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Naomi Klein book launch

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Bestselling author Naomi Klein will be speaking at the Sheldonian on Wednesday 8th October to launch her new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs.The Climate. In the book she argues that climate change isn’t just another issue – it’s an alarm that should be alerting us to fundamentally broken aspects of our system. Tickets are £15 (£13 concessions). If you’re attending the talk you can also pre-order your copy of the book at a discounted price.

The Oxford event is from 7pm-9pm and is organised by COIN. Some members of Oxford WDM are making informal plans to attend the event together and perhaps go for drinks afterwards. If you would like to join us, please contact oxfordwdm@gmail.com.

Edit: Naomi Klein recently wrote a Guardian article explaining what inspired the book.

People’s Climate Mobilisation

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On Sunday 21st there will be a mass mobilisation to protect the earth’s climate. It’s happening all over the world to coincide with a global summit on climate change. In the UK, it’s organised by a huge coalition of different groups, including Avaaz, Fuel Poverty Action, Greenpeace UK and 350.org. There will be a march from Temple Place to Parliament House.

We’ll probably be blogging more about this nearer the time!  (It’s on Facebook too.)

Fossil Free Oxford rally

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The Oxfordshire local authorities and the University of Oxford have investment portfolios that include both direct and indirect investments in fossil fuel companies. But according to the IPCC, in order to avoid dangerous climate tipping points, 60-80% of known fossil fuel reserves must remain underground. They are “unburnable” assets from a climate perspective. Something doesn’t add up. 

The Fossil Free Future rally in Oxford demands a stop to the “carbon bubble”, asking organisations such as Oxford City Council to stop investing in fossil fuels and start investing in a cleaner energy future.  The march begins at 10:30 am from the Radcliffe Camera and finishes with a rally in Bonn Square at noon. This event is not organised by WDM.

Life before Debt conference: photos and more

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Photos and videos of the Life before Debt conference in March are now available online. There’s also a great blog post summarising the day on the Burning the Books site.

View videos of some of the conference sessions

Videos on the topic of Debt and Morality – when is it okay not to pay? featured four different speakers:

Andrew Ross on the morality of repayment

Njoki Njoroge Njehû on the morality of repayment

Rowan Williams on the morality of repayment

Sarah-Jayne Clifton on the morality of repayment

(This event was one of many we’ve listed on our Events & Meetings page over the past few years. This page is a list of upcoming events, not all organised by WDM but all of possible interest to Oxford WDM supporters. If you want to stay up to date with this kind of news, it’s worth bookmarking our Events & Meetings page  or just adding the whole site to your RSS reader.