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At The Gallery, Farringdon, London
70/77 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ.
(near Farringdon Tube station)
note new start time at 6.45 p.m. to 8.45 p.m.
We suggest you arrive 15 minutes beforehand in order to settle in with your glass of wine.
Entrance fee: £3
(£2 concessions)
MONDAY FEBRUARY 8th
Inequality and its Social Impact with Richard Wilkinson
There is compelling new evidence that large income inequalities within societies damage the social fabric and quality of life for everyone, and that inequality has an enormous impact on health. This raises fundamental questions about social and economic policies pursued by governments around the world.
Richard Wilkinson is a leading epidemiologist and his recent book 'The Spirit Level' has received widespread acclaim . He is on the steering group of the Equality Trust, an Emeritus Professor at Nottingham University and an Honorary Professor at University College. He will talk about the evidence on the impact of inequality and the implications for social and economic policy makers.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 22nd
What price Democracy? The hidden forces behind the Honduran coup with Dr Francisco Dominguez
In June last year, Manuel Zelaya, the democratically elected President of Honduras, was kidnapped in a military coup, and flown to Costa Rica. Honduras has long been an ally of the US, which is its chief trading partner, and maintains a military base in the country. However, during his presidency, Zelaya had moved sharply to the left, and there was a strong perception that he was becoming allied to the radical forces in Latin America. Following the coup, in complete contradiction to its avowed defence of democracy, the US took very timid and insubstantial steps against his abductors, and the future remains uncertain. Francisco Dominguez is the Head of the Centre for Brazilian and Latin American Studies at Middlesex University, and has broadcast and published extensively on issues within the region. He will discuss the current situation within Honduras, and its implications for the global political order.
Monday 8th March - International assistance to countries at war - the Democratic Republic of Congo with Dr Zoë Marriage
Zoë Marriage is Senior Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where she teaches courses on Security and on Violence, Conflict and Development. Zoë has researched extensively into aid and assistance in countries at war in Africa and into security, particularly with reference to the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is the author of Not Breaking the Rules, Not Playing the Game (Hirst, 2006). Zoe will discuss the security situation in Congo and how this has been affected by recent events such as the Transition period and the contested elections. She will then explore what the implications are for international development organisations and the countries in which they are based.
MONDAY, March 22nd
FILM EVENT - A Place in the City with Jenny Morgan and Firoze Manji
Nearly 17 years since apartheid ended, millions of black South Africans still live without sanitation, adequate water supplies, or electricity. In this film, shot in and around Durban, the grassroots shack-dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo – many of whose leaders are now in hiding – makes the case for decent services, and against forcible eviction. Producer and director, Jenny Morgan grew up in Durban and has made numerous films for TV about social injustice. In the discussion following the film, she will be joined by Firoze Manji, the executive director and editor of Pambazuka News, the innovative online newsletter which champions human rights and civil society organisations in Africa.
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