Wednesday 9 October, 6-9pm
University of Technology Sydney

CONSUMERISM AND
COUNTER-CONSUMERISM

Thomas Frank speaks on the ideology of the "new economy" and business culture of the 1990s.

Listen to the forum!! (8 mb streaming audio)

Thomas Frank is the author of 'One Market under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy' (2000) and 'The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism' (1997). He is a founding editor of 'The Baffler', a magazine of cultural criticism (thebaffler.com).

The lecture was followed by a discussion panel of Sydney-based consumer and labour activists.

Panel: Tim Connor (NikeWatch), Peter Lewis (BossWatch), Julia Murray (FairWear), Vicki Sentas (Midnight Star Social Centre), chair, David McKnight (Research initiative on International Activism)

Hosted by the Research Initiative in International Activism (international.activism.uts.edu.au) andtheTransforming Cultures Research Group (transforming.cultures.uts.edu.au) with the support of the Australian Centre for Public Communication (acpc.uts.edu.au), Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (acij.uts.edu.au), and the Sydney Social Forum (www.sydneysocialforum.org)

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