Occupy Wgtn: Political Lectures at Civic Square this weekend
Occupy Wellington Community Education Initiative presents:
Occupy Your Mind
Weekend of Open Lectures on Problems and Solutions for Economics and Environment
This weekend (29th-30th October) the Occupy Wellington movement is running a series of open lectures on problems and solutions for economic and environmental issues in Civic Square from 11am-3pm. Speakers include academics, professionals, and experts from the community. Lectures will address economic issues, including the proposed Robin Hood tax, the TPPA, the role of the media in the global financial crisis, as well as environmental issues, including offshore drilling, the Rena oil spill, and food justice. The lectures will be followed by performances by prominent local musicians. This initiative represents an attempt to stimulate the first steps towards a community-based democratic tertiary education platform.
Saturday 29th October
11am: Michael
Williams (Worker’s Rights Campaigner): Rena - Causes and
Consequences.
12pm: Mike Smith (Environmental advocate):
Economics, Oil and the Environment.
1pm: Grant Brookes
(Tax Justice spokesperson) – Introducing the Robin Hood
Tax.
2pm: Bill Rosenberg (CTU Policy Director): The
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and its Likely
Effects.
2.45pm: Dr Peter Thompson (Senior Lecturer,
School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies): Media and
the Global Financial Crisis.
3.30pm: Sarah Meads (Senior
Policy Advisor, Oxfam NZ): Food Justice - Social Justice,
Food and Climate.
4.30pm: Seth Frightening and Special
Guests
Sunday 30th October
11am: Dr Andrew
McGregor (Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Environment
and Earth Sciences) – Ethical Food Choices
12pm: Mary
Bryne (Fluoride Action Network NZ) Hazardous waste in the
water
1pm: Jimmy Green (Generation Zero) - Youth and
climate change
2pm: Miles Thompson - Understanding money
in the social network
3pm: Newtown Rocksteady Unplugged
with special guests Sam Manzanza and Matiu Te
Huki
ENDS