Global Justice Sheffield
Tuesday 25th March, 7:00pm
“A graphic novel, in this International Year of the Co-op, The Co-operative Revolution illustrates the history and enduring appeal of this robust business model.”
Come and hear Polyp give a unique glimpse into the creation of the graphic novel, The Co-operative Revolution, and hear more about it’s challenging ideas.
Venue: Quaker Meeting House (upstairs), 10 St James St, Sheffield S1 2EW
Event organised by DECSY.
In Conversation with Andrew Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability, Bank of England
20th February, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Professor Andrew Gamble will engage Andrew Haldane in conversation about the financial crisis, and will take questions from the audience. Haldane has been at the forefront of ongoing attempts to change the global financial system, leading the way quite radically at times. Last year, for example, he praised the ‘Occupy’ movement for questioning the banks, whilst he was recently described by The Independent as ‘the one to watch’ at the Bank of England.
FREE. See more info and register.
Venue: Firth Court, Western Bank, S10 2TN.
Organised by the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI).
After 3.5 years of campaigning by WDM & it’s supporters, EU negotiators agreed to introduce regulation to prevent speculation by banks and hedge funds driving up food prices and exacerbating the global hunger crisis. The new controls will place a limit on the number of food contracts that banks and other finance companies can hold, and will force traders to open their activity to greater public scrutiny. Full details
Saturday 15th February, 1pm-4:30pm
An afternoon of films and discussion: Whose food? Our Food!
We will be showing a selection of films giving examples of people around the world reclaiming their right to grow food; to choose, to access land, and to grow their crops. Films include Seeds of Freedom. Discussion to follow.
All welcome. No charge, but contributions to costs requested. We will also be introducing WDM’s new Agribusiness campaign:
Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW (nr Sheffield Cathedral)
Thursday 9th January, 7pm-9pm: Sheffield WDM monthly meeting & speaker event with Nick Dearden
NOTE: change of date due to the holiday period – meeting 2nd Thursday, not first. Return to normal in Feburary.
Nick Dearden, director of WDM, will be speaking at our monthly meeting, on Capitalism and the Commons. Open to all, you don’t need to be a member to come along.
We will also be discussing upcoming events and campaigns.
Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW (nr Sheffield Cathedral)
Collapsing banks, money being created out of nothing, the belief in endless growth etc etc. How can we make sense of it all, when there are widely divergent expert opinions? To use a phrase that Schumacher coined, how can we have an economics as if people mattered. Sheffield Steiner Group are holding a talk (Fri 15th) and practical short course (Sat 16th) to help answer these questions.
Friday, 15th November, 7:30pm-9:30pm
Making sense of money – financial literacy for free initiative
From bars of gold to money as payments on mobile phones. Do we have as citizens the potential to act as if we were central bankers?
Saturday, 16th November, 10am -1pm
Money unveiled
This morning session will offer an opportunity to explore recent financial events in greater depth, through the lens of some of Rudolf Steiner’s economic concepts, particularly the three kinds of money – purchase, loan and gift. (From his World Economics Course in 1922). Is money ‘the root of all evil’ or can it be understood and worked with, so that it
can serve real human needs.
This course is for anyone: lay people and professionals, who are interested in entertaining a fresh response to what has become an increasingly stale set of opposing hypotheses
Venue: Freeman College, 88, Arundel St, Sheffield S1 2NG
Costs. Talk. £5/£3. Morning session £12/£8.
Both events £15/£9 or pay what you can afford
*Arthur Edwards, MSc (Econ) gives courses in economics and financial literacy and is editor of ‘Associate!’ a monthly journal on associative economics – ideas that gave rise to the setting up of Triodos, a social, ethical bank and influenced the artist and activist, Josef Beuys.
