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DESCRIPTION:\n\nAziz Choudry\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor\, International 
 Education\, Department of Integrated Studies in Education\, Faculty of Edu
 cation\, 91µĽş˝ĘÓƵ\, Montreal (Quebec)\, Canada\n\nInvited Lecture
  at the University of Marburg (18.12.2018\, 18-20):\n\n“Struggles of migra
 nt and immigrant workers: Reflections on\n	knowledge\, power\, research\, a
 nd resistance”\n\n\n	Abstract:\n\nAbstract\n	Responding to anti-immigration 
 and xenophobic politics over two decades ago\, British anti-imperialist an
 d anti-racist thinker Sivanandan (1995) insisted: “it is your economics th
 at creates our politics that make us refugees in your economies”. Today’s 
 migration is rooted in historical\, social\, economic and political relati
 ons. The ravages of colonialism\, imperialism (including military interven
 tion)\, historical institutional labour arrangements\, crises and shifts i
 n global capitalism are key to understanding contemporary migration. Meanw
 hile\, migrant and immigrant workers and communities worldwide have long o
 rganized against exploitation and oppression. They have often been vital t
 o struggles for change\, many of which highlight ways that capital exploit
 s workers through the social relations of race\, gender\, and class and un
 just immigration policies.\n	\n	Background:\n\nMy work is grounded in a radi
 cal tradition of anti-racist\, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist scholars
 hip which refuses to “remain above the fray of political activism and use 
 only disembodied\, objectified language and a 'properly' dispassionate pro
 fessorial demeanor to establish our intellectual credentials” (Thobani\, 2
 002). I argue that in order to understand the contemporary politics of mig
 ration\, we should engage with the knowledge produced in activism and orga
 nizing in which people come together to try to address the roots of the pr
 oblems they face\, build solidarity\, and act collectively to confront inj
 ustice. What can be learnt from deeper critical engagement with this knowl
 edge? How might university-based researchers learn from activist research 
 that occurs as part of organizing for change? Understanding all knowledge 
 to be political\, I argue for politically committed\, rigorous research wh
 ich is in dialogue with\, relevant to\, and which explicitly serves people
 ’s struggles for immigration justice and against racism and all forms of e
 xploitation.\n\nPublications:\n\n\n	Choudry\, A. (Ed.). (2018). Activists a
 nd the surveillance state: Learning from repression. London/Toronto: Pluto
  Press/Between the Lines.\n	Choudry\, A.\, and Vally\, S. (Eds.). (2018). H
 istory's schools: Past struggles and present realities. Pietermaritzburg: 
 University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.\n	Choudry\, A.\, and Vally\, S. (Eds.). 
 (2018). Reflections on Knowledge. Learning and Social Movements: History's
  Schools. Abingdon\, UK and New York: Routledge.\n	Choudry\, A.\, and Smith
 \, A.A. (Eds.). (2016). Unfree labour? Struggles of migrant and immigrant 
 workers in Canada. Oakland\, CA: PM Press.\n	Choudry\, A.\, and Hlatshwayo\
 , M. (Eds.). (2016). Just Work? Migrant workers’ struggles today. London: 
 Pluto Press.\n	Choudry\, A. (2015). Learning Activism: The intellectual lif
 e of contemporary social movements. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
 \n	Choudry\, A.\, and Kapoor\, D. (Eds.). (2013). NGOization: Complicity\, 
 Contradictions and Prospects. London: Zed Books.\n	Choudry\, A.\, Hanley\, 
 J.\, and Shragge\, E. (Eds.). (2012). Organize! Building from the local fo
 r global justice. Oakland.CA/Toronto.: PM Press/Between The Lines.\n	Choudr
 y\, A.\, and Kapoor\, D. (Eds.). (2010). Learning from the ground up: Glob
 al Perspectives on social movements and knowledge production. New York: Pa
 lgrave MacMillan.\n	Choudry\, A.\, Hanley\, J.\, Jordan\, S.\, Shragge\, E.
 \, and Stiegman\, M. (2009). Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants.
  Halifax: Fernwood.\n\n\n \n
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SUMMARY:Aziz Choudry\, “Struggles of migrant and immigrant workers: Reflect
 ions on knowledge\, power\, research\, and resistance” [University of Marb
 urg\, Germany]
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 t-and-immigrant-workers-reflections-knowledge-power-research-and-292209
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