>
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>> Two major events for your political diary at the University of Leeds
>>
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>> Friday 29th June - MA in Activism and Social Change launch event
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>>
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>> Saturday 30th June - World Development Movement annual conference
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>>
>> Friday 29th June - launch event for the new MA in Activism and Social
>> Change
>>
>>
>>
>> In September 2007, a brand new Masters programme in global social
>> justice is being launched at the University of Leeds. This innovative
>> course brings together the worlds of academia and radical social
>> campaigning and is being supported by the World Development Movement.
>>
>>
>>
>> Key features include: an introduction to key thinkers and ideas in
>> achieving social justice; an overview of social movement struggles
>> across the world; a grounding in methods relevant to campaigning and
>> researching for social change; action research placements; and guest
>> lectures and workshops by journalists, campaigners, and activists.
>>
>>
>>
>> To publicly launch the new programme, we have organised two free
>> events
>> on Friday 29th June:
>>
>>
>>
>> 4pm Seminar: 'Enclosures and Indigenous Resistance':
>> Speakers from the Six Nations of the Grand River Haudenosaunee
>> reserve
>> in Ontario, Canada'
>>
>>
>>
>> VENUE Geography Lecture Theatre, East Building, School of
>> Geography, University of Leeds
>>
>>
>>
>> 6pm Public lecture: 'Activism and the Academy:
>> Challenging neoliberalism inside, outside and against the university'
>>
>>
>>
>> Speakers include: George Monbiot, journalist / campaigner;
>>
>> Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, educator, novelist, former Kenyan political
>> prisoner
>>
>>
>>
>> VENUE Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler
>> Building, University of Leeds
>>
>> (followed by wine reception)
>>
>>
>>
>> To book your place, please contact Andrew Poole
>> a.t.poole@??? /
>> 0113 343 6755
>>
>>
>>
>> We have had a huge number of applications but we are still
>> recruiting -
>> see the leaflet enclosed for more information or visit
>> www.activismsocialchange.org.uk
>> <http://www.activismsocialchange.org.uk/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday 30th June - Whose Rules Rule? World Development Movement
>> Conference
>>
>>
>>
>> The World Development Movement's conference this year is at the
>> University of Leeds in association with the School of Geography.
>>
>>
>>
>> The conference will use the 2007 bicentenary of the parliamentary
>> abolition of the transatlantic slave trade as an opportunity to
>> explore
>> the lessons to be learned from the struggle to end the slave trade
>> and
>> share our vision of how today's inequality is built on past abuses of
>> power. And we will celebrate the unsung heroes of the fight against
>> historical and contemporary injustice.
>>
>>
>>
>> The day will involve keynote speakers addressing attendees in a
>> plenary
>> session as well as a wide variety of smaller sessions focussing on
>> issues ranging from apartheid to climate justice, and women's
>> rights to
>> anti-water privatisation campaigns.
>>
>>
>>
>> We have an excellent line-up of keynote speakers, including
>> journalist
>> George Monbiot, Kenyan writer and educator, Ngugi wa Thiong'o,
>> political
>> economist, and Mohau Pheko (coordinator of the African Gender and
>> Trade
>> Network).
>>
>>
>>
>> The conference opens from 12.30pm with registration, stalls and a
>> striking exhibition by photographer Katharina Mouratidi on the theme
>> 'The Other Globalisation' in the Parkinson Court. The smaller
>> sessions
>> will be led by experienced campaigners and activists, to explore
>> topics
>> including:
>>
>>
>>
>> * Reparations and the legacy of enslavement
>> * Apartheid
>> * Climate justice
>> * Struggles against privatisation
>> * Music and protest
>> * Women's rights
>> * Migration
>>
>>
>>
>> After a tea break and further opportunity to browse the campaign
>> stalls,
>> the plenary will take place in the Conference Auditorium, ending
>> at 6pm.
>>
>>
>>
>> For full details and to book your free place, go to:
>>
>>
>>
>> www.wdm.org.uk/wrr or call 0800 328 2153
>>
>>
>>
>> With best wishes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Katharine Talbot
>> Stuart Hodkinson
>>
>> World Development Movement
>> Paul Chatterton
>>
>> katharine@???
>> School of Geography
>>
>>
>> s.n.hodkinson@???
>>
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