EVENTS IN JANUARY & FEBRUARY

As part of the Association's Community Outreach, the following events will be held at

HUMANIST HOUSE

10 Shepherd Street, Broadway NSW
UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

EXTERNAL EVENT: OPEN FORUM
"In Over Our Heads"

Wednesday, 16 February. 8:00 - 9:30pm
Speaker: Joe Nagy

A retired international banker, private investment coach, co-convenor of Politics in the Pub & active member of the Association who has spoken several times on banking & finance.
An entrance fee of $4 includes a light supper after this event.

PRIVATE VIEWING & DISCUSSION:

The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire
Saturday, 2nd February. 2:00 - 5:00 pm

A documentary released in Mexico during May 2017 which details the transformation of the UK as a colonial super power to a global financial power. It suggests that the City of London Corporation and its banks have done tremendous damage to the world economy since the 1960s and that up to half of all offshore wealth (globally) is hidden in one of many British offshore jurisdictions. With contributions from leading experts, academics, former insiders and campaigners for social justice, the film claims to highlight how in the world of international finance, corruption and secrecy have prevailed over regulation and transparency, and the UK is right at the heart of this.

The film was co-produced by Tax Justice Network founder John Christensen, and is based in part on the book, Treasure Islands, by expert on British offshore havens Nicholas Shaxson; an interview with Shaxson is one of its major elements. Christensen was an advisor to the Queen’s government of the island of Jersey for a number of years.

READING COURSE: CONDITION OF LABOUR
“INTRODUCTION & CHAPTER ONE.”
Friday, 8th February. 2:00 - 5:00 pm.
Conference Room. Association for Good Government
Henry George House
122 Little Eveleigh Street Redfern NSW


INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGIC PLANNING
Sunday, 10th February. 2:00 - 4:00
Conference Room. Association for Good Government
Henry George House.
122 Little Eveleigh Street Redfern NSW

Information technology has been growing by leaps and bounds and has posed challenges to even the oldest & most experienced institutions around the world. Members are invited to participate in an activity involving the re-design of the Association's website in order to serve the membership, its growing local and global network & public more nimbly and proactively.

SEMINAR:
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HENRY GEORGE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS
Sunday, 16th February. 2:00 - 4:00pm.
Speaker: Yogeeswaram Subramanian PhD Law (UNSW)
Associate Member, Centre for Malaysian Indigenous Studies of the University of Malaya

ECONOMIC HISTORY I:
THE CRADLES & CYCLES OF CIVILISATION

Sunday, 17th February. 2:00 - 5:00 pm

This is the first of a series of four courses to help familiarise Georgists to the history of economic ideas as a response to the  sociopolitical milieu. This installment surveys the origins of civilisations, their decline and the recovery of some. the resilience of others & rise of new ones. Important to the topic is the ideas of locational advantage & fundamental choices of societies in production, distribution, trade & war as well as fiscal and monetary governance.

SEMINAR: 
HENRY GEORGE & THE INTELLIGENTSIA
Sunday, 24th February, 2:00-4:00
Henry George House
122 Little Eveleigh Street Redfern NSW
Speaker: Richard Giles
President, Association for Good Government

PRIVATE VIEWING & DISCUSSION:
APOCALYPTO
Saturday, 2nd March. 2:00 - 5:00pm.

Apocalypto is a 2006 American epic adventure film co-produced, co-written and directed by Mel Gibson. The film features a cast of Native American and Indigenous Mexican actors. Set in Veracruz, Los Tuxtla around the year 1511, Apocalypto portrays the journey of a young man named Jaguar Paw, an early Mesoamerican hunter and his fellow tribesmen who were captured by an invading force after the devastation of their village. They also must escape human sacrifice at a time when the Maya civilization is about to end. The film was a box office success, grossing over $120 million worldwide, and received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising Gibson's direction, Dean Semler's cinematography, the performances of the cast, and the portrayal of Mayan civilization. (from WIKIPEDIA)