Respect | Stop the War | SWP meetings | movement events | Love music, hate racism | demonstrations & lobbies | film showings| concerts and benefits
Respect | |||
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
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Bristol | Parade and mass canvass | Sun 30 Apr, 11am | Gainsborough Sq, Lockleaze |
East London | March to Respect office for mass leafleting and canvassing | Sat 22 Apr, 10.30am | Meet Liverpool Street station,
Bishopsgate entrance |
Haringey | Meeting and walkabout With George Galloway MP and local candidates | Sun 23 Apr, 1pm | Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Rd, London N17 |
Whitstable | Who Shot the Sheriff? Showing of Alan Miles’s 2005 film about the Anti Nazi League, plus speakers and discussion £4.50/£3 | Thu 27 Apr, 7.30pm | Duke of Cumberland, High St |
Stop the War | |||
area | title/speakers | time | venue |
Canterbury | Party for peace For info phone 07947 424 505 | Sun 4 Jun | Dane John Gardens |
Cardiff | Hands off Iran | Fri 28 Apr, 7pm | Quaker Meeting House, Charles St (off Queen St) |
Central London | Iraq in chaos, Bush and Blair on the ropes – what next for the anti-war movement? With Lindsey German | Wed 26 Apr, 7pm | Bookmarks bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury St, WC1 |
Handsworth | Occupation is a crime With Walter Wolfgang | Wed 19 Apr, 7.30pm | Broadway School, Broadway, Perry Barr, Birmingham |
Leeds | Public meeting With Dr Salam Ismael | Thu 27 Apr, 7pm | Conference Auditorium 1, Leeds University |
London | National conference With Craig Murray, Tony Benn, Louise Christian, Rose Gentle, George Galloway MP, Caroline Lucas MEP, Yvonne Ridley (Islam Channel), Kate Hudson (CND), Karma Nabulsi, Jeremy Corbyn MP For info go to www.stopwar.org.uk or phone 020 7278 6694 | Sat 10 June | Friends House, Euston Rd, London WC1 |
Wandsworth | What’s the real cost of war? With Alan Simpson MP, Sami Ramadani (Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation), Walter Wolfgang (CND) | Mon 24 Apr, 7.30pm | Wessex House, 1a St Johns Hill (opp Clapham Junction), Battersea, London |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
Brent and Harrow | Rosa Luxemburg and the mass strike With Martin Smith | Thu 23 Apr, 7.30pm | Brent Trades Hall, 375 Willesden High Rd |
Cardiff | Women’s liberation in the 21st century | Wed 26 Apr, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace |
Coventry | Latin America – revolution and resistance | Wed 26 Apr, 7.30pm | Coffee Revolution, Coventry Students Union, Priory St |
Hammersmith | Ninety years since the Easter Rising With Pat Stack | Thu 20 Apr, 7.30pm | Hammersmith Irish Centre, Blacks Rd, London W6 |
Home Counties | France’s revolt against neo-liberalism | Mon 8 May, 7.30pm | Upstairs at Trinity Church Hall, Beaconsfield Rd/Victoria St (near stn), St Albans |
Luton | Muslims and the left | Thu 20 Apr, 7pm | Bury Park Community Centre, Dunstable Rd |
Manchester South | France’s revolt against neo-liberalism | Thu 20 Apr, 7.30pm | Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, Rusholme |
Norwich | France’s revolt against neo-liberalism | Wed 26 Apr, 7pm | St Andrews Tavern, 4 St Andrews St |
Swansea | Is nuclear power the answer? | Thu 20 Apr, 7.30pm | Phoenix Centre, Townhill |
Waltham Forest | 1968: a world on fire With Chris Harman | Thu 27 Apr, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St), London E17 |
West London | A rebel’s guide to Marx | Wed 10 May, 7.30pm | Southall Community Centre, opposite Sunrise Radio Station, Southall |
Wolverhampton | A rebel’s guide to Marx | Thu 11 May, 7.30pm | The City Bar, Kings St |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
London | Winning the ‘Fourth Option’ national conference Organised by Defend Council Housing. Go to www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk | Mon 22 May, 10.30am | Congress House, Gt Russell St |
Campaign Against Climate Change conference | Sat 3 June, 10am to 5pm | London School of Economics, Houghton St, WC2 | |
Marxism 2006 A celebration of resistance Speakers include: George Galloway MP, Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Victoria Brittain, Rose Gentle, Adrian Mitchell, Eamonn McCann, Trevor Ngwane, Michael Rosen, Melissa Benn, Bernadette McAliskey Five days of debate, music & film organised by the Socialist Workers Party. Prices £45 waged l £32 unwaged l £25 higher education l£15 under 18/school/further education. For details phone 020 7819 1190 or go to www.marxism2006.org.uk | Thu 6 to Mon 10 July | in central London | |
Sheffield | Celebration of the 80th anniversary of the General Strike and the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War With Arthur Scargill, Mike Gonzalez, and veterans of both events Organised by South Yorkshire NUJ | Mon 1 May, 7.30pm | City Hall Ballroom |
International | European Social Forum Go to www.fse-esf.org | Thu 4 to Sun 7 May | Athens, Greece |
Love Music, Hate Racism | |||
area | artists | time | venue |
London Carnival | With: Belle & Sebastian, Lethal Bizzle, Boy Kill Boy, The Paddingtons, Roll Deep, Kano. With special guests and speakers including: Ken Livingstone, Tony Benn, Gurinder Chadha, Billy Hayes, Keith Sonnet, Dominque Walker, Kat Fletcher, Mick Connolly, Heartless Crew, Akala, The Mentalists & Poly Styrene, Kray Twinz Organised by LMHR and UAF, supported by Amicus, PCS, Unison, Bigga Fish | Sat 29 Apr, 2pm to 8pm | Trafalgar Square |
Leeds | With Lethal Bizzle, Oceansize, 10,000 Things | Sun 23 Apr | Leeds University |
Lewisham | With Nations Vibration Sound System, Fat Sue, WSO | Sun 30 Apr, 5pm | Powerleague Sports Club, Canadian Ave, London SE6 |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
Bristol | Defend public services demonstration March to College Green for 12.30pm rally. Called by the TUC | Sat 29 Apr, assemble 11.30am | Castle Park |
Cardiff | Wales Earth Day demo March for action on climate change. Speakers from Friends of the Earth, Plaid Cymru, Respect, People & Planet Called by Cardiff Campaign against Climate Change. For info e-mail CardiffCCC@hotmail.co.uk | Sat 22 Apr, assemble 1pm | Cathays Park (opp museum/City Hall) |
Liverpool | May Day march and rally With Bob Wareing MP, George Galloway MP Organised by Merseyside & Wirral TUC | Mon 1 May, 11.30am | Assemble steps of St Georges Hall for March to Prince’s Park |
London | Workers Memorial Day march march to HSE headquarters to protest against deregulation of safety laws. Organised by Construction Safety Campaign | Mon 28 Apr, 10.30am | Holland St (behind Tate Modern) |
May Day march With Tony Benn, Gloria Mills, Bob Crow, Dave Prentis, Maria Helena Andre, Jonathan Neale, Ken Livingstone Called by the TUC | Mon 1 May, 12 noon | Assemble Clerkenwell Green, EC1. March to Trafalgar Sq | |
March and rally for Palestine march to rally in Trafalgar Square. Organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign | Sat 20 May, 12 noon | Assemble Embankment | |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
London | 100 Steps The story of real life anti-Mafia activist Peppino Impastato. Introduced by Tom Behan Organised by Red Friday Socialist Film Club | Fri 12 May, 7pm | Goldsmiths Lecture Theatre, Keppel St, (off Malet St), WC1 |
area | title/artists | time | venue |
Birmingham | Bands against Bush With The Beat, 360, Cracked Actors and many others. Plus guest speakers and DJs £8. E-mail bandsagainstbushwestmids@yahoo.co.uk or phone 07815 995 974. Organised by Stop the War Coalition | Fri 2 Jun, 7.30pm to 2am | The Sanctuary, Digbeth B5 |