LSE Resist Festival public discussion
Date: Wednesday 28 September 2016
Time: 5-6.30pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Fred Harrison, Andrew Simms, Vivienne Westwood
Chair: Professor Nigel Dodd
Following on from her opening speech, The Rotten Financial System (Rot $) is the Enemy. We are the Opposition, Part 1, Vivienne Westwood will speak with Andrew Simms and Fred Harrison about paths of opposition to the current political and financial system.
Fred Harrison is Executive Director of the Land Research Trust, London. His recent books are As Evil Does (2015) and Rent Unmasked (2016).
Andrew Simms () is a political economist, environmentalist, author and co-founder of the New Weather Institute. He is a research associate at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, and a fellow of the New Economics Foundation, where he was policy director for over a decade.
Vivienne Westwood () is a renowned fashion designer and activist. She has always used her collection and catwalk shows as a platform to campaign for positive activism with regards to human rights and the effects of climate change and overconsumption.
Nigel Dodd () is a Professor and Head of Department in the Sociology Department at the LSE.
The Department of Sociology at LSE () was established in 1904 and remains committed to top quality teaching and leading research and scholarship today.
This event is part of Resist: Festival of Ideas and Actions, a campus-wide 3-day festival taking place at LSE from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 September 2016 hosted by the Department of Sociology at LSE. Through a vibrant array of events including public discussions, film screenings, workshops, soapbox debates and art exhibitions, the festival aims to draw a wide audience into the distinct ways in which the theme of resistance has been interpreted and understood within academic research, the arts, grassroots activism campaigns, student debate and mainstream politics. For more information on the festival visit Resist: Festival of Ideas and Actions, the facebook page and follow the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #LSEresist.
This project is supported by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.
Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEresist
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