Socialist & Critical Geography Specialty Group

At 4:10 today, Nik Heynen will give the SCGSG Blaut Award Plenary. The talk is called "Echoes of Bombingham: The Longue Durée of Racial Terror, the White Mob, and Abolition Geography." Room *360*

SCGSG business meeting happening now in room 358!

Today we are announcing the first steps of a campaign to pass BDS resolutions within the AAG! If you are a geographer, AAG member, or part of another geography disciplinary organization, sign our pledge below to stay in touch about the campaign⤵️ geog4pal.org/pledge/

Join us at the AAG preconference hosted by Geographers for Justice in Palestine in Detroit!

CALL FOR ZINES! Get your zines in the 1st ever @theAAG Zine Fair, happening March 24-28 in Detroit! Find all info and the submission link on the banner at the top of our homepage: geoz.one. Please spread the word! If you'd like to donate to support us, DM me!

pre-conference workshop on Palestine prior to the AAG - see below to sign up for more information!

nominations can be sent to Dr. Peter Hossler by Nov 26!

as well as the continued state violence against Black and Brown communities in the U.S., struggles against urban displacement and police violence, labor exploitation across supply chains, and climate destruction disproportionately impacting the Global South.

SCGSG seeks nominations for the 2025 Blaut Award, for scholars whose work exemplifies the production of geographic knowledge rooted in collective struggle. scgsg.wordpress.com/awards/

Announcement of SCGSG student paper awards and travel awards: scgsg.wordpress.com/awards/

Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants, Call for Proposals, due date 31 March 2025 antipodeonline.org/a-right-to-the…

Dedicated to promoting critical analysis of geographic phenomena, @SCG_AAG explores radical change toward a collective society & aims to understand the impact of economic growth on environmental quality and social equity. 🔗 Join today: bit.ly/46CIloW #SpecialtySpotlight

for those of you in Hawaii, this event is Friday and Saturday: "Hatching a Moʻolelo of Transformative Justice" shared with us by the workers of Academic Labor United (along with several other organizations) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Reminder: Our business meeting starts at 12:10 PM HST / 6:10 PM EDT (20 minutes from now!). The meeting is online only and the link can be found in your email inbox, or via the knowledge community (via login) community.aag.org/socialistandcr…

Joshua Inwood will give the James M. Blaut Award and Plenary Lecture: “Finance Capital, Lehman Brothers, and the Geography of Racial Capitalism” from 9-10:20 AM HST / 3-4:20 EDT. In person Room 312 (Ni`ihua), Third Floor, as well as streaming!

Common Space, the SCGSG 2024 newsletter, is out now! Check your listserv inboxes for updates on our AAG happenings, including award winners, sponsored sessions, our plenary and our business meeting, and news from our members.

Love spotting Doreen Massey in the archives 😍 Collection of papers from the Women’s conference on Women’s Liberation and Socialism: “The Family and Capitalism — Strategy for the Women’s Movement” — Birmingham, 1973 [via the @LSELibrary]

Tomorrow!