| SWP meetings| Bookmarks events| movement events| demonstrations & lobbies| film showings| concerts and benefits
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Afghanistan – the forgotten war Day school with speakers (to be announced) | Sat 15 Sep | Room 101, University of London Union, Malet St |
| Manchester | Day school Followed by film showing | Sat 29 Sep, 1pm to 6pm | University of Manchester Students Union, Oxford Rd |
| Merseyside | Blair to Brown – change policy, not just leader With Moazzam Begg and others Organised by Wallasey Stop the War | Tue 7 Aug, 7.30pm | St Andrews Community Church Centre, Rake Lane, New Brighton |
| SWP public meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Chesterfield | The British working class – politics and resistance | Wed 1 Aug, 7.30pm | Assembly Rooms, Market Hall |
| Sexism and the system | Wed 8 Aug, 7.30pm | ||
| Glasgow | Who are the working class today? | Wed 15 Aug, 7.30pm | Jury’s Hotel, Jamaica St |
| Huddersfield | Is multiculturalism in crisis? With Weyman Bennett | Wed 8 Aug, 6pm | CoffeEvolution, Church St |
| Leicester | The shape of the British working class today | Wed 15 Aug, 6.30pm | Cafe Mozart, London Rd |
| Liverpool | Is multiculturalism in crisis? | Wed 15 Aug, 7.30pm | The Crown, Lime St |
| London: Brent and Harrow | Where does wealth come from? With Roger Cox | Thu 2 Aug, 7.30pm | Brent Trades and Labour Hall (Apollo Club), 375 High Rd, Willesden, NW10 (nr Dollis Hill station) |
| Is multiculturalism in crisis? With Anindya Bhattacharyya | Wed 22 Aug, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Ealing | Is multiculturalism in crisis? With Ken Olende | Thu 9 Aug, 7.30pm | Harvester Restaurant, Granville Gardens, W5 (Ealing Common tube) |
| London: Hackney East | Rosa Luxemburg and the mass strike | Thu 2 Aug, 7.45pm | Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (corner Lower Clapton Rd) |
| Turkey: democracy, Islam and the European Union | Thu 9 Aug, 7.45pm | ||
| London: Hackney South | Forty years since gay sex became legal – how do we make freedom real? | Wed 8 Aug, 7.30pm | HCD Centre, 62 Beechwood Rd, (off Dalston Lane) E5 |
| London: Newham | Zionism and antisemitism With John Rose | Wed 1 Aug, 7pm | Methodist Centre, Bryant St (off West Ham Lane), Stratford |
| The shape of the British working class today With Charlie Kimber | Wed 8 Aug, 7pm | ||
| Can capitalism run on debt forever? With Jacob Middleton | Wed 15 Aug, 7pm | ||
| London: Tower Hamlets | How can Palestine be free? With Simon Assaf | Thu 2 Aug, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St (off Bethnal Green Rd, opp Tesco) |
| London: Waltham Forest | The environment – Marxism versus the market With Kelly Hilditch | Thu 2 Aug, 7.30pm | Hornbeam Environmental Centre, 458 Hoe St (nr Bakers Arms) |
| China – the next superpower? With Charlie Hore | Wed 15 Aug, 7.30pm | ||
| Manchester North | Pakistan and the “war on terror” With Geoff Brown | Thu 16 Aug, 7.30pm | Ostrich Pub, Bury New Rd |
| Nottingham | The shape of the British working class today | Thu 16 Aug, 7pm | International Community Centre, Mansfield Rd |
| Preston | The shape of the British working class today | Thu 2 Aug, 7pm | Livesey House, University of Central Lancashire |
| Socialists and trade unions | Thu 16 Aug, 7pm | ||
| Sunderland | A rebel’s guide to socialism | Tue 14 Aug, 7.30pm | New Democratic Club, 34 North Bridge St (St Peters Metro) |
| 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 | Bad Men – Guantanamo Bay and the Secret Prisons With author Clive Stafford-Smith, who is the lawyer for 50 Guantanamo Bay prisoners. He will read from his book and talk about the campaign to close Guantanamo and release the men still held there Phone 020 7637 1848 to reserve a free place | Tue 14 Aug, 6.30pm | Bookmarks bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, WC1B |
| London: Clapham | Bookmarks summer party Booze, books and boules. Wonderful barbeque and salads, plus copious amounts of beer, wine and fruit juice £5/£3. Children under 12 free. Phone 020 7637 1848 to reserve places. All proceeds to Friends of Bookmarks Appeal | Sun 26 Aug, 2pm to 8pm | Maritime House, Old Town (Clapham Common tube) |
| Movement events | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| London: Euston | Organising for Fighting Unions – the public sector versus the market With Jane Loftus, CWU president (personal capacity) | Thu 2 Aug, 6.30pm | Room 2C, Kings College London, Strand, WC2 |
| Manchester | Public sector pay rally – fight the government’s pay freeze With Mark Serwotka (PCS general secretary), Jane Loftus (CWU president), Frank Hont (Unison regional secretary), Bryan Beckingham (Oldham NUT) Called by PCS, CWU & Unison | Wed 1 Aug, 6.30pm | Mechanics Institute, Princess St (corner Major St) |
| Preston | Trade union social | Fri 31 Aug, time tbc | Function Room, Last Orders Pub, Church St |
| Concerts and benefits | |||
| area | title/artists | time | venue |
| Kent: Whitstable | 30 years of punk and ska Celebrating anti-fascism with Love Music Hate Racism Free. 07947 424 505 www.myspace.com/lmhr_eastkent | Sun 16 Sept, 12 noon to 8pm | Old Neptune, Marine Terrace |
| London: Wandsworth | Party 4 Peace With Sam Beste, Arthur Smith, Paul Millns plus guests, Davide Sanna, and the funky ten piece Jazz4Peace Collective. Plus international artists’ multimedia work on Palestine £10/£5 on the door. £7/£3 advance. Phone 020 7223 0234 | Sun 16 Sep, doors 7pm | The Bedford, Bedford Hill, Balham |
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