Preview: September 2009

RSA Thursday - Freedom for Sale: How we made money and lost our liberty

John Kampfner, the acclaimed author of Blair's Wars and chief executive of the Index on Censorship, visits the RSA to reveal the truth about global wealth and its assault on international democracy and civic freedoms
Where: RSA, London
When: 10 September at 1pm

The economic consequences of Mr Brown

Join Stein Ringen and an expert panel at the RSA, as they assess the real outcomes of the past decade of a government. Are the lessons to be drawn more about the British system of government, rather than about the economic policies and actions of any specific administration?
Where: RSA, London
When: 14 September at 6pm

RSA Thursday - Class, Poverty and the Media: The Uses of Literacy today

Has the advent of mass literacy and education merely prepared us for homogenous pop-culture and a glut of thoughtless, superficial content? As Penguin issues a new Modern Classics Edition of The Uses of Literacy, a distinguished panel of commentators, including Lynsey Hanley and DJ Taylor, visit the RSA to discuss this pivotal work and assess its continuing power and relevance today.
Where: RSA, London
When: 17 September at 1pm

Cities and Citizenship: Surviving the 21st Century

First in a series of London Development Agency’s New Urban Agenda Debates in association with RSA Design & Society
What does it mean to be a citizen in the 21st century? What is the relationship between the way we design our city and our perception and experience of citizenship? Join Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, in conversation with leading social entrepreneur Lord Mawson, Professor Wolf Prix, co-founder of Coop Himmelblau and pioneering writer and journalist Anna Minton as they tackle these questions and more.
Where: RSA, London
When: 21 September at 6.30pm

The internet in society: empowering or censoring citizens?

As authoritarian governments exploit cyberspace for their own purposes, have we overestimated the internet's democratising power? Could the internet actually inhibit rather than empower civil society? Join Evgeny Morozov as he outlines the dramatically different ways in which the internet's potential can be utilised by citizens and regimes.
Where: RSA, London
When: 22 September at 1pm

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