Impossible Politics
Organizer:
Stockholm Pride & Dean Spade
A lecture and group discussion thinking through the connection between bourgeois white queer and trans politics, the "war on terror", the politics of mass imprisonment in the US, and radical anti-racist anti-capitalist feminist queer and trans resistance
Do liberal frameworks of legal equality, like the ones proposed by white, upper class, 'mainstream' gay organizations in the US (marriage, military inclusion, anti-discrimination laws) provide the kinds of redistributive change that address the harms of domination and marginalization faced by the most targeted queer and trans people?
Why should and how can queer and trans social movement organizing incorporate anti-racist, anti-imperial and feminist frameworks, and lessons from other radical social movements, in order to avoid neoliberal cooptation of our aims?
This lecture will raise these questions and include specific discussion of the legal and social marginalization of trans people in the us and how it is related to legal gender classification and to the "war on terror." It will provide a space to think about and discuss the shift from militant movements for radical redistribution in the 1960s and 1970s to the non-profitization of social movements that contains and limits demands to liberal reform frameworks, and how various queer and trans activists are thinking about resistance to these trends.
The event hopes to generate an engaged discussion about how issues of liberalism and cooptation are impacting queer and trans struggles in various countries, and what strategies for resistance are emerging.
With Dean Spade, trans activist from US
In english
Date and Time
Tue 29 Jul 14:45–16:15
Location
Pride House,
Kulturhuset & Stockholms stadsteater, Sergels Torg 3,
Centralen
Price
Daily ticket or week-long ticket also gives you entrance to Pride House besides Pride Park.
Age limit
None.
Accessibility
Bandlerrummet
25 participants, 5 wheelchair spaces. Entrance by the foyer of Stora Scenen. To use the elevator, go to the second floor via The Theatre Bar (up a stretch of slanted floor). Doorway is 80cm, with a threshold. Limited amount of hearing aids, contact the Information Desk in advance. Fluorescent lighting.
Bryggan
66 seats with 1 wheelchair space. Entrance via escalator, first floor, elevator. Light and sound facilities.
Celsingrummet
12 participants. Entrance via the foyer of Stora Scenen. To go by elevator, go to the second floor via The Theatre Bar (up a stretch of slanted floor). Doorway is 80cm, with a threshold. Limited amount of hearing aids, contact the Information Desk in advance. Fluorescent lighting.
Kilen
144 seats with 3 wheelchair seats closest to the stage. Permanent furniture on graded levels. Direct entrance on the bottom floor, level with the metro entrance. Hearing assistance via IR-system, as well as sound and light facilities.
Klarafoajén*
150 seats with 4 wheelchair seats. Entrance via bottom floor (level with the metro entrance), then half a floor up by elevator. Allotted wheelchair spaces apprx. 10 meters from the stage. Light and sound facilities.
Klarascenen*
200 seats with 1 wheelchair space. Three floors below ground level. For wheelchair access, contact the Information Desk for assistance. Hearing assistance via IR-system, ask the ushers in Klara Foyer for more information. Sound and light facilities.
Konferensrum 1
15 participants. Entrance on the third floor, elevator.
Kulturhustaket
400 seats with 4 wheelchair spaces. A 700 square-meter rooftop terrace in three sections: A restaurant and café (furthest in) followed by a cafeteria with tables and chairs (both rooms have awnings), plus a roofless open area with a stage. In heavy rain we relocate to the World News Café on the third floor. Sound and light facilities in the stage area.
Lagret
100 seats with 14 wheelchair seats closest to the stage. Permanent furniture on graded levels, partially slanting floor. Direct entrance on the bottom floor, level with the metro entrance. Hearing assistance via IR-system, as well as sound and light facilities.
Lilla scenen*
220 seats with 10 wheelchair spaces. Entrance via Klara Foyer, then a half floor up by elevator. Hearing assistance via IR-system, contact the ushers in Klara Foyer for more information. Light and sound facilities.
Repsal 1 & 3
50 participants, 1 wheelchair space in each room. Access to transportation via the entrance to Stora Scenen. Contact the Information desk for assistance if you need to avoid stairs. Wooden floor that should not be walked upon barefoot.
Stora scenen
The big stage: 680 seats with 5 wheelchair seats furthest back. The balcony is open only when needed. Entrance via an escalator on the second floor. For the elevator: go to the second floor via The Theatre Bar, up a stretch of slanted floor. Hearing assistance via IR-system, as well as sound and light constructions. Ask the ushers outside the auditorium for more information.
STUDIO 3
15 participants. Entrance on the third floor, elevator.
World News Café
80–100 seats. Entrance on the third floor, elevator. The World Café is an open café environment with a slightly elevated stage.
*A maximum of 10 simultaneous guests in wheelchairs may be in Klarafoajén (Klara Foyer), on Klara scenen (The Big Stage) and on Lilla scenen (The Small Stage), respectively.
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