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- Technology out of control? Drones, killer robots and the arms trade - July 8th 2013
- 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 Listings
The military use of radioactive and toxic metals and the consequences for public health – Bristol – 12th Feb 2016
Friday 12th February, 7:30-9:00 Hydra bookshop, Old Market, Bristol With guest speaker Jo Baker Come along and take part in some really stimulating discussion, learn about local campaigns and examine the deeper implications of emerging and current technologies within our … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Environment, Events, Health, Military technology
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Smart Energy Systems, Data, Demand Response and Democracy – Bristol – 5th Feb 2016
Friday 5th February, 7:30-9:00 Hydra bookshop, Old Market, Bristol With guest speaker Emilia Melville Come along and take part in some really stimulating discussion, learn about local campaigns and examine the deeper implications of emerging and current technologies within our … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Data, Democracy, Energy, Events, Information technology, Infrastructure
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Global Energy Politics and Policy – Bristol – 29th Jan 2016
Friday 29nd January, 7:30-9:00 Hydra bookshop, Old Market, Bristol With guest speaker Nikki Jones Come along and take part in some really stimulating discussion, learn about local campaigns and examine the deeper implications of emerging and current technologies within our … Continue reading
Email Encryption for Beginners – Bristol – 22nd Jan 2016
Friday 22nd January, 7:30-8:30 Hydra bookshop, Old Market, Bristol An ordinary e-mail is like a postcard without an envelope: anybody who can put their hands on it can read it. Unlike a postcard, an email is copied (rather than moved) … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Bristol, Digital technology, Encryption, Events, Journalism, Snooper's charter, Snowden, Surveillance, Technology, Unions
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Breaking the Frame Gathering – Derbyshire – July 9-12 2015
BREAKING THE FRAME 2: Second Gathering on the Politics of Technology, July 9-12 2015, Unstone Grange, Derbyshire. Book Online SITE MOBILE NUMBER 07591058499 Organised by CorporateWatch, Scientists for Global Responsibility, Luddites200 and others Come to BTF2 for a fresh conversation … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriate technology, Derbyshire, Energy, Environment, Events, Food, Gathering, GCHQ, Gender, Health, Infrastructure, Military technology, Mining, Privacy, Social control, Technocracy, Technology, Unions, Work
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Automation and the Threat to Jobs – London – 23rd May 2015
Automation and the Threat to Jobs: What Response from the Labour Movement? Event to discuss how unions can respond to the threat of robotics and automation. May 23rd (tbc) 2015, London.
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Tagged Automation, Events, Labour movement, London, Robotics, Technology, Unions, Work
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Radical Science and Alternative Technology – London – 11th April 2015
Radical Science and Alternative Technology: From the 70s to the Present. Discussion event with talks by the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science / Alternative Technology Movement and current activists. April 11th, 1pm to 5.30pm, Feminist Library, 5 Westminster … Continue reading
Women’s Gathering – London – 28th & 29th March 2015
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
Borders and Technology – Bristol – 20th February 2015
Borders and Technology: A look at contemporary and historical surveillance and control over the movement of people, plus resistance to it. Fri Feb 20th 7-9pm 2015 at Hydra Books, 34 Old Market, Bristol BS2 0EZ. Speakers include: Statewatch (statewatch.org), Bristol Radical … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders, Bristol, Events, Refugees, Statewatch, Surveillance, Technology
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TTIP: The ‘harmonization’ of regulation for the benefit of corporations – London – Oct 6th 2014
Negotiated in secret and widely opposed by civil society and community groups, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) calls for the ‘harmonisation’ of regulations between the United States and the E.U. Internet privacy and safety and environmental regulations in … Continue reading
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Tagged Events, Friends of the Earth, Hazards Magazine, London, Open Rights Group, Technocracy, TTIP, Work hazards
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