen (Prof. of Sociology, Tsing
University; Visiting scholar of Columbia University)
11:20 The Anti-Service Trade Pact Movement in Taiwan
Huang, Yu-fen (Activist, Master student of Sociology, Tsing Hua U.)
Ben Hedges (Journalist/ TV host)
11:50 Break
12:00 Anti-Globalization Movements and Strategies in A Global Context
Peter Kwong, (Prof. of Asian American Studies & Urban Affairs, CUNY)
Jason Wu (Asian American independent organizer)
12:30 Q&A
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