| Stop the War | Socialists and the movement | SWP meetings | Socialist Worker platform meetings| movement events | demonstrations & lobbies | film showings | concerts and benefits
Respect | |||
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Brent | Young people need action not Asbos With Cllr Oliur Rahman, Brian Richardson, Albert Harriott, Laila Molana-Allen | Wed 28 Jun, 7.30pm | Willesden Green Library Centre, 95 High Rd, NW10 |
Southend | What can we do about climate change? | Thu 29 Jun, 7.30pm | Utopia Cafe, Royals Shopping Centre (opp BHS) |
Willesden | Respect civil liberties With Yvonne Ridley | Mon 24 Jul, 7.30pm | Willesden Library, 95 Willesden High Rd, London NW10 |
Stop the War | |||
area | title/speakers | time | venue |
Brent | Summer fundraising garden party With delicious food, poetry, music and magic £10/£5 in advance, £12/£6 on the door. For details and tickets phone 07840 357 482 | Sun 16 Jul, 4pm | Kate and Jamie’s garden, Willesden Green |
Cambridge | Bring the troops home With Rose Gentle | Mon 3 Jul, 7.30pm, | Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane |
Kent | Iraq’s missing billions Film showing | Thu 29 June, 7.30pm | St Peters Church Hall, Canterbury High St (nr Cricketers pub) |
Socialists and the movement rallies | |||
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
Newham | With Lindsey German and Weyman Bennett | Tue 27 Jun, 7.30pm | Old Town Hall, 29 The Broadway, Stratford E15 |
Newcastle | With Moira Nolan and Chris Nineham | Wed 28 Jun, 7.30pm | Side cafe, 1-3 The Side |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
Bristol | The Spanish Civil War Seventieth anniversary meeting with Chris Harman | Tue 18 Jul, 7.30pm | Malcolm X Centre, 141 City Rd, St Pauls |
Cambridge | George Lansbury and the rebel councillors of Poplar With Dave Davies | Thu 29 Jun, 7.30pm | CB2 cafe, Norfolk St |
Euston | US immigrant revolt – the Latino civil rights movement | Thur 29 Jun, 7pm | Room 3D, University of London Union, Malet St, London WC1 |
Leeds | Climate change – nuclear power is not the answer With Malcolm Povey | Thu 29 Jun, 7.30pm | Congreave room, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry Hill |
Sheffield | Climate change – nuclear power is not the answer With Martin Empson | Thu 29 Jun, 7pm | Main Hall, St Matthews Rooms, Carver St (off Division Rd) |
Southampton | The return of the working class With Matthew Cookson | Wed 19 July, 7.30pm | High St Cafe, High St |
Wakefield | Revolution and resistance in Latin America With Joseph Choonara | Thu 29 Jun, 7pm | Agbrigg and Bellevue Community Centre, Montague St |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
Harrow Road | Tell it like it is – how our schools fail black children With Karen Buck MP, Brian Richardson (editor Tell it Like it Is), Kerri Parke For info phone 020 8968 5543 | Tue 4 Jul, 7pm | Yaa Asantewaa Centre, 1 Chippenham Mews, London W9 |
Kent | Keep Our NHS Public rally With John Lister | Sat 1 July, 12 noon | Brenchley Gardens (nr Maidstone East station), St Faith’s Street, Maidstone |
London | Algerian ‘terror suspects’ – from acquittal or internment to deportation (and torture?) With Yvonne Ridley, Simon Israel, Rashid Messoudi, Nafeez M Ahmed, Gareth Peirce, Doug Jewell, Mohammed Larbi Zitout, Anne Gray. Hosted by Elfyn Llwyd MP Organised by Campaign Aganst Criminalising Communities. Go to www.campacc.org.uk | Wed 28 Jun, 6.45pm | 7 Millbank (nr Parliament), SW1 |
Human rights, civil liberties and racism A public seminar with Balraj Purewal, Merry Varney (Liberty), Mufti Sadruddin (Muslim Scholars, Europe), Richard Stone (Islamaphobia commission), Yvonne Ridley (Islam Channel) Organised by the Asian Health Agency. For info phone 020 8538 7703 or e-mail [email protected] | Thu 29 Jun, 10.30am to 2pm | Queens Room, Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, W5 | The Investigation A new production of Peter Weiss’s dramatic reconstruction of the Frankfurt war crimes trials after the Second World War, concerning Auschwitz. Not seen in Britain since the 1960s. Performed here, as a reading by a cast of 17, it emerges as a chastening and purging documentary of deeply moving power £10. To book phone 020 7503 1646 or go to www.arcolatheatre.com | Thu 29 & Fri 30 Jun, 8pm | Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola Street, E8 |
Marxism 2006 A celebration of resistance Speakers include: Oscar Olivera, Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Ghada Karmi, Roland Denis, Ken Loach, Bernadette McAliskey, Trevor Ngwane, Gillo Pontecorvo, Winston Silcott, Janet Alder, George Galloway MP, Melissa Benn, Charlotte Westenra, Moazzam Begg, Hassan Jumaa, John Arden, Sam West, Alistair Beaton, Alex Callinicos, Wendy Savage, Doreen Lawrence, Brian Richardson, David Gillborn, Victoria Brittain, Mark Steel, Walden Bello, Jonathan Neale, Adrian Mitchell, Mahmood Jamal, Michael Rosen, Istvan Meszaros, Sami Ramadani, Kevin Courtney, Peter Kennard, Cat Picton Phillips. Plus music from Skinnyman, Heartless Crew, Pariz 1, Mecca2Medina 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 | |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
London | Pride 2006Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered parade as part of Europride 2006. Followed by cabaret in Leicester Square and events across Soho Go to www.pridelondon.org | Sat 1 July, 12 noon | Assemble Baker St, W1 (outside Baker St tube). March to Trafalgar Sq for rally |
Justice for Paul Coker March for Paul, who died in police custody. With speakers including Janet Alder | Sat 1 July, 1.30pm | Assemble Plumstead Common for march to Plumstead Police Station | |
Manchester | Time to go: Troops out of Iraq, Don't attack Iran Organised by Stop the War and CND. Go to www.stopwar.org.uk | Sat 23 Sept, 1pm | outside Labour Party conference |
area | title/speaker | time | venue |
Birmingham | Queimada (1969) Louis Bayman introduces Gillo Pontecorvo’s follow up to The Battle of Algiers, a sharp analysis of colonialism starring Marlon Brando £3/£2. Organised by SWP | Mon 3 Jul, 7.30pm | Cafe One, Five Ways Shopping Centre, Broad St |
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Hackney | Five for trane An evening of live music and spoken word with Gilad Atzmon and Martin Smith. Highlighting five tracks which chart John Coltrane’s musical and political epiphany £10. Organised by Respect. Phone 020 7254 4097 or go to www.vortexjazz.co.uk | Thu 29 Jun, 8pm | Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett St, London N16 |
London | A night of conscience To help pay Malcolm Kendall-Smith’s legal costs, imposed when he was jailed for refusing to fight in Iraq. With John Pilger, Tony Benn, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel, Michael Nyman, Janet Suzman, Ken Loach, Caryl Churchill, David Edgar, Ed Harcourt, Vivienne Westwood, Haifa Zangana, Walter Wolfgang, Kate Hudson, Lindsey German, John Rees and many others £15. Tickets from Stop the War. Phone 020 7278 6694 or go to www.stopwar.org.uk | Wed 28 Jun,7.30pm | St James Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1 |
Zion party for the people Celebration of London’s multi-cultural metrobeats, breaks and bass for unity in the community. With Bailey, Tendai, Sparxx, Chef, Rage, Justyce, Ad, Raggadon. Plus speaker Lee Billingham (LMHR) Free. Supported by Love Music Hate Racism. Phone 07944 207 809, e-mail [email protected] or go to www.myspace.com/leonofzion For LMHR go to www.lovemusichateracism.com | Fri 30 Jun, 8pm to midnight | Cafe 1001, 91 Brick Lane, E1 |