A GATHERING ON THE POLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY
2nd – 5th May 2014
Unstone Grange, Derbyshire
YOU NEED TO BOOK -SEE BELOW
Organised by Luddites 200, Corporate Watch, and Scientists for Global Responsibility
Technology can bring some benefits for ordinary people, but its development is almost entirely conmtrolled by corporate, military and technocratic elites, so it usually serves their interests and reinforces their power.
The politics of food, energy, work, gender, peace, economics, health, etc are all shaped by choices about technology made by those elites. The whole way our society develops is massively influenced by technology, yet ordinary people never have a proper say in it. We're always left reacting to the technocrats' latest plan, whether it's drones, internet surveillance, GM food, fracking, designer babies or nuclear power.
We think all these issues are linked. So it's time for a more joined up and more proactive approach, one which addresses the root causes of problems and is not limited by the dogma that technology equals progress.
- We want to create a new politics of technology based on bringing together the insights of different movements and learning from each other.
- We want a human-scale technology that serves real human needs, not corporate bottom lines.
- We want democratic control of technology.
An world facing environmental meltdown and massive inequality -both caused byb 200 years ofn industrial capitalism- needs better solutions than more dangerous techno-fixes such as climate engineering.
Whether you're a technology politics campaigner, trade unionist, environmentalist. altech developer, artist or just plain concerned, BREAKING THE FRAME IS NOT TO BE MISSED.
YOU NEED TO BOOK
www.breakingtheframe.org.uk
email: luddites200@yahoo.co.uk
(020) 7426 0005
Accommodation is either in the conference centre OR camping (which is cheaper). The concessionary rate for camping is £36, which includes all meals for 4 days (it's a bank holiday weekend).
BUT if £36 is more than you can manage, we're committed to making sure nobody is left out for lack of money. So get in touch now. Rich people can make extra donations, of course!