28 January - Whose economy? Our economy!
What is 'economy'? What would a liberatory economy be like? This first session introduces ideas like the 'solidarity economy' and ways people around the world are organising to meet their own needs and build community power together.
11 February - Community and textile colour - winter red with madder root dyeing
Textile production is a lens into community structure throughout the ages. Together in this workshop you’ll get hands on pre industrial cottage industry style experience dyeing ribbons in Brighton grown madder root.
25th February - Land, enclosure and the food system
Vegetable grower and landworkers’ union member Rahma will share current issues in food production and agriculture in the UK. She will explore history of how we got here, and what a system less dependent on exploitation of worker and the land might look like and how we might get there.
11 March - Mutual aid
Mutual aid can be defined as collective coordination to meet each other’s needs, recognising that the current systems we rely on, whether governmental or nonprofit, are designed to leave many of us behind. What can we take forward in our own lives and communities to support each other and build a better world together here and now?
This session builds on what we've explored in the previous ones, but don't worry if you missed the others, everyone is welcome.