New Putney Debates

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London Occupy is organising a series of debates from next Friday 26 October to Sunday 11 November, some in the church where the original Putney Debates took place in 1649. See http://thenewputneydebates.wordpress.com/

The ones that sound interesting are:

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Sunday 28 October

Venue: Putney Station pub, 94-98 Upper Richmond Road, SW15 2SP
Real Democracy
2 pm – The English Revolution, the Putney Debates and the making of the British Constitution with the Occupy Real Democracy working group
4 pm – What would real democracy look like? with John McDonnell MP

Sunday 28 October
Venue: St Mary’s Church, Putney High Street, Putney
8pm Light shining in Buckinghamshire
A rehearsed reading and discussion of Caryl Churchill’s 1976 play, which looked at the events of the English Revolution.  The second half of the play focuses on the conflict within the New Model Army between the senior officers (the Grandees) and the Agitators, who stood for the interests of the ordinary men and women. The Putney Debates reached their peak when a document called ‘An Agreement of the People’, prepared by those who wanted a democratic republic, was presented to the General Council of the Army.Geoffrey Robertson QC will introduce the play and explain the political background.

Thursday 1 November
Venue: St Mary’s Church, Putney High Street, Putney
7 pm – Land and democracy
Nearly 400 years ago the Diggers described the Earth as a ‘common storehouse for all’ and objected to land being kept in the hands of a few. Are landowners still oppressing the people today, and how should we respond?

West London branch should be able to cover these ones above in Putney. But this one in the East End looks a must for us to have our say. For North London branch?

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Sunday 4 November

Venue: Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London. E1 6LS
11am-5pm Capitalism is Crisis (Another World is Possible…)
The sessions on capital, power and the State will tell a story of capitalism. They will explore the character of the capitalist process that is continuing to tear up the planet and to exterminate its inhabitants. The purpose of the sessions is to investigate why we are doomed, and also how we might escape the doom. Speakers. Discussion. Workshop.
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/283364291772404/

Here's one on Monday 29 October from 6pm in Euston  that won't be interesting but which we should leaflet:

http://sociallyusefulbanking.com/

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