REMINDER: Open Meeting 9th June

Thu Jun 5 11:18:16 BST 2008

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  London Social Forum Open Meeting

  WELCOME TO NY-LON? 

  NEW YORK AND LONDON AS NEOLIBERAL CITIES

  MONDAY 9TH JUNE 2008

  7.00PM

  ST ETHELBURGA'S CENTRE

  FOR RECONCILIATION AND PEACE

  78 BISHOPSGATE

  LONDON EC2N 4AG

  Nearest tube Liverpool Street (Central Line)

  Entrance by Donation (suggested 3)

  SESSION 1

  7.30 Kim Moody (University of Hertfordshire), author of "New York
  from Welfare State to Real Estate" will talk about regime change in
  New York City since the 1970s, and draw on contemporary struggles in
  New York City against gentrification and working class displacement.

  8.00 Doreen Massey (Open University), author of "World City", will
  examine the similarities and differences between London and New York
  and analyse the regional, national and international consequences of
  London as a centre of finance capital.

  8.30 Questions, Discussion and Summing-up.

  Chaired by Michael Edwards (Kings Cross Railway Lands Group)

  9.20 Short Break

  SESSION 2

  9.30 OPEN FORUM on current glocal struggles in London.

  Chaired by Pauline Rowe (Defend Queens Market Campaign, Newham)

  10.30 Close

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