[Anarchafeminists] MONDAY: Cafe event on Food, GM and Synthetic Biology

[Gail Chester]

Following our very successful session on Gender and the Politics of Technology and the last time on Austerity and Technology, please come to the next Breaking the Frame session - and see Chimera Publications' posters on Women and History as well as politics of technology.
---------------------------------
You are invited to the next in our series of cafe discussion events on the politics of technology (see below for list of subsequent events).  These events are preparing for a three-day gathering on the politics of technology in May 2014.   Please forward this info to appropriate lists, FB groups etc.  Apologies for cross-posting.

Best wishes

Ned Ludd
www.luddites200.org.uk


Breaking the Frame 5: Food, GM and Synthetic Biology



It’s hard to be indifferent to the politics of food, and that may be why the anti-GM food campaign was so successful.  But despite environmental concerns and accumulating evidence of health risks, the GM corporations continue to push this technology.  Their aim is to intensify industrial agriculture and their control over the entire food chain.  Now with ‘synthetic biology’, an extreme form of genetic engineering, scientists aim to industrialise life itself.  Come and discuss the way forward on these issues.

NB: due to an expected high attendance at this meeting, it would be a help to let us know if you’re coming to the event, by emailing us: luddites200 at yahoo.co.uk - please use that address and don't just reply to this email.

When: 7pm November 11th 2013
Where: Fairly Square Bar & Cafe, 51 Red Lion St London WC1R 4PF


Intros from
  a.. Jyoti Fernandes La Via Campesina UK

  b.. Laura Pearson March Against Monsanto London

  c.. Helena Paul Econexus

There will be an exhibition of classic posters on the politics of technology, produced by Christine Halsall of Chimera Publications.

At 6pm there will be a discussion group at Fairly Square on the politics of technology, to which all are welcome.  For more info contact luddites200 at yahoo.co.uk, or visit www.breakingtheframe.org.uk Facebook: Breaking the Frame


Breaking the Frame programme of events

Technology dominates our world, but many people think ‘its just a neutral tool’ or that technology = progress.  Although it does bring some benefits, most technology designed and controlled by corporate, military and technocratic elites to serve their interests and exert their power.  Luddites200 is organising a series of monthly events to look at the technology politics of food, energy, work, gender, war, the economy, health etc.  There will be speakers from campaigning groups and lots of time for discussion.  We are preparing for a 3-day gathering in May 2014 on these issues.

      July 8th Technology out of control? Drones, killer robots and the arms trade 
      August 12th Nuclear Power: Climate Chiller or Silent Killer? 
      September 9th Gender and the politics of technology 
      October 14th Economic crisis and austerity: the Role of Technology 
      November 11th Food, GM and synthetic biology 
      December 9th Extreme Energy (fracking, tar sands etc) and climate change/ Christmas Party 
      January 13th The politics of alternative technology and workers’ plans 
      February 10th Digital technology, surveillance and Big Data 
      March 10th Toxics and nanotechnology 
      April 14th ‘Mental health’, big pharma and the new eugenics 


When: 7pm 2nd Monday of the month
Where: Fairly Square cafe, 51 Red lion St London WC1R 4PF
For more information: Facebook: Breaking the Frame, or contact luddites200 at yahoo.co.uk




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/anarchafeminists/attachments/20131109/eca3abe2/attachment-0001.html>