‘Plunder of the Commons’: Free Community Seminar

Tue 19 Nov 2019 6:00pm7:00pm

Presented by Professor Guy Standing, best-selling author of Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth and The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class.

Professor Standing’s latest book Plunder of the Commons questions the commodification of our shared wealth, from the air we breathe, to the water we drink to the public spaces we all use. Guy’s talk will address these themes and outline a future vision and practical steps on how we might collectively reclaim and expand the Commons for present and future generations.

Date: Tuesday 19 November 2019
Time: 5.30–6pm light refreshments, 6–7pm public lecture followed by Q&A
Venue: Community Hall (disability access), Corner of Vulture and Sussex Streets, West End (enter via 11 Sussex Street)

RSVP by 18 November to Ms Julia Alldridge: j.alldridge@uq.edu.au

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Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. An economist with a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, he is a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences and of the Royal Society of Arts, co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), and Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum.

This seminar is hosted by Trinity Commons, a new partnership between The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Fortitude Valley, Anglicare Southern Queensland, and Brisbane City Council’s Community Development Team.

 

 

Contacts

Ms Julia Alldridge