Criminalising Climate Defenders
March 31 @ 09:30 - 16:45 UTC+2
When: Friday, 31 March at 9.30am – 4.45pm
Where: The Octagon, Queens Building, Queen Mary University of London, 327 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS (view map)
About
Exceptional police powers being used more frequently against climate protesters. The UK government is expanding those powers to arrest, detail and convict climate protesters. How should academics and activists respond?
This conference will discuss and debate the following topics: peoples’ experiences of policing and incarceration; campaigns of resistance to criminalisation; histories of struggles for justice; and the task of building movements for social justice.
Speakers include:
Tina Rothery, Nanas Against Fracking
Clare Farrell and Sophie Cowen, Extinction Rebellion
Damien Short, School of Advanced Study
lowkey, rapper and activist
Andrea Brock, University of Sussex
Ewa Jasiewicz, Healing Justice London
Connor Woodman, Independent researcher
Adam Elliot Cooper, QMUL
Steven Speed, Journalist
Asad Rehman, War on Want
Sasha Josette, Breathe Community Organising for Climate Justice
Camille Barbagallo, Sunrise Project
More speakers to be confirmed soon.
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