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Artists for Brexit
Battle of Ideas
Artists for Brexit
Sat 13/Sun 14 October 2018
barbican, london
Members of Artists for Brexit will be taking part in this year's Battle of Ideas on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October 2018 at the Barbican, London.
John King, author of The Football Factory, White Trash and The Liberal Politics of Adolf Hitler will be discussing the roots of the current anti-establishment revolt sweeping across Europe on Saturday 13th October 2018
www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/from-italy-to-sweden-whats-behind-todays-anti-establishment-revolt/
Meanwhile Manick Govinda will be part of a panel discussion on the subject of decolonising society on Sunday 14th October 2018.
www.battleofideas.org.uk/speaker/manick-govinda/
Other members of Artists for Brexit will also be attending. Come and join us!
THE BIG BREXIT PARTY!
A Celebration of Democracy
Sunday 8 July 2018
6.00pm - 11.30pm (Doors 5.30pm)
The Troubadour
263-267 Old Brompton Road
Earl's Court
London SW5 9JA
Tickets at www.ticketweb.uk
£10.00 (plus £1.00 fees)

THE CIVIL TIMES EXHIBITION
The Troubadour 9 - 29 July 2018
We are busy preparing for our first exhibition, The Civil Times, which opens on the night of our Big Brexit Party. We are proud to be showcasing an amazing range of artistic talent. Come and enjoy!

Two Brexit related poems
The Oak
In summer the leaves bank up in clouds
leaving his lawn like a goalmouth,
shadowing his plans for alfresco dining.
The sun has given up getting through
so he will have it felled, sweep up
the ankle deep drift of debris once and for all.
The patio builders arrive to measure up,
the older one testing the seams of an England shirt,
a country he no longer feels he knows.
He watches them from behind his kitchen window
hands on hips in a stance of reprimand.
He hears something said about Polish pay rates.
He takes his sullen Labrador for a lazy walk
through the last meadows on his side of the river
before his son slams the door, drops his satchel in the hall.
He consoles himself with the memory that
he had asked him which way his father should vote.
He teaches him how to make cheese on toast.
He will finish his letter to The Guardian,
email his friend who sits in the Lords
then ring the man with the chainsaw,
ask him if the oak could be used to make the patio.
Michael Crowley
Young and free
When I ever feel afraid,
Or unsure of who I am,
I look at my great-grandad's pocket watch.
On it, is an inscription of the first two
Lines of the Australian anthem,
And a drawing of the First Fleet.
His name was Donald Hugh Mckenzie
And he fought in the battle of Kokoda,
Defending against the invasion of Queensland.
I never met him, but I’ve been taking
Care of his pocket watch for years.
And even though our times are different,
Our lives far removed,
I feel like this watch is everything I stand for.
The second line of the Australian national anthem:
For we are young and free.
For we are young and free.
Britain, when I landed on your shores,
You were neither young nor free.
For too long, your people have been
Bled dry,
Of their money, their identity, and
And their power.
My great grandfather was called to arms
To defend his home from invasion,
So how can I be afraid,
Of using my small voice to stand up
For you as well.
Yes you are an old country.
You are the land of my ancestors.
I wouldn’t change your old ways
For the world.
Instead, I’ll spend the rest of my
Days here trying to defend them.
Chloe Westley