Upcoming events
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clocked in, checked out
December - date and time TBC
We’re told that work defines the essence of who we are and the value we bring to society. Yet from ‘the great resignation’ to ‘quiet quitting’, it’s clear that many of us aren’t so sure what the point of our job is at all…
Join us for an honest exploration of bullshit jobs, workplace democracy, and how we can bring dignity and purpose back to our working lives. -
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Questioning capitalism
Friday 24 October, 6:30-9pm
The Phoenix Garden, London WC2H 8DGLove it or loathe it, capitalism is all around us; it’s in every day worked, rent bill paid, iphone bought and billionaire added to the Forbes list. But what does ‘capitalism’ really mean? Is it a simple question of markets and trade, or is there more to the system than meets the eye? Will capitalism raise all boats with time, or will climate change get there first? And in a global economy defined by capitalist institutions, is it even worth considering an alternative?
Join us as we unpack what exactly ‘capitalism’ is, isn’t, and — with some imagination — could become…
past events
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Turning up the heat
18 October 2024, 6-8PM
With a world quite literally on fire, the fight to halt an impending climate breakdown has become the defining political challenge of our generation. How should a climate movement balance mass appeal with necessary disruption? How can destructive economic systems be challenged while — for the meantime — we all need to work to survive?
Join our packed guest roster of activists, campaigners and academics from Friends of the Earth to Extinction Rebellion.
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Rental Advisory
10 August 2024, 6-8PM
Nearly half of all young people across the UK spend more than a third of their income on rent. In London, one in five spend over half of their earnings on rent. Is this a crisis of supply and demand, market failure or class warfare — and more importantly, what can we do about it?
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Democracy how?
1 June 2024, 6-8PM
Ever wondered why our ‘democratic’ system gives us leaders that are unelected, unpopular and incompetent? Or felt that your vote changes nothing, no matter which box you tick?
Join us for the first ever AFTER Party: Democracy How? to examine why our ‘democracy’ so rarely reflects the politics we want to see - and more importantly, what we can do to change that. -
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Bad Girls do it well
28 January 2025, 6-7PM (U.S. EST)
Women’s rights and freedoms in the United States are under attack. Our reproductive autonomy is being stripped away, and the rise of 'alpha male' culture seeks to confine us to outdated 'traditional roles.'
Join our rallying cry against these assaults on our rights, which try to push us back into positions of subjugation.
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Breaking the Broligarchy
28 February 2025, 6-8PM
With the increasing interference of tech billionaires in our politics, it’s a good time to ask: why do these men hold such a powerful sway over our politicians and institutions? And more importantly–what can we do to shield our democracies from ‘broligarch’ takeover? -
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The Kids Are Not (Alt)Right
12 July 2025, 6-8PM
From trad-wives to the ‘manosphere’, reactionary fantasies have crept out from the corners of internet subcultures and into the mainstream.
How should we make sense of online trends which glamourise a rose-tinted past? Does their popularity reflect an increasingly conservative young generation – or expose deeper and more radical frustrations with the status quo? -
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Open Space (with SPID Theatre)
3 July 2025, 5-7pm
https://spidtheatre.com/estate-endz/
After workshop on political expression and the ecosystem of change, part of SPID Theatre’s Open Space Event series.
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Summer Social
24 May 2025, 5-8pm
Join us for a little pre-summer social at the Edinboro Castle from 5pm. No hot takes or brain power required; this time it’s pints before politics and diet coke over discourse. If you’ve been with us before – come and reunite with familiar faces, and if you haven’t – come meet some new ones.🌻
