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Sold Out: George Monbiot: Invisible Doctrine

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We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education, our jobs, our healthcare, our leisure; our relationships and our mental wellbeing; the planet we inhabit – the air we breathe. So pervasive has it become that, for most people, it has no name. It seems unavoidable, like a natural law. But trace it back to its roots, and we discover that it is neither inevitable nor immutable. Join George Monbiot to bring it into the light and find an alternative worth fighting for.

George will be in conversation with Immy Kaur, Co-Founder and Director of CIVIC SQUARE. CIVIC SQUARE is demonstrating neighbourhood-scale civic infrastructure for social and ecological transition, together with many people and partners in Ladywood, Birmingham.

 

Venue Information:

CROOKES SOCIAL CLUB
MULEHOUSE RD, S10 1TD

Parking/Public Transport: Crookes Social Club has its own car park on Mulehouse Rd with one disabled parking space close to the entrance of the building. There is street parking nearby. The venue is approximately 400m walk from the nearest bus stops on Crookes main road.

Venue Access: Access to the main entrance is via a ramp. Inside the venue is all on one level.

Toilets: There is step free access to a disabled toilet with space for a wheelchair.

Seating: This event will be fully seated. Wheelchair spaces will be at the front. We are happy to reserve seats to meet any specific access needs. Please let us know what you require eg. front row seat, end of row. 

Audio: A hearing loop system is not available at this venue. If you have hearing difficulties we would highly recommend arriving early to get a seat near the front where the sound will be loudest. You are welcome to contact us ahead of the event to reserve a seat.

BSL: Unfortunately we will not be able to provide BSL interpreters at this event.

Quiet Room: There is no quiet room but there is a separate bar & lobby area and some outdoor seating is available.

If you have any questions, reserved seating requirements or other access requests or concerns please contact us before the event at [email protected].

George Monbiot is an author, journalist, political activist and keen environmentalist, with a weekly column in The Guardian. His previous books include Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis and Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding.


Nesta New Radial and Ashoka Fellow Immy Kaur has spent her career following the threads of convening and building community; the role of citizens in radical systemic change; and how we can together create more democratic, distributed, open source social and civic infrastructure.

She co-founded CIVIC SQUARE, a neighbourhood lab and creative participatory platform focused on regenerative civic and social infrastructure within neighbourhoods. Immy was a founding director of Impact Hub Birmingham, which between 2015 - 2019 aimed to build a fairer, more equal and just city, through people, place, and open movements.

Part of our 2024 festival strand

Democracy

How can we reimagine our citizenship and our democracy?