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Why Capitalism can't go green.
1.00 till 2.15 pm
Capitalism is simply unable to run on green lines, as its motive force
is expansion and domination, with no thought for the consequences for
the people or the environment. In this talk Paul Bennett, Manchester Branch,will
argue that capitalism is unable to cope with the ecological challenges
that lie ahead, from global warming,to depletion of resources.
Some writing on this subject
Pepper
Standard Bennet
Eco-Socialism
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Pollution
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The Tyranny of
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2.15 -
3.45 pm
Everything
is owned inside capitalism. All the land, the factories, the seas and
the farms. An equally pernicious aspect of capitalism is that it tries
to own innovations and ideas, and indeed passes laws to protect their
copyright.
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Copyright
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Tristan Miller, Central London Branch looks
at copyright laws and recent attempts to have ideas
free to all by
developments in the internet. The internet was devised as free
for all
to access but capitalism fears this development in the 21st century and
has tried to restrict free access.
Some more writing on this subject.
Chomsky
Miller
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Fresh
tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available all afternoon.
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Each speaker will
speak for up to 30 minutes, the rest of the session will be taken
up by questions and discussions.
Another Century of War
3.45 till 5.00 pm
The new century opened with the promise of a "peace
dividend".Tensions
between the Super-powers had relaxed and the risk of interstate war
seemed to have receeded only to be replaced by an increasing number of
wars within states.Wars in which 90% of the casualties are civilians
and 80% of those are women and children. Of the 50 major conflicts
fought during the 1990's small arms were the weapons of choice in 46 of
them..
Gwynn Thomas, South London Branch,
will argue that these are wars on the cheap
Some writing on war
Orwell Thomas
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