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practical economics conference – 23rd may 2009

To celebrate 21 years of anti-capitalist financial innovation
Radical Routes and Rootstock
present a one-day conference and workshops.

How can we protect our remaining social and ecological resources from the convulsions of capitalism?

Places are free, but booking is essential.
Click here to download a booking form.

Keynote Speaker
Paul Mason , economics editor of the BBC’s Newsnight

Confirmed Workshop Leaders:

Liz Cox from the New Economics Foundation on sustainable community economics

Rufus Pollock , Mead Fellow in Economics, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and co-director of the Open Knowledge Foundation
on free information and open economics

Chris Cook of Open Capital on innovative legal structures and financing

We hope also to have speakers from the Permaculture Association, Transition Towns Inititiative, West Midlands New Economics Forum and many more. Workshops are likely to cover gift economies, local currencies, co-ops and collectives, property in common ownership, anarchist economics, income sharing, etc.

We will be holding the Rootstock AGM during the course of the day. At the same time and again after the conference, we will show the newly released film, ‘Age of Stupid‘ , starring Pete Postlethwaite.

This event is supported by the New Economics Foundation and by other supporters.

Join us in the evening for our 21st birthday celebration, with Attila the Stockbroker, David Rovics, Wholesome Fish and the Carbon Town Cryer. The Anarchist Teapot Mobile Kitchen and Veggies Catering Campaign will be providing an evening meal and selling snacks and Brighton’s Cowley Club will be running the bar. Gig only tickets are £8/£4 concessions, tickets for the gig plus evening meal are £11/£6 concessions. Click here to read more about our birthday bash .

If you would like to book an info-stall at either the day-time or evening events, contact stalls(at)radicalroutes.org.uk

Conway Hall is in London, nearest station Holborn. It has a long tradition of supporting radical and left-leaning events.

Click here to read more about Conway Hall.

Click here for location information and directions.

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