STPEC

This is the Official page for the Social Thought and Political Economy program at UMass Amherst. Understand the world. Change it.

[UMass Amherst Department of History @UMassHistory]

What are universities for?

The 2024-25 Feinberg Series brings together students, scholars, and community organizers to trace the historical roots of the political, economic, and ethical crises in higher education.

Join us! https://t.co/eQnqpKYaTQ

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[STPEC @STPEC_SBS]

Last year @STPEC_SBS celebrated 50 years of interdisciplinary programming that challenges students to approach our most complex societal concerns with a critical analysis and transformative solutions. We couldn't have done it w/o your help. Please donate! https://t.co/nc1gFaQXOJ

[STPEC @STPEC_SBS]

Bread and Puppet Theater is coming back to UMass and @STPEC_SBS to perform their newest show: "The Hope Principle Show: Citizens' Shame in the time of Genocide" Please come out on April 19th at 7pm at 65 Barlett Hall to check it out!

[STPEC @STPEC_SBS]

Join @STPEC_SBS for "War on the Reproduction of Life: Palestine and Beyond. A lecture with Silvia Federici on April 18th from 5-7pm in 231 Herter Hall.

[STPEC @STPEC_SBS]

TONIGHT (4/9)! Please join @STPEC_SBS for an exciting conversation with @blackleftaf Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly to discuss her new book: Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United Stated.

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Join us for “History Doesn’t Repeat Itself But It Rhymes”: The Black Scare/Red Scare a conversation with Professor Charisse Burden-Stelly and @STPEC_SBS Director Toussaint Losier.

April 9th at 5:30pm in Room 03 in the New Africa House.

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Please join @STPEC_SBS for "The Streets, Social Movements, Unions and Congress Fighting the Hard Right in Argentina" a panel discussion on 3/27 at 6pm. https://t.co/g8P8c86ThG

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@UMassPreLaw Is there another answer?

[STPEC @STPEC_SBS]

If you have been searching for a way to support
@STPEC_SBS students during our 50th year-please consider participating in the @UMassGives campaign today (4/26) and tomorrow (4/27)! Please help us reach $5000 by the end of the day! https://t.co/glqf4zcGAx

[W. E. B. Du Bois Dept. of Afro American Studies @UMassAfroAm]

Join us today for a virtual discussion with Dr. Gerald Horne about Du Bois's work Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880!

[Cooperation Jackson @CooperationJXN]

Join us next weekend at UMass Amherst. #BuildAndFight #Solidarity

[SBS UMass Amherst @SBS_UMass]

Join @STPEC_SBS in celebrating 50 years of the Social Thought and Political Economy Program with the first in a series of exciting events! On 3/2, Mark Bray (Rutgers University) presents Antifa and the Alt-Right at 5 pm in Goodell 504. https://t.co/8uazZEGFyM

[STPEC @STPEC_SBS]

@STPEC_SBS alum and local attorney @mikealeo and his colleague gets recognized as Lawyers of the Year by Mass. Lawyers Weekly. Congratulations!

[Mass. Lawyers Weekly @masslw]

First in a series of profiles recognizing Lawyers Weekly's 2022 Lawyers of the Year: Michael E. Aleo and Thomas B. Lesser https://t.co/4R3tOrZ4qT

[W. E. B. Du Bois Dept. of Afro American Studies @UMassAfroAm]

Our department is shaken by the loss of our dear friend, colleague, and beloved instructor John Bracey.

Our thoughts go to Professor Bracey's wife Ingrid, the rest of his family, and every person whose life he touched. May he rest in power.

[Collective Power for Reproductive Justice @CollectivePwrRJ]

Applications are now open for the 2023 Collective Rising Internship Program! 💡Paid summer #internships with organizations fighting for #reproductivejustice, immigrant rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, environmental justice, and MORE.

Apply now: https://t.co/qBmIaYTGNF

[STPEC @STPEC_SBS]

Congratulations to Sofia Meadows-Muriel who is also a @STPEC_SBS alum!

[W. E. B. Du Bois Dept. of Afro American Studies @UMassAfroAm]

Congratulations to Afro-Am alum Sofia Meadows-Muriel!

Two potraits of Sofia, "Birth and Rebirth and Rebirth" by Robert Pruitt, are currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the exhibition, “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina"

[SBS UMass Amherst @SBS_UMass]

The World Studies Interdisciplinary Project presents a panel w/Visiting Fellow @sanambna and @omardahi: "Gender, Global Violence, and the Killing Power of Neocolonial Narratives: How Can Higher Ed Change the Frame?" 11/14, 4:30 pm, E470 South College. https://t.co/FpKEuxswEW

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Please join @STPEC_SBS for a lecture with Reproductive Rights Activist and Author Jenny Brown on 11/10 at 5pm! https://t.co/YXcd4WL78l

[SBS UMass Amherst @SBS_UMass]

Organizer/author/editor Jenny Brown @jennybrownln will speak on "Abortion and the Hidden Fight Over Reproductive Work" this Thurs., Nov. 10 at 5pm in Goodell Hall's Bernie Dallas Room. https://t.co/CNGs4UikWH @STPEC_SBS @UMassEcon @PERIatUMass @wgss_umass

[UMass Amherst Department of History @UMassHistory]

This exciting event is tonight! Join us at 6pm in the @UMassAmherst Student Union Ballroom or on Zoom. Dr. Karuka will offer a definition of imperialism & explore why it's critical to understanding & overcoming today's major crises.

For more information: https://t.co/LKQkZz33Kv

[UMass Amherst Department of History @UMassHistory]

1/ Next up in the Feinberg Series, Manu Karuka lays out the imperialist roots of U.S. settler colonialism, slavery, and wars to control land and labor, tracing this history thru the 19th C creation of overseas colonies. A must watch!

Register!

https://t.co/LKQkZzkF95