Marina Sitrin

Marina Sitrin is an activist, writer and teacher, and currently a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. Her books include Everyday Rev

The struggle to defend La Famantina is forever: how social movements in Argentina are close to changing history

In La Rioja, Cordoba, Corrientes and elsewhere, activists are defending what they hold in common. In the process, they are also transforming their relationships with one another.

By Marina Sitrin

/ 30 Apr 2014

Thank You Pete Seeger

“We are not afraid…we shall all be free.” Pete Seeger died last night, but the power of his music lives on. One activist pays tribute to another.

By Marina Sitrin

/ 28 Jan 2014

“Being poor is not a crime:” transforming the struggle for housing rights worldwide

From singing in New York courtrooms to gluing door locks in Berlin: the struggle to protect housing rights is about more than bricks and mortar.

By Marina Sitrin

/ 24 Jan 2014

Postcards from a horizontal world

New social movements are different. Instead of asking for alternatives, they are bringing them to life.

By Marina Sitrin

/ 16 Dec 2013