Meetings, events and film showings

Imperialism, war and terror

area	speaker	time	venue
Barnsley	With Moira Nolan	Wed 7 Sep, 7.30pm	Barnsley Library, Shambles
Canterbury	With Martin Smith	Thu 1 Sep, 7.30pm	Canterbury Environment Centre, Palace Street
Central London	With Anindya Bhattacharyya	Wed 31 Aug, 7.30pm	Indian YMCA, Fitzroy Square
Hackney	With Martin Smith	Tue 6 Sep, 7.30pm	Round Chapel, Powerscroft Road (off Lower Clapton Road)
Huddersfield	With Moira Nolan	Wed 14 Sep, 6pm	Coffeevolution, Church Street
Leeds	With Candy Udwin	Tue 13 Sep, 7.30pm	Priestley Room, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry Hill
Leicester	With Peter Morgan	Wed 14 Sep, 6.30pm	Cafe Mozart, London Road
Newcastle		Wed 14 Sep, 7.30pm	Side Cafe, Quay Side
North London	With Simon Basketter	Thu 1 Sep, 7.30pm	West Indian Cultual Centre, Clarendon Road (off Turnpike Lane)
Waltham Forest	With Joseph Choonara	Thu 22 Sep, 7.30pm	Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe Street)
Wolverhampton	With Chris Harman	Wed 7 Sep, 7.30pm	The City Bar, Kings Street
York		Wed 14 Sep, 7.30pm	Priory Street Centre
Socialist Worker Platform Imperialism meetings — organised by the SW platform of the SSP
Glasgow	With Kevin Ovenden	Wed 31 Aug, 7.30pm	Jury’s Inn, Jamaica Street

other SWP meetings

area	title & speaker	time	venue
Birmingham	Bolivia and the fight against neo-liberalism With Chris Harman	Thu 8 Sep, 7.30pm	The Custard Factory, Gibb Street
Bradford	How dominant is US imperialism?	Thu 15 Sep, 7pm	Bradford Central Library, Prince’s Way
Brighton	Bolivia — is revolution on the agenda? With Joseph Choonara	Wed 31 Aug, 7.30pm	Mad Hatter Cafe, Montpelier Road
Cardiff	Bolivia — is revolution on the agenda? With Chris Bambery	Wed 7 Sep, 7.30pm	Restaurant area, O’Neill’s Bar, Trinity Street (near the Hayes)
Chesterfield	Latin America in revolt With Chris Bambery	Wed 28 Sep, 7.30pm	Market Hall, Market Square
East London	Bolivia — is revolution on the agenda? With Andy Brown	Thu 1 Sep, 6.30pm	Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, E2
Home counties	Bolivia and the fight against neo-liberalism With Mario Nain	Mon 5 Sep, 7pm	Trinity Church Hall (corner Beaconsfield Road/Victoria Street), St Albans
Liverpool	How dominant is US imperialism?	Wed 7 Sep, 7.15pm	Friends Meeting House, Paradise Street
Southampton	Bolivia and the fight against neo-liberalism	Wed 7 Sep, 7.30pm	Sir James Matthews Building, Southampton Solent University, 157-187 Above Bar Street
Socialist Worker Platform — organised by the SW platform of the SSP
Dundee	Latin America in revolt With Mike Gonzalez	Sat 3 Sep, 2.30pm	Braes, 14-18 Perth Road
Edinburgh	Latin America in Revolt With Mike Gonzalez	Tue 30 Aug, 7.30pm	CWU club, Brunswick Street
Respect Contact Respect with any queries. Phone 020 8980 3507, go to www.respectcoalition.org, or e-mail office@respectcoalition.org
National conference A two-day delegate conference will take place on Sat 19 and Sun 20 Nov at the Camden Centre, London (near Kings Cross). Details relating to the basis for electing delegates, delegates fees, submission of resolutions, timetable etc will be circulated later
Camden	ID cards — what do we think?	Mon 5 Sep, 7.30pm	Voluntary Action Camden, 293-299 Kentish Town Road, NW5
East London	Islam in Spain — the final solution Tariq Ali introduces his own film to launch Respect film nights. Followed by discussion Tickets: £4/£3 concs	Tue 6 Sep, 7pm	Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, E1
Halifax	Both barrels at the senate Video showing followed by discussion	Sat 3 Sep, 5.30pm	Raven Street Community Centre (off Queens Road)
Hebden Bridge	Why we need Respect	Thu 15 Sep 7.30pm	Hope Street Baptist Hall
Bookmarks events
Edinburgh festival	Frank Sinatra — when ol’ blue eyes was a red Talk by Martin Smith with classic tracks and rare film clips. Based on his new book Entrance free. To reserve a place contact Bookmarks on 020 7637 1848	Sat 27 Aug, 4-6pm	C central venue, Carlton Hotel, North Bridge
Stop the war
Ealing	Bring the Troops Home Defend Civil Liberties Defend the Muslim Community With Tony Benn, Bob Crow (general secretary RMT), Ghada Razuki (StWC), MAB speaker, Liberty speaker	Wed 31 Aug, 7.30pm	Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway
Halifax	Peace, Liberty and Justice With Rose Gentle (Military Families against the War), Lindsey German (StWC), Mobeen Azhar (Leeds coalition against the war)	Wed 14 Sep 7.30pm	Halifax YMCA (opposite town hall), Crossley Street
Leeds	For peace and civil liberties With Peter Brierley (Military Families Against War), Ghada Razuki (StWC), Mrs Ahmad (wife of Barbar Ahmad).	Fri 9 Sep, 8.30pm	Building Blocks (off Tempest Road), Beeston
Leeds	Demonstration Speakers include Salma Yaqoob, Jeremy Corbyn MP	Sat 10 Sep, Assemble at 12 noon	outside Leeds City Art Gallery, Headrow
Justice for Gordon Gentle
Scotland	Cycle for peace For more info phone Ian Mitchell 07930 360216 or go to www.justice4gordongentle.org	Sun 28 Aug, 1pm	Village of Millport (starting point), Island of Cumbrae
Film showings
Canterbury	Who Shot the Sheriff?	Sat 29 Sep, 7.30pm	Canterbury Environment Centre, Palace Street (near Siesta)
History of Rock Against Racism including interviews with the 1970s artists and Peter Doherty, as well as unseen footage of the struggles against racism and the Nazis
London	Metropolis (1927) Introduced by award-winning novelist China Miéville	Fri 16 Sep, 7pm	Goldsmith’s Lecture Theatre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street (off Gower Street), WC1
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis shows a class-ridden future where workers live underground while their leaders live in towering palaces. When the workers’ anger erupts into action their oppressors seek ways to divert them. Advance tickets from Bookmarks, 1 Bloomsbury Street WC1 (020 7637 1848) Organised by Red Fridays Socialist Film Club
Manchester	Hiroshima film shows Including Hiroshima Mon Amour, Barefoot Gen Organised by Greater Manchester CND. For more information phone 0161 287 8283 or 0161 200 1500.	Until 31 Aug	Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, M1 5NH
Movement events
London	Stand up against the arms fair Comedy night in aid of the Campaign Against the Arms Trade’s protests against the Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi) arms fair. With Adam Bloom, Ivan Dembina, Felix Dexter, Ayesha Hazarika, Stewart Lee, Angie McEvoy and Ian Stone. £8 /£5 conc. For tickets call 020 7218 0297 or e-mail kathryn@caat.org.uk. Go to www.caat.org.uk/armsfair	Thu 8 Sep, 9pm, (doors 8.15pm)	Red Rose Club, 129 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park
London	Disarm DSEI demonstration	Tue 13 Sep, 12 noon	Newham Town Hall, High Street North, East Ham, E6
The world’s biggest weapons fair, DSEi, runs from 13–16 Sep. Disarm DSEi is calling a week of action starting with this demonstration. For more info go to www.dsei.org or phone 07817 652 029
Norfolk	Burston strike school rally — highlighting migrant workers’ conditions With Tony Benn, Paul Kenny (GMB), Barry Camfield (T&G), Nick Dearden (War on Want), live music, children’s fun area, food and beer tent, and community stalls. For more info go to tinyurl.com/c8n4r or e-mail Margaret Holmes, mholmes@tgwu.org.uk	Sun 4 Sep, 11am-4.30pm	Church Green, Burston (near Diss)