The LIDN Weekly Roundup #30
Something to read that celebrates Black History Month 2019 through Arts and Culture across London and throughout the UK.
Something to watch from IDS Sussex — Global development challenges: towards a politics of hope, discuses critical challenges, from climate, environment and pandemics to conflict, anti-migration policies and rising inequalities, together with backlashes against rights and justice, a rise in authoritarian populism, and the closing down of genuine democratic spaces — and what can be done about them.
Something to do — an event at LSE on Black and Postcolonial Feminist Connections marks the re-launch of the Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies research group
Something to listen to — Prof Brian Cox and co at the Infinite Monkey Cage tackle the question of The Future of Humanity
Someone to follow — our (briefly) former Minister for International Development has announced he’s running as an independent for Mayor of London. Do follow him and the party candidates to see whether they can raise the bar of the debate in UK politics.
