MENA-related Events Calendar

We invite you to attend a two-day workshop critically examining decentralised, autonomist, and federalist modes of political organising in West Asia and North Africa. The workshop aims to be a space of interdisciplinary exploration of historical lineages, contemporary manifestations, and future possibilities of decentralised governance in (post)uprising and (post)revolutionary contexts.

The workshop is structured around three core themes:  

• Historiography and Genealogy: excavating and reassessing historical precedents of autonomist organising in the WANA region, challenging statist historiographies.  
• Political Theory and Philosophy: articulating the distinct political thought emerging from these movements, exploring concepts of democracy, ecology, gender, and pluralism.  
• Contemporary Praxis and Future Possibilities: critically evaluating the successes, limitations, and future prospects of existing and emergent autonomist projects.

The workshop will take place at the University of Glasgow on 22 and 23 July 2026 from 10:00 am to 6 pm. To allow the broadest possible participation, the workshop will be held in person and online via Zoom. If you would like to attend the workshop, please register by following this Eventbrite link. There is no conference fee.

Organiser: European Legal Support Center

Weapons and military materials move by ships and through ports, companies, insurers, customs offices and government approvals. They move because governments allow them to move. They move because companies' profit. They move because, across Europe, business continues as usual while Israel continues commits genocide in Gaza.

This is the supply chain of genocide we must disrupt.

Join the webinar to hear from speakers from the Palestinian Youth Movement, BDS, BDS Italia, the Italian trade union movement, and ELSC Legal Officers on how our movement is working together to expose, challenge, and disrupt the systems that keep weapons and military materials flowing to Israel. 

The weapons pipeline is built across international borders. Our organising must be too.

The session starts at 13:30 New York / 18:30 London / 19:30 Rome / 20:30 Jerusalem. The event is free to attend, however registration is required. 

English and Italian interpretation will be available.