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Of cakes and bakeries: the Lucas Plan and the politics of technology – part 2
The Lucas Plan: running the bakery This is the second of a two-part post looking at the Lucas Plan and the politics of technology. The first part looks at the context of the Lucas Plan in union struggles around technology … Continue reading
Of Cakes and Bakeries: the Lucas Plan and the Politics of Technology
This is the first part of a two-part post on the Lucas plan. This part sets the scene for the Lucas Plan in the anti-technocracy movements and union struggles of the 1970s. 2016 is the 40th anniversary of the Lucas … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriate technology, Arms trade, Automation, Gathering, Key blog posts, Lucas Plan, Military technology, Robotics, Technology, Unions, Work
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Lucas Plan 40th Anniversary Conference – Birmingham – 26th November 2016
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Tagged Birmingham, Events, Lucas Plan, Socially useful technology, Unions, Work
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Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Lucas Plan
Together with trade unionists and organisations from the peace and environment movements, Breaking The Frame is helping to organise the celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the Lucas Plan. The Lucas Plan was a pioneering effort by workers at … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms trade, Automation, Environment, Events, Lucas Plan, Military technology, Peace, Renewable energy, Robotics, Trident, Unions
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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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