THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY
Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated
Edited by Dave Clements, Alastair Donald, Martin Earnshaw and Austin Williams
Publication Date: October, 2008 / Extent: 208pp / Size: "B" FORMAT (198x129mm)
PB: 9780745328164
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A collection of short, punchy essays arguing that communities are alive and thriving, but not under government control.
There's
a variety of exciting Pluto events coming up over the next few months.
Unless otherwise stated, events are free of charge so do come along to
any that interest you. For more information please contact Jon on jonw@plutobooks.com
or 020 8374 6424.
Date
Event
Location
16th
October, 1:00 - 2:30pm
World Food Day
afternoon launch of Seasons
of Hunger. Action Against Hunger, Future Agricultures and
IDS team up for the Brighton launch of Seasons
of Hunger. Speakers include Stephen Devereux and Robert
Chambers, chaired by IDS director Lawrence Haddad.
Room 221
Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE
16th
October, 5:30 - 7:30pm
World Food Day
evening launch of Seasons
of Hunger. Action Against Hunger, Future Agricultures and
ODI team up for the London launch of Seasons
of Hunger. Speakers include Stephen Devereux and Robert
Chambers, chaired by ODI director Simon Maxwell.
Overseas
Development Institute
111 Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7JD
30th
October
Slow Food dinner
and talk. Join Slow Food Oxford and Geoff Andrews, author of The
Slow Food Story, for a delicious dinner and discussion
in an Oxford pub. For more details e-mail: muryel2@yahoo.co.uk
Revisiting
Marx: is Marxism still relevant? (Ralph Miliband public lecture
series). Massive LSE event to mark the publication of Pluto's edition
of The
Communist Manifesto, which features a new introduction
by David Harvey. Professor Harvey will be debating the contemporary
relevance of Marx with Professor Lord Meghnad Desai and Professor
Leo Panitch. Professor David Held chairs. More details on the LSE
website.
Sheikh Zayed Theatre New Academic Building LSE Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE
20th
November, 6:45pm
David
Harvey on The
Communist Manifesto. Professor Harvey will discuss the contemporary
relevance of the manifesto with Guardian journalist Seamus
Milne and Professor Frank Furedi. £8-10
Cinema 1 ICA 12 Carlton House Terrace London
SW1Y 5AH Tel: 0208 7930 3647
