Austerity is devastating people's lives. The welfare state is under attack, workers’ rights are being eroded and poverty and inequality are on the rise. To the majority of the world, this is not a new crisis. The austerity being imposed in the UK and across Europe has been repeated across the world for decades. These policies make the richest richer at the expense of everyone else, concentrating wealth, increasing inequality and failing to serve the needs of the many.
But this is not a one sided story – people across the world are resisting these unjust policies. Join us for an inspiring day of discussion, film and practical workshops on the impact of the economic crisis and austerity - and resistance across the world.
Free entry, but please register at www.waronwant.org/conference
Lunch available in the lunch break (donations encouraged)
Speakers will include:
Emma Avilés, PACD (Citizen’s Debt Audit Platform), Spain
Alfamir Castillo, Women Sugar Cane Cutters Committee, Colombia
Adam Hanieh, SOAS
Andy Greene, Disabled People Against Cuts
Christina Laskaridis, Greece Debt Audit Commission
Hugh Lanning, deputy general secretary, PCS
Nick Dearden, director, Jubilee Debt Campaign
John Hilary, executive director, War on Want
Ellie Mae O'Hagan, Unite the Union's community membership project
Hannah Griffiths, head of campaigns and policy, World Development Movement
and more to be announced.
This free activist conference is organised by the World Development Movement, War on Want, People and Planet, Jubilee Debt Campaign, Trade Justice Movement, Bretton Woods Project and the Public and Commercial Services Union.
