The Melbourne Free University is launching a series of seminars at City Square on Tuesday evenings in collaboration with Occupy Melbourne. This series will explore questions of how our economy, society and politics can be organised differently, which have again taken cen...tre stage in the context of the global Occupy movement.
The series will invite academics, activists and other experts to explore radical practical ideas on how our world might be, in relation to topics as diverse as inequality, Indigenous politics, democracy, Australian politics, money, law, gender, climate change, economics and more. This series will run throughout summer on Tuesday evenings from 7-8:30pm, with a break for Christmas and New Years. Each session will follow the usual MFU format, and involve a 40 minute lecture followed by a 40 minute open discussion.
The first three sessions in December will be:
Week 1: 6.12.11
On Democracy and Human Rights
Justin Clemens (Melbourne Uni) and Jessica Whyte (Monash Uni)
Week 2: 13.12.11
On Climate Change and Environmental Politics
Peter Christoff (Melbourne Uni) and Davit Spratt (Author, Climate Code Red)
Week 3: 20.12.11
On the Anti-Corporate Movement and Occupy
Jeff Sparrow (Victoria Uni)
**NO NEED TO RSVP ** NO NEED TO RSVP ** NO NEED TO RSVP **
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About us:
The MFU is an autonomous organisation that aims to create a space for constructive engagement with ideas and knowledge for its own sake, rather than the more outcome-oriented education of the formal education system. We are completely free and open - anyone can attend sessions regardless of their qualifications, and we do not take enrolments. The MFU runs regular courses on topics ranging from political philosophy, to permaculture and sustainability, to indigenous issues, refugee issues, law, cinema and so on. More information about the MFU can be found at www.melbournefreeuniversity.org.
Occupy Melbourne is the local incarnation of the global Occupy movement, and aims to challenge the economic and political status quo in Australia. For more information see: occupymelbourne.org.