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- Nuclear Power: Climate Chiller or Silent Killer? - August 12th 2013
- Gender and the politics of technology - September 9th 2013
- Economic crisis and austerity: the Role of Technology - October 14th 2013
- Food, GM and synthetic biology - November 11th 2013
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Category Archives: Event Videos & Reports
Lucas Plan 40th Anniversary Conference – November 2016 – Opening Plenary – videos
Welcome, from Mary Pearson (Birmingham TC) Phil Asquith (Lucas Aerospace Combine): Hilary Wainwright (Editor, Red Pepper): Tony Kearns, Senior Deputy General Secretary of the CWU (Communication Workers Union): Following the opening plenary there was a screening of an excerpt from … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriate technology, Birmingham, Events, Socially useful technology, Unions, Videos, Work
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Diversification from Oil, Arms and Nuclear to Alternative Energy – March – Videos
Some cities have suffered more than others from oil price collapse, job-losses and economic downturn. With it’s engineering tradition and skills base Aberdeen could be at the forefront of a dynamic alternative energy economy but instead politicians and business leaders … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms conversion, Arms trade, Events, Scotland, Socially useful technology, Unions, Videos, Work
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Breaking the Frame Gathering – July 2015 – videos and audio recordings
July 9-12 2015, Unstone Grange, Derbyshire. Organised by CorporateWatch, Scientists for Global Responsibility, Luddites200 and others. Opening comments Dave King opening & Jim Thomas from ETC Group on Skype Panel discussion: Dave King, Dave Derby and Barbara Jones 1: Dave … Continue reading
Women’s Gathering on Gender and the Politics of Technology – March 2015 – audio recordings
At the first Breaking the Frame gathering in 2014, women started developing a feminist analysis of the intersection between gender and the politics of technology and how it impacts on all aspects of our lives, e.g. in food production, work, … Continue reading
TTIP day of action – Oct 2014 – videos
Here are some videos from the TTIP day of action 2014: John Hilary – War on Want David Babbs – 38 Degrees Ludovica Rogers – Occupy London Sam Lowe – Friends Of the Earth Tracy Worcester – Pig Pledge … Continue reading
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Tagged 38 Degrees, Austerity, Events, Global Women's Strike, London, Neoliberalism, NHS, Occupy London, Protest, Technocracy, Trade agreements, TTIP, Unite the Youth, Videos, War on Want
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Breaking the Frame Gathering – May 2014 – videos and reports
May 2nd to 5th 2014, Unstone Grange, Derbyshire Skip to videos Over Mayday bank holiday weekend a wide range of environmental, workplace and social activists met at The Breaking the Frame gathering, to discuss how different technologies impact our lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Derbyshire, Econexus, Events, Feminism, Gathering, Gender, Luddism, Luddites200, No Dash for Gas, Nuclear power, Red Pepper Magazine, Scientists for Global Responsibility, Socialism, Stop Hinkley Campaign, Technocracy, Technology, The Land Magazine, TTIP, Unions, Videos
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Public meeting – The politics of alternative technology and workers’ plans – Jan 2014 – report
The January Breaking the Frame café discussion focussed on ‘alternative’ approaches to technology development by green and left movements but, as Patrick Mulvaney, who is an advisor to Practical Action (formerly the Intermediate Technology Development Group; ITDG) pointed out, at … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Appropriate technology, Biotechnology, Capitalism, Climate change, E F Schumacher, Environment, Events, Food, Illich, Industrialism, International Development, La Vie Campesina, Lucas Plan, Luddism, Million Climate Jobs Campaign, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Nuclear power, Practical Action, Socialism, Synthetic biology, Technocracy, Technofixes, Technology, Unions, Work
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Public meeting – Financial Crisis and Austerity: the Role of Technology – Oct 2013 – report
October 14th saw the largest attendance so far at a BTF meeting. Due to two speakers having to pull out shortly before the event, Dave King of Luddites200 stood in for them. The first talk was on the causes of … Continue reading
Public meeting – Gender and the Politics of Technology – Sept 2013 – report
The third Breaking the Frame meeting again generated a very lively debate. Well-known author and campaigner, Cynthia Cockburn, introduced the discussion, focusing on technology and work, and how it creates not only social class but also gender roles. Typically women … Continue reading
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Tagged Biotechnology, Commercial surrogacy, Egg donation, Eugenics, Events, Feminism, Gender, GM, Human Genetics, International Development, IVF, London, Monsanto, Reproductive technologies, Sex selection, Technocracy, Technology, Women’s Environmental Network, Work
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Public meeting – Nuclear Power: Climate Chiller or Silent Killer? – August 2013 – report
The second Breaking the Frame meeting on August 12th was lively and well attended, with a sting in the tail: following the three anti-nuclear speakers there was a brief presentation from a group called Environmentalists For Nuclear Power, which woke … Continue reading