Respect | Stop the War | Abolition of slave trade | SWP meetings | Organising Fighting Unions | Bookmarks events | movement events | demonstrations & lobbies
| Respect Contact Respect with any queries. Phone 0870 850 1978, go to www.respectcoalition.org, or email office@respectcoalition.org | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| London: Enfield | The new scramble for Africa | Wed 21 Mar, 7.30pm | Millfield Centre, Silver St, Edmonton |
| London: Hackney | 200 years since the end of the slave trade – what really ended slavery? With Weyman Bennett (joint secretary of Unite Against Fascism – pc) | Wed 28 Mar, 7pm | Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (corner Lower Clapton Rd) |
| London: Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea | Gun crime – what’s the answer? With Al C (former editor of Panther UK) | Thu 19 Apr, 7.30pm | Yaa Asantewaa Arts and Community Centre, 1 Chippenham Mews, W9 |
| Sheffield | Britain after Blair With George Galloway MP £4/£2. Phone 07969 692 975 | Tue 20 Mar, 6pm | Pennine lecture theatre, Hallam University |
| Stop the War Contact StWC with any queries. Phone 020 7278 6694, go to www.stopwar.org.uk, or email office@stopwar.org.uk | |||
| area | title/speakers | time | venue |
| Leeds | Day school With Lindsey German (StWC), Walter Wolfgang (Labour NEC), Kamal Majid (Iraqi writer) | Sat 24 Mar, 10am to 4pm | Civic Centre, Leeds Metropolitan University |
| Norwich | Tony Benn for Norwich With Tony Benn, Andrew Murray, Mell Harrison £5/£3. Phone 01493 664 499. Co-organised with CND | Wed 28 Mar, 7pm | St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain |
| 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade – what really ended slavery Organised by Socialist Worker | |||
| area | title/speakers | time | venue |
| Birmingham | With Paul Gilroy, Kevin Ovenden | Wed 11 Apr, 7.30pm | AfroCaribbean Millennium Centre, 339 Dudley Rd, B18 |
| Brighton | Thu 5 Apr, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Ship St | |
| Bristol | With Weyman Bennett, Paul Gilroy | Thu 19 Apr, 7.30pm | Malcolm X Centre, 141 City Rd |
| Chesterfield | With Richard Dhillon | Wed 28 Mar, 7.30pm | Market Halls, Market Square |
| Home Counties | With Weyman Bennett Phone 07903 239 999 | Mon 2 Apr, 7.30pm | Trinity Church Hall, Beaconsfield Rd (nr St Albans City station) |
| Huddersfield | Wed 11 Apr, 6pm | Coffeevolution, Church St | |
| Leeds | With Yuri Prasad | Wed 18 Apr, 7.30pm | Priestly Room, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry Hill |
| Leicester | With Ben Cameron | Wed 21 Mar, 6.30pm | Cafe Mozart, London Rd |
| London | With Paul Gilroy, Weyman Bennett | Tue 17 Apr, 7pm | Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, NW1 (opp Euston station) |
| London: Newham | Toussaint L’Ouverture and the great Haitian slave revolt With Ken Olende | Thu 22 Mar, 7pm | Bryant St Community Centre (off West Ham Lane) |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Toussaint L’Ouverture and the great Haitian slave revolt With Ken Olende | Wed 21 Mar, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St |
| London: West | With Anindya Bhattacharyya | Fri 30 Mar, 5pm | Kingston University |
| Newcastle | With Weyman Bennett | Thu 22 Mar, 7.30pm | Royal Station Hotel (next to central station) |
| Nottingham | With Kevin Ovenden | Thu 29 Mar, 7pm | ICC, Mansfield Rd |
| Southend | Wed 25 Apr, 7.30pm | Utopia Cafe,
Alexandra St (in the Royals, opp BHS) | |
| SWP public meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Brighton | The revolutionary paper in the 21st century With Martin Smith | Thu 22 Mar, 7.30pm | Brighthelm Centre, North Rd (corner Queen’s Rd) |
| Cambridge | A rebel’s guide to Lenin With Hannah Dee | Thu 22 Mar, 7.30pm | upstairs CB2 Cafe, Norfolk St |
| Chesterfield | Working class resistance in the 21st century With Mark James | Wed 4 Apr, 7.30pm | Market Halls, Market Square |
| London: Brent & Harrow | British politics after Blair | Wed 21 Mar, 7.30pm | Brent Trades Hall, 375 Willesden High Rd |
| London: Brixton | Working class resistance in the 21st century With Candy Udwin | Thu 22 Mar, 7.30pm | St Vincent’s Community Centre, Talma Rd, SW2 |
| London: Central | Is Britain becoming more segregated? With Anindya Bhattacharyya | Wed 21 Mar, 6.30pm | Camera Cafe, Museum St |
| London: Euston | Slowly killing us – capitalism, supermarkets and our food With Kelly Hilditch | Wed 28 Mar, 6.30pm | Camera Cafe, Museum St, WC1 |
| London: Hackney South | Our flag stays red – the East End against fascism With Simon Basketter | Wed 21 Mar, 7.30pm | HCD Centre, 62 Beechwood Rd (off Dalston Lane), E8 |
| London: Hammersmith & Fulham | Fighting fascism – lessons from France | Wed 21 Mar, 7.30pm | Palingswick House, 241 Kings St |
| Why has the “war on terror” spread to Somalia? With Charlie Kimber | Wed 28 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Lewisham | A rebel’s guide to Trotsky With Esme Choonara | Thu 26 Apr, 7.30pm | Bake House, Bennett Park Rd |
| London: North | A rebel’s guide to Marx Meeting for school and college students Phone 07788 513 563 | Wed 21 Mar, 6.30pm | El Rincon Cafe, 235 Holloway Rd |
| London: South East | A rebel’s guide to Trotsky With Esme Choonara | Thu 26 Apr, 7.30pm | Bake House, Bennett Park, Blackheath |
| London: Tottenham & Green Lanes | Are the neocons in crisis? | Thu 22 Mar, 7.30pm | Kitap Evi Book House, 410 Tottenham High Rd |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Are the neocons in crisis? With Chris Harman | Wed 28 Mar, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St |
| London: Waltham Forest | A rebel’s guide to Trotsky With Esme Choonara | Wed 21 Mar, 7.30pm | Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe St (nr Bakers Arms) |
| London: Woolwich | Where is capitalism going? | Wed 28 Mar, 7.30pm | Glyndon Community Centre, Plumstead |
| Manchester North | Is China becoming the world global superpower? | Thu 29 Mar, 7.30pm | The Ostrich, Bury Rd |
| Wolverhampton | 30 years since the battle of Lewisham – how do we stop the fascists today? With Paul Holborow | Thu 29 Mar, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St |
| Organising Fighting Unions regional meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| London | With Tony Benn, John McDonnell MP, Mark Serwotka, Paul Mackney, Linda Smith, John Rees | Tue 1 May, 6.30pm | Friends House, Euston Rd (opp Euston Stn) |
| Bookmarks events Events held at bookshop, except where indicated. Bookmarks bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury St, WC1. To reserve places phone 020 7637 1848 or email events@bookmarks.uk.com | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| London | Xala (1975) Red Friday film showing of Ousmane Sembène’s satirical film about post-colonial Senegal. Introduced by Ken Olende £5/£3 | Fri 30 Mar 7pm | Bookmarks bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury St, WC1 |
| Live working or die fighting Launch of Paul Mason’s new book on how the working class went global Phone 020 7637 1848 | Thu 19 Apr, 6.30pm | ||
| Movement events | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| National | Campaign Against Climate Change conference www.campaigncc.org.uk | Sat 12 and Sun 13 May | LSE, London |
| Marxism 2007 A festival of resistance hosted by the Socialist Workers Party With Tony Benn, Gary Younge, Billy Bragg, Susan George, Lindsey German, George Galloway, Nick Broomfield, Michael Albert and more Go to www.marxismfestival.org.uk | Thu 5 Jul to Mon 9 Jul | Central London | |
| Bridgend | Who are the BNP? How do we defeat them? Workshop with Cheryl Green (leader Bridgend council), Carwyn Jones (Assembly member), Bethan Jenkins (Plaid Cymru), Weyman Bennett (Unite), Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Omar (Rahma Project) Organised by Unite Against Fascism | Sat 31 Mar, 1.30pm to 5pm | Glamorgan Muslim Community Centre, Dunraven Rd, Aberkenfig |
| Glasgow | Social work – a profession worth fighting for? Speakers include Phil Scraton, Richard Wilkinson, Ann Davis, Gerry Mooney, ‘The Glasgow Girls’ (school student campaigners against deportations of asylum seekers), Jelka Zorn. Second annual conference – for social workers, academics, service users, carers and students in social work Phone 0141 331 3126 or email socialworkconference@gcal.ac.uk | Sat 24 and Sun 25 Mar | School of Health and Social Care, Glasgow Caledonian University |
| London | John 4 Leader Comedy, music and political event to promote John McDonnell’s challenge for the Labour leadership. With Tony Benn, Matt Wrack, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Mark Serwotka, Jeremy Dear, Ken Loach, Dave Sharp of the Alarm, Lost Marbles String Band and more Go to www.john4leader.org.uk | Sat 31 Mar, 12 noon to 4pm | Shaw Theatre, Euston Rd, next to British Library |
| London: East | Art & soul – voices from death row Artwork, speakers, film showing and more in a fundraiser for the campaign to save US death row inmate Tony Egbuna Ford Organised by 4wardever and Injusticewww.4wardever.org | Sat 24 Mar, 4.30pm till late | RampART creative social centre, 7a Rampart St, E2 |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Trident replacement? Debate with Julian Lewis MP (for Trident replacement), Jeremy Corbyn MP (against) Organised by Tower Hamlets CND. Phone 020 8981 6871 | Thu 22 Mar, 7.30 pm | Lecture Theatre PP1, Peoples’ Palace, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, E3 |
| London: Waltham Forest | William Morris birthday party A celebration of the design legend and activist to draw attention to plans for cuts at the museum www.keepourmuseumsopen.org.uk | Sat 24 Mar, 12 noon to 3pm | William Morris Gallery, entrance to Lloyd Park, Forest Rd, E17 |
| International | Fifth Cairo Conference The conference is a key meeting place for those opposing war and occupation from Iraq, Palestine, Egypt and the international anti-war movement Go to www.stopwar.org.uk | Thu 29 Mar to Sun 1 Apr | Cairo, Egypt |
| Demonstrations & lobbies | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| International | G8 summit Protest against the world leaders’ meeting For info and updates go to the Globalise Resistance website www.resist.org.uk | Wed 6 Jun to Fri 8 Jun | Heiligendamm (nr Rostock), Germany |
| Concerts and benefits | |||
| area | title/artists | time | venue |
| Bridgend | Bridgend Loves Music Hates Racism With A New Day, Corporate Days, The Stanley Band, Mis-D-Meaner, The Guzzards, Blud Kunnektion, Weapons of Mass Percussion £5 | Fri 6 Apr, 6pm til late | Bridgend Recreation Centre, Angel St |
| South Shields | Love Music Hate Racism With Shake Ya Tailfeather, Acoustic Circus £4. Phone 0191 4541 234 www.lovemusichateracism.com | Wed 11 Apr, 7.30pm to 11pm | Customs House, Mill Dam |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Love Music Hate Racism With Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly £10. Organised by LMHR, in association with Axis Festival, NORSCARF, and UAF www.lovemusichateracism.com | Fri 4 May, 7pm to 11pm | Victoria Hall, Hanley |
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