Distaster Capitalism in Haiti Talk

Hello Everyone,

I will be giving a talk about Disaster Capitalism in Haiti, two years after the earthquake, at the Bank of Ideas on Saturday 21st between 12 and 1 pm.

Andrew Cooper and I have been discussing the opportunity to use the venue for regular Free School events. It would be great if people came along to discuss how we might use the space in the forthcoming weeks.

Two years after the earthquake in Haiti and only a fraction of the revenue raised by donors has reached the Haitian people. Half of the rubble is still lying where it fell and the most popular political party in Haiti is still excluded from the electoral process. Having recently returned from the 2nd Ghetto Biennale in Haiti, I will be speaking about my experiences there and parallels between the situation in Haiti and the slow disaster capitalism taking place here.

John

The Corporate Occupation of the Arts

Dean Kenning and John  Cussans will be speaking at this event next Saturday:

The Corporate Occupation of the Arts 

OccupyLSX / The Bank of Ideas

Earl St. EC2A 2AL

Sat 14th Jan 2012.  2- 6pm

‘Could there be a crueler indictment of an art world that is convinced of its moral superiority to mainstream culture than to be subsidized by one of the criminal financial forces that has brought our culture to its very knees?’
Mat Gleason

‘Art is the ultimate emotional branding.’
Brunswick International Corporate Communications Partnership

An afternoon of talks by artists, activists, writers and academics to explore the parasitic and exploitative relationship between art and capital. We will discuss the politics of sponsorship; activism against sponsors, Bloombergism, the transformation of the Art School and the ideological takeover of the dissensual values of art.

Business as Usual – Lacoste Bans Artist

Larissa Sansour, an artist who contributed to the ‘Boycott Bloomberg‘ publication we did in 2009 has just had her work withdrawn from the Lacoste Elysée Prize 2011 (and any mention of her removed from their website) for being ’too pro-Palestinian’.  See the work the offending work here and more on the story here.

Manuel Castells speaking at Occupy LSX

‘A SYSTEM OUT OF CONTROL DESTROYING PEOPLES LIVES’_Manuel Castells speaking at Occupy LSX filmed with my phone- 25/11/11

THE CANARY WHARF EXPERIENCE*****

Occupy London Tours presents…
THE CANARY WHARF EXPERIENCE

Tuesday 6th December.
Meet at St Paul’s at 4.15 or Canada Square, outside Canary Wharf tube, at 5.00. Look out for the tour guide with the umbrella!

Canary Wharf – one of the hottest destinations that London has to offer. Marvel at the sights and sounds of the UK’s newest financial district, from tax avoidance and bonus bonanzas to financial mismanagement and dirty tricks.

Join Occupy London for this unique tour as we uncover the true story of the mess we’re in…

Liam your Tour Guide

“Without doubt, the most exciting tour in London. Five stars”. The Evening Standard

Chad McCail ‘Monoculture’ at Portman Gallery

Plans for a Free University at the Bank of Ideas

Plans are underway to create a Free University in relation to the OccupyLSX encampments and the Bank of Ideas. There will be a planning meeting taking place on Friday 2nd December at 5 pm at the Bank of Ideas site in the repossessed UBS bank in Sun Street.