As we’ve highlighted in our Visiting Artists Campaign, the Home Office’s new points-based visa system has meant thousands of international students unable to start their courses on time, cancelled concerts and lecture series, and the growth of suspicion and surveillance on campus.…
POLICING THE PUBLIC GAZE: THE ASSAULT ON CITIZEN PHOTOGRAPHY A discussion about the growing restriction of citizen photography – by community safety wardens, private security guards and self-appointed ‘jobsworths’. The debate will take place in the run-up to the UK general election,…
November 2009 is the fourth anniversary of the introduction of compulsory Citizenship Tests for immigrants seeking British Citizenship. For the past four years wanna-be citizens have had to prove their suitability as British citizens by sitting a test on British culture, history…
There may be no overarching ban on photography, but there has been a creeping restriction of everyday photography – by community safety wardens, private security guards, and self-appointed ‘jobsworths’. Although shifting and vague, the rationale for banning photography in our streets, public…
The Home Office recently introduced new restrictions on international artists and academics visiting the UK for talks, temporary exhibitions, concerts or artists’ residencies. Visitors now have to submit to a series of arduous and expensive procedures to get their visa, and then…
This sports day will be an informal gathering of parents, adult volunteers and children in a suburban London park. It is also – unfortunately – an act of defiance against the growing mound of rules and regulations that threaten such ordinary events. The sports day is in celebration of spontaneous volunteering – and against all the checks, codes and licences that are now required for anyone who wants to help out with children in their area. Such everyday gatherings in local parks are key to children’s development and to community life. In particular, at the Manifesto Club we oppose the government’s upcoming…
Brighton members of the Manifesto Club will hold a picnic to protest against the city council’s regulation of drinking and social life, and to speak out for Brighton as a free and fun city. Time: From 1pm on Saturday 27 June Place:…
Brighton Manifesto Club members are challenging the city council to a debate on its booze control zones, which mean frequent confiscation of alcohol from city residents. This event will also launch a report, based on interviews with Brighton residents, showing the impact…
19 May – Freedom of the Streets? Booze and the regulation of social life – Salon, Huddersfield – Josie Appleton will speak to the Huddersfield Salon about bans on happy hours and public drinking, and what this means for social life. Partner campaign: Manifesto Club Campaign Against Booze Bans. Time: 6.30 to 8.30 Venue: The Media Centre, Northumberland Street, Huddersfield
Late July – Manifesto Clubnight – Celebrate the Freedom of Flight The dream of flight has long captured the human imagination – yet in recent years the vast expansion of flight has come to be viewed as a problem. Cheap travel is…
Speakers: Tom Mower, author of the Attention Please project, and one third of the design practice St. Pierre & Miquelon Clare Cumberlidge, founding director of General Public Agency Tim Abrahams, associate editor, Blueprint magazine Dolan Cummings, co-founder, Manifesto Club When: doors open 7pm. Discussion begins 8pm Where: El Ryan’s, 56 Carter Lane, London, EC4V 5EA. See map Cost: Free for Manifesto Club members; £5 non-members. Join the Manifesto Club. Download a poster for the event.
Thursday 25 June – Debate on Booze Bans, Brighton – Brighton Manifesto Club members are challenging the city council to a debate on its booze control zones, which mean frequent confiscation of alcohol from city residents. This event will also launch a…