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SUMMARY:Against the Law with David Renton
DESCRIPTION:Should we shrink the law? One of Britain’s leading social justice barristers puts the case against the constant expansion of the law into new areas\, and its greater control over more and more of our lives. \n\n\n\nSince 2016\, Britain has been ruled by populists\, who have promised to expand democracy and decrease the law by taking back power from abroad. Yet what these populists have actually done is institute a vast increase in new laws\, made by ministers and not Parliament\, regulating every aspect of our lives. \n\n\n\nAgainst this backdrop of ever-increasing laws and regulations\, Renton argues that instead of seeking change within the bounds of the law\, social movements should rather look to their own ability to force change\, their willingness to protest\, occupy and strike. \n\n\n\nAgainst the Law dares us to imagine a world in which workers are winning\, and ecocide is treated with the urgency that it deserves. But as this book argues\, this world can only become a reality if the movements of the oppressed choose to disengage from the law. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nDavid Renton is one of Britain’s leading social justice barristers. His clients have included Occupy protesters and blacklisted trade unionists. He writes regularly on law and justice for The Guardian and The London Review of Books. \n\n\n\nmore speakers tbc \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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SUMMARY:Mixed Narratives
DESCRIPTION:Laila Woozeer\, Natasha Devon and Jackson Bliss on creating a narrative framework to discuss mixed stories \n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn this conversation\, we will discuss our various approaches to telling mixed stories\, consider some of the existing frameworks for understanding the experiences of mixed people\, and weigh up how useful those have been and if they impacted our own choices in the writing and telling of our stories. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\nLaila Woozeer\, writer\, musician and author of Not Quite White \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaila Woozeer is a queer non-binary London-born writer and musician who grew up in rural Wales\, fully enchanted by the ancient magic found there. Laila’s work ranges from award-winning soundtracks\, off-the-wall theatre shows and original songwriting. Laila is a long-term vegan\, practising mixed-religion sorceress\, lover of all things pink and/or shiny\, rescue snake owner\, overuser of major sevenths\, and avid arcade gamer. \n\n\n\nNatasha Devon activist\, writer\, presenter and author of Toxic \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNatasha Devon MBE is a writer\, presenter & activist. She tours schools\, universities and events throughout the world\, delivering talks as well as conducting research on mental health\, body image\, gender and equality. \n\n\n\nNatasha is founder of the Mental Health Media Charter\, a Trustee of Student Minds\, a Patron for No Panic and an Ambassador for Glitch and the Reading Agency. \n\n\n\nJackson Bliss\, author and screenwriter \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJackson Bliss is the winner of the 2020 Noemi Book Award in Prose and the mixed-race/hapa author of Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments\, Amnesia of June Bugs\, Dream Pop Origami\, and the speculative hypertext\, Dukkha\, My Love. His writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Tin House\, Ploughshares\, Guernica\, Boston Review\, TriQuarterly\, Kenyon Review\, Huffington Post UK\, STAND\, and Hypertext\, among others. He lives in LA with his wife and their two fashionably dressed dogs. \n\n\n\nHOW TO ACCESS THIS ONLINE EVENT \n\n\n\nAn invitation to this online event will be emailed to you on the day of the event. We will use the email address used to register for this event. Confirmation emails and invitation links sometimes end up in spam folders\, so please check there before emailing the shop. Thank you. \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a copy of the book then choose the book plus entry ticket. If you’d like to support Housmans then please choose a solidarity ticket. There’s also a free access ticket for students\, low income and unwaged comrades. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP OR BUY A TICKET TO THIS EVENT\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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