Global Justice Events in London: May

* Future technology designed to cut the carbon cost of air travel will be displayed to the public for the first time in a Science Museum exhibition, Does Flying Cost the Earth?, which opens on 15 May. On show will be models of the aeroplanes, the lightest new materials and advanced engine technologies.

* The Frontline Club is running a Congo Season, with talks (Demystifying the Congo/ The Rape of a Nation/ Lifting the Curse) and films (The Greatest Silence - Rape in the Congo/ The UN in Congo/ The UN's Dirty War/ Mission Impossible ).

Daniel Nelson
Editor

Queen and Country by Steve McQueen - a cabinet containing a series of facsimile postage sheets, each one dedicated to a British soldier killed in Iraq - is on tour, starting at the Royal Festival Hall.

13.05.2008 I strained and strained to enjoy In Spitting Distance. I felt sympathy with every ounce of my being for Taher Najib's tale of a Palestinian Israeli who tries to fly from Paris to his contested homeland on 11 September 2002.

Talks and Meetings

Tuesday 13 May
* Women ninety years on: a quiet revolution, Shirley Williams, 6.30pm, £7.50, The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1. Info: 7320 2222/ Library
* The role of the IMF in low-income countries and the role of low-income countries in the IMF: Time for a change?, Masood Ahmed, Alison Evans, 1pm, Portcullis House, Victoria Embankment,SW1. Info: Events/ 7922 0300/ meetings@odi.org.uk/ ODI
* Concreting the countryside, Simon Jenkins, Sir Peter Hall, Martin Crookston, 7pm, £10/£15, Royal Geographical Society. Info: 7591 3100/ events@rgs.org / 21st century challenges/ RGS
* The BBC, the licence fee, and the future of the UK PSB, Sir Michael Lyons, 6pm, free, RSA 8 John Adam Street,WC2. Info: lectures@rsa.org.uk/ 7451 6868
* New innovations in the control of neglected tropical diseases, Prof Peter Hotez, 5pm, Medical School Building, St Mary's, W2. Info: 7594 3729/ l.hollick@imperial.ac.uk
* Global Health Governance – Who is accountable to whom?, 4.30–6pm, UCL Anatomy Building, WC1. Info: 7679 2000
* Responsible Business Summit, Park Plaza Hotel. Info: Summit

Wednesday 14 May
* Honour Killings, Honour Oppression, conference with Diana Nammi, Brent Hyatt, Juliette Murray-Topham, Nazir Afzal, Sarah Pepper, Jasvinder Sanghera, Steve Allen, Baroness Caroline Cox, that will also launch the national 'Honour Crime' helpline, £40 organisations/ £20 ngos/ £10 individuals, Amnesty International Human Rights Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2. Info: 7490 0303/ ikwro@yahoo.co.uk
* Writing from the Frontline, Elizabeth Pisani, Polly Clayden, Corinne Squaire, on HIV/AIDS and public scientific literacy, 7.45pm, £10, Southbank Centre. Info: 0871 663 2586/ Southbank
* If I am Not For Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew, Mike Marqusee on his new book, 7pm, London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, WC1. Info: 7269 9030/ books@lrbshop.co.uk
* Israel at Sixty - What Chance for Peace?, Professor Shai Feldman, 7.30pm, £7, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2
* Management with a Pulse, VSO seminar, free, 6-8pm. Info: 8780 7500/ VSO Events
* Spotlight on Russia, one-day conference, Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, SW1. Info: 7149 3705/ info@chechnyapeaceforum.com
* Can Communities in the UK Coexist?, Professor Michael Keith, Steven Douglas, 7pm, £6, University College, Gower Street, WC1. Info: 7388 8822
* Palestine, Britain & Empire: 1841-1948, public conference to mark the 60th anniversary of the British withdrawal from the Palestine mandate, Simon Anglim, Eitan Bar-Yosef, Martin Bunton, Antoine Capet, Motti Golani, Matthew Hughes, John Knight, William Roger Louis, Michael Martin, Rory Miller, Heleen Murre Van Den Berg, Susan Pedersen, El-Eina Roza, Avi Schlaim, Penny Sinanonglou, King’s College. Info: mwhaymand@mbifoundation.com

Thursday 15 May
* The power of language and the politics of religion, Ali A Mazrui,London School of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2. Info: 7839 8157/ lecture@commonwealth.int
* Yan Lianke, dissident Chinese writer, 7.45pm, £7.50, Southbank Centre. Info: 0871 663 2586/ Southbank
* What kind of hypocrite should voters choose as their next leader?, David Runciman, 7pm, London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, WC1. Info: 7269 9030/ books@lrbshop.co.uk
* Lifting the Curse, part of the Congo season, 7.30pm, £7, Frontline Club, Info: 7479 8950/ Frontline
* Documenting Disappearance: Algeria, state terrorism and the photographic image, Omar D, Dr Anthony Downey, Nassera Dutour, plus short film, based on the book Devoir de mémoire/A Biography of Disappearance, Algeria 1992 by Chilean filmmaker Felipe Canales, 6.30pm, free, LSE, Houghton Street, WC2. Info: 7739 8748/ info@autograph-abp.co.uk/ Autograph ABP

Monday 19 May
* Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein luanches the paperback version of her latest book, proceeds to the Iraqi Federation of Oil Workers and Hands Off Iraqi Oil, 7pm, £7/£5, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, NW1. Info: War on Want
* Only in America, Matt Frei, 1pm, free, RSA, 8 John Adam Street, WC2. Info: lectures@rsa.org.uk/ 7451 6868
* Supermedia: saving journalism so it can save the world, Charlie Beckett, 6:45pm, £3, The Gallery, Cowcross Street, EC1. Info: 07984 178 193/ Friends of Le Monde
* Insight with Matt Frei: US Elections special, 7.30pm, £7, Frontline Club, Info: 7479 8950/ Frontline
* China Now, Chris Patten with Ha Jin and Zhu Wen, 7pm, £10, Southbank Centre. Info: 0871 663 2586/ Southbank
* Planning for climate adaptation: Futureproofing our public services for the changing environment, conference with Robert Maynard, Martin Parry, Joan Ruddock MP, Chris West, Barbara Young, Lynne Sullivan, £581/£346, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1. Info: 01462 744054/ adaptation@medivents.co.uk

Tuesday 20 May
* Breaking the Silence, environmentalist Rachel Carson fought a global war against pesticide use. On the centenary of her birth, Revisit her life in a provocative play, then discuss the issues raised, 7-8.30pm, Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, SW7. Info: 7942 4040/ tickets@danacentre.org.uk
* Where Are All the Radical Thinkers?, Peter Dews, Mark Kurllansky, Ernesto Laclau, Jacqueline Rose, Goran Therborn, 7.30pm, £12, Southbank Centre. Info: 0871 663 2586/ Southbank
* Slimes and death-dealing Damos: water, industry and the garden city on Zambia's copperbelt, Lyn Schumaker, 12:45pm, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1. Info: 7927 2663/ linda.amarfio@lshtm.ac.uk
* The Politics of the Budget Process in Latin America: Policy lessons for other countries, Carlos Scartascini, Prof. Marcus Melo, Prof. Bernardo Mueller, David Booth, 12.30pm, ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1. Info: ODI
* Use of PDAs in a field trial in Mwanza, Tanzania: lessons learnt, Aoife Doyle, 12:45 pm 1:45pm, 50 Bedford Square, WC1. Info: 7927 2018/ suzanne.saintrose@lshtm.ac.uk
* Remembering Nehru, Padma Vibhushan Dr Karan Singh, 7.15pm, Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, W1. Info: nehrucentre@btconnect.com/ nehrucentre@aol.com/ 7 491 3567
* Real England, Paul Kingnorth on his new book, 7pm, £5, St. John's Church, Christchurch Room, Stratford Broadway, E15. Info: 8552 993

Wednesday 21 May
* McMafia, Misha Glenny, 6pm, free, RSA, 8 John Adam Street, WC2. Info: lectures@rsa.org.uk/ 7451 6868
* Vera Chirwa launches Fearless Fighter, book launch, 7pm, free, Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2. Info: Amnesty
* US Elections, Matt Frei, 7.30pm, £7, Frontline Club, Info: 7479 8950/ Frontline
* China: Media, Culture, Politics & Changes Host Gallery, Honduras Street, EC1. Info: 7253 2770/ rsvp@hostgallery.co.uk
* The Missing Chapter - Cultural Identity and the Photographic Archive, Stuart Hall, Mark Sealy, Joy Gregory, Roshini Kempadoo, 6.30pm, Autograph ABP, Rivington Place, EC2. Info: 7749 1240/ bookings@rivingtonplace.org/ Events

Thursday 22 May
* Beat the Panel: Save the planet, root for the hottest environmental entrepreneurs as they try to get their carbon-cutting innovations past a panel of climate change and business experts; hear the straight-talking feedback and cast your vote for the best idea, 7-8.30pm, Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, SW7. Info: 7942 4040/ tickets@danacentre.org.uk
* The Crisis in Darfur, Alex de Waal, Nima Elbagir, 7.30pm, £7pm, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2. Info: 7479 8942/ Frontline
* Gandhi And The Middle East, book launch with Simon Panter-Brick, 6.30pm, Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, W1. Info: nehrucentre@btconnect.com/ nehrucentre@aol.com/ 7 491 3567
* Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World, Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart, Timothy Othieno, 1pm, ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1. Info: Events
* Women and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Vera Chirwa, Mary Rayner, 7pm, free, Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2. Info: Amnesty
* Reflections on climate change and what we can do about it, Sir Brian Hoskins, 6.30pm, Imperial College, Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus. Info: amy.thompson@imperial.ac.uk


Exhibitions

* Queen and Country, Steve McQueen's cabinet containing a series of facsimile postage sheets, each dedicated to a soldier killed in Iraq, until 1 June, free, Royal Festival Hall; then at the Barbican Centre 4 June–27 July before touring the country

* Once more, with feeling: Recent photography from Colombia, video, photography and performance by Milena Bonilla, Maria Elvira Escallin, Juan Pablo Echeverri, Juan Manuel Echavarria, Oscar Muioz and Maria Isabel Rueda, Photographer's Gallery, 5 & 8 Great Newport Street, WC2, until 15 June. Info: 7831 1772 ext 201/ info@photonet.org.uk/ Photonet

* Bangladesh 1971, photographic exhibition about the war of independence, Rivington Place, off Rivington Street, EC2, until 31 May. Info: Rivington
+ Seasons of films at Rich Mix. Info: 7613 7490. Details: see Film
+ Bangladesh war: history on show

* The Browning of Britannia, Faisal Abdu'Allah work is based on the mysterious life of a man with an extraordinary past, until 18 May, BFI Southbank Gallery, Belvedere Road, SE1. Info: BFI

* Helmand: The Soldiers Story, "the first museum exhibition about a contemporary, ongoing conflict", National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, SW3. Info: 7730 0717/ Exhibition

* Outside Edge, a journey through black British lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history of the last 30 years, Museum in Docklands

* 1968 on Record: a year of revolution, small foyer exhibition, British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1. Info: 1968/ Events/ 7412 7332/

* DeCarbonART, artwork by 14 artists and their young co-artists that "shows how the generations can work together to create a view on our environment as a precious thing", until 10 June, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, SE1. Info: 7983 4100/ London

* London, Sugar & Slavery gallery, new permanent gallery at the Museum in Docklands, No 1 Warehouse, E14. Info: 0870 444 3852/ 0870 444 3851/ info@museumoflondon.org.uk
+ London's dirtiest secret
+ Heroes of Abolition, display of photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica organised by hip hop photographer Jennie Baptiste who helped six young Londoners research the history of African resistance to slavery and visit Maroons in the town of Accompong, until 31 August

* Science of Survival, hands-on exhibition explores how the way we live will change over the next few decades in response to climate change, until 2 November, Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7. Info: 7942 4357/ Science Museum/ Science of Survival

* Atlantic Worlds, new transatlantic slave trade gallery, National Maritime Museum, Park Row, SE1. Info: 8858 4422/ 8312 6565

* Edward Burtynsky, huge photographs of industrial landscapes around the world, Flowers Central, until 24 May (for new documentary about his work, Manufactured landscapes, see Film)

* Lovin' It, photographs by Adam Hinton of the emergence of an aggressive consumer society in Shanghai, HOST Gallery, 1 Honduras Street, EC1, until 7 June. Info: 7253 2770/ info@hostgallery.co.uk/ Host
+ In the Ring,14 May, 6.30pm, Colin Jacobson talks to Adam Hinton
+ China: Media, Culture, Politics & Changes Within, 21 May, 6.30pm, Dr Kerry Brown and Hugo de Burgh discuss the changes happening within Chinese media and culture.

* Prague: Wandering Between August 1960 and November 1989, photographs, posters and flyers of the Soviet invasionuntil 30 May, Barbican, Silk Street

from 15 May
* Eco-friendly aeroplane technologies, Antenna Gallery, Science Museum, until 15 November.

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