We are pleased to announce Cory Doctorow has confirmed he will be speaking on the plenary panel discussing “Freedom and Democracy after the Market meltdown”. Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger. He is the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the bestselling ‘for teens’ novel Little Brother. He co-founded [...]
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Guardian debates UDHR 60 years on
Tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Guardian have been running a very interesting series of articles to mark the date. Particularly good are AC Grayling’s daily blogs exploring in detail the articles of the Convention.
Read →Tickets on sale 10 December
Tickets for the Convention are going on sale December 10th – the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Tickets are £35 and £20 concession including tea and coffee and sandwich lunch.
Read →Why this Convention is necessary
Two blogs posted on OurKingdom today highlight the necessity for this Convention as part of a wider debate about the state of freedoms and democracy in this country. The first comes from Convention co-director Anthony Barnett and discusses the disturbing arrest of Damien Green MP.
Read →Party for freedom at the British Library
Clare Coatman partied at the Taking Liberties exhibition and wrote about it on OurKingdom.
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