social movements

social movements

George Katsiaficas -- PERSPECTIVES 2011 Series - Episode 2

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George Katsiaficas is a professor, sociologist, author, and activist. He teaches at the Wentworth Institute of Technology and specializes in social movements, Asian politics, U.S. foreign policy, and comparative and historical studies. He has written extensively on popular social uprisings in various regions and historical moments. In these selections from an interview filmed on on March 27th in Berkeley, CA, he discusses the recent wave of demonstrations and rebellions throughout the Middle East and North Africa, placing them in a greater context of social transformation. For more in the interviews in the Perspectives series, please visit: http://www.upheavalproductions.com/articles/28 Produced by: http://www.UpheavalProductions.com