Time: 10:00
Producer: Put People First
Price: Free
Get ready for linkages between the economy, environment and international development.
Bring along your ideas and links.
Surf to http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk
See you at East Reservoir Community Garden [1 Newnton close, N4 2RH]
Inviting academics, activists, campaigners, unions & policy makers to debate alternative policies to promote jobs, justice & a safe climate. Speakers Inc. Caroline Lucus, Andrew Simms, Sarah Jayne Clifton & more. Even before the banking collapse, the world suffered poverty, inequality and the threat of climate chaos. The world has followed a financial model that has created an economy fuelled by ever-increasing debt, both financial and environmental. Our future depends on creating an economy based on fair distribution of wealth, decent jobs for all and a low carbon future. So, come along, make the link between the economy, decent work, the environment and the global fight against poverty. Set an agenda for the future!
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THE AGENDA:
Plenary Session 1 - 10:00
Topic: The failure of a paradigm but has anything really changed? Chair: Jesse Griffiths (Bretton Woods Project)
Speakers: John Hilary (War on Want), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (PES), Diane Elson (University of Sussex), Lidy Nacpil (tbc, Jubilee South)
Plenary Session 2 - 11:00
Topic: What are the alternatives that work for people and planet
Chair: Nick Dearden (Jubilee Debt Campaign)
Speakers: Caroline Lucas MEP, Bolivian MP, Deborah Doane (WDM), Deborah Litman (tbc, UNISON)
Lunch – bring your own or available in the canteen - 12:00
Breakout session 1 – Jobs, Justice and Climate – 13:00
Topic: Our jobs or jobs for all? Chair: Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper).
Invited Speakers: Sarah Jayne Clifton(Friends of the Earth), migrants worker organiser (UNISON)
Topic: What does climate change have to do with the financial crisis? Chair: Andrew Simms (new economics foundation).
Speakers: Vestas worker, Catherine Howarth (Fair Pensions), Larry Lohman (Corner House)
Topic: What links poverty abroad with inequality here? Chair: Jenny Ricks (tbc, ActionAid).
Speakers: Richard Bennett (tbc, ex-BOND), Faisel Rahman (Fair Finance), Mel Whitter (UNITE local organiser)
Breakout session 2 – How do we mobilise? (three parallel sessions with ‘smaller’ group discussion of approx 150 people) - 14:30
Discussion leader: Noel Hatch (Compass Youth)Speakers: Jon Cruddas MP, Climate Camp rep
Discussion leader: Neal Lawson (Compass) Speakers: Jon Jordan (tbc), Jon Harris (tbc, Guardian), Simon Hughes MP (tbc)
Discussion leader: Glen Tarman (BOND) Speakers: Adam Price MP (tbc), Willie Sullivan (Vote for a Change)
Closing Plenary - 16:00
Topic: Taking alternatives forward
Chair: Asad Rehman (Friends of the Earth)
Invited Speakers: Tony Juniper (Princes Rainforests Projects) Billy Hayes (general secretary CWU)
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