Felicity Lawrence
21 November, 2016 - 18:45
Many commentators were shocked by the Brexit vote and branded British voters who wanted to leave the EU xenophobic and/or stupid. Having spent over a decade reporting from some of the UK’s hotspots for migration from Europe, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa, and having investigated supply chains in Southern and Eastern Europe, Africa and South East Asia, Felicity Lawrence was writing before the referendum about the more complex motivations of local populations turning against globalisation and the institutions that promote it.
A Guardian special correspondent and author of the bestselling books about the global food business, Not on the Label and Eat Your Heart Out , she has tracked the casualisation of work globally and followed some of the transnational crime that now runs a significant part of labour supply to the mainstream economy in developed countries. The response of many voters has been to turn to the right, but it is precisely the hard right with its ideological obsession with shrinking the state and curtailing labour rights that has created a vacuum in which criminal activity and illegal employment has flourished. Recent articles include “The Gangsters on our Doorstep“ and “Don’t keep migrant workers out, strengthen workers rights”
Plus informations : http://www.mondediplofriends.org.uk/2016/brexit-vote-and-european-populist-movements-link-migration-and-globalisation
Format of the Talks
The talks begin at 6.45pm and end around 8.30pm giving plenty of time for questions and discussion. Entrance Fee : £3 (£2 for concessions). Tickets on the door. Wine and soft drinks will be on sale and we suggest you arrive 15 minutes beforehand so that you can settle in with a glass of wine or fruit juice.
Finding the Cafe Diplo
The Cafe is at our usual venue at The Gallery, Alan Baxter & Associates LLP, 75 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EL. The nearest tube/overground station is Farringdon and from there you head up the hill into Cowcross Street. On the right hand side you pass the "Three Compasses" Pub and about 50 metres further on you will see some iron gates with a small Cafe Diplo sign. Inside the gate you will find the reception area. Link to directions to the venue.
Further details on the Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique website where you can see the future programme of events.