Resisting Monopoly Capitalism - Global Justice Now Global Justice Now

Mar25

When: 11:00 am, March 25, 2023 to 6:00 pm, March 25, 2023
Where: Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG View on map
Campaigns: Climate, Food, General, Pharma, Trade, Youth

An activist conference about extreme corporate power on a planet in crisis.

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Opening plenary: Understanding monopoly power

Closing plenary: Monopolies, the climate crisis and our alternatives

<hr /> Speakers include <ul> <li>João Paulo Rodrigues Landless Workers’ Movement, Brazil</li> <li>Julia Kosgei People’s Vaccine Alliance, Kenya</li> <li>Parminder Jeet Singh IT for Change, India</li> <li>Aurélie Trouvé French MP, parliamentary chair of left bloc <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ecological_and_Social_People%27s_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NUPES </a></li> <li>Ann Pettifor economist and author, The Case for the Green New Deal </li> <li>Anthony Barnett Founder, Open Democracy</li> <li>Nicholas Shaxson Author, Treasure Islands and Finance Curse</li> <li>Ronnie Hall ETC Group</li> <li>Yaz Ashmawi Extinction Rebellion</li> <li>Nick Dearden Global Justice Now, author of forthcoming book Pharmanomics</li> <li>Garfield Hylton GMB, Amazon worker</li> <li>Jyoti Fernandes Landworkers’ Alliance</li> </ul> Multinational corporations have grown wealthy by monopolising the resources we need to live a dignified life – whether it’s the food we eat, the medicines we need to treat ourselves or the technology which increasingly underlies our day-to-day lives. These leviathans set the rules of the game, forcing countries to compete with each other. This triggers not only a race to the bottom in terms of workers’ rights and environmental protection, but also leads the way to potentially devastating international conflict. As such, monopoly capitalism needs to be confronted on an international basis, as well as at the level of the nation state. The movement against monopolies is growing. Only by taxing and regulating, breaking up and taking over these private monoliths can we hope to reclaim our democracy, reverse inequality and leave a habitable planet for future generations. Join Global Justice Now and allies to discuss what monopoly capitalism is and look at the problems it poses to our food system, medicine production and communications, as well its implications for war and climate change. And we’ll look at how we bring these corporations to heel. Event organised by Global Justice Now with the support of the Balanced Economy Project. *If you need accommodation in London for the night, <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/HotelsList-London-Cheap-Hostels-zfp20241.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please check here</a>.

Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG