Respect | Time to Go | Stop the War | SWP meetings | movement events | Bookmarks events | demonstrations & lobbies | concerts and benefits
| Respect Contact Respect with any queries. Phone 0870 850 1978, go to www.respectcoalition.org, or e-mail [email protected] | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | National conference To participate you must be both a member of Respect and elected as a delegate by your Respect branch | Sat 14 and Sun 15 Oct | Friends House, Euston Rd, NW1 |
| Cambridge | Fighting Britain’s racist immigration and asylum policies With Elane Heffernan (Respect), Burcin Drummond (Legal adviser, Oakington Immigration Reception Centre) | Tue 5 Sep, 7.30pm | Ross St Community Centre. |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Why nuclear power is no solution to climate change With Martin Empson | Tue 5 Sep, 7pm | Respect office, Club Row, Bethnal Green, E2 |
| Time to go - troops out of Iraq, no attack on Iran Organised by Stop the War. Contact StWC with any queries. Phone 020 7278 6694, go to www.stopwar.org.uk, or e-mail [email protected] | |||
| area | speakers | time | venue |
| Barnsley | With John McDonnell MP | Tue 5 Sep, 7pm | Cooper Art Gallery, Church St |
| Birmingham: Cotteridge | With Lynda Holmes, Salma Iqbal | Fri 8 Sep, 7pm | Friends Meeting House, Watford Rd |
| Birmingham: Lozells | With Zubada Akhtar, Sam Alin, Alistair Wingate | Tue 5 Sep, 7.30pm | Lozells Recreation Centre,
2 Graham St |
| Birmingham: Sparkhill | Wed 13 Sep, 7.30pm | St Johns church, Stratford Rd | |
| Bolton | With Craig Murray, Jeremy Dear | Fri 8 Sep, 7pm | Blue Flame Community Centre, High St (opp Zakaria Mosque), Daubhill |
| Bury | With Sundus Malik, Saad Abdullatif, Peter Brierly | Tue 5 Sep, 7.30pm | Elizabethan Suite, Bury Town Hall |
| Cambridge | With John Rees | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane |
| Canterbury | With Lebanese activist, StWC speaker | Tue 29 Aug, 7.30pm | Westgate Hall, Westgate Hall Rd |
| Coventry | With Tony Benn, John Rees, Yvonne Ridley, Lynda Holmes, Mike Veric | Sat 2 Sep, 7.30pm | Methodist Central Hall, New Union St |
| Derby | With Craig Murray | Tue 5 Sep, 7pm | Pakistan Community Centre, Harrington St, Peartree |
| Leamington Spa | With Lynda Holmes | Wed 13 Sep, 7.30pm | Bath Place Community Centre |
| Liverpool | With Craig Murray, Dr Azzam Tamimi | Wed 13 Sep, 7.15pm | Liner Hotel, Lord Nelson St |
| London: Edgware Rd | With George Galloway MP | Sun 3 Sep, 2pm | Lancaster Hall Hotel, 35 Craven Terrace (off Bayswater Rd, Paddington tube), W2 |
| London: Hackney | With Moazzam Begg, Chris Nineham | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (off Lower Clapton Rd) |
| London: Hammersmith & Fulham | With John McDonnell MP, Lindsey German (StWC), Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui (Muslim Parliament), Haifa Zangana (Iraqi writer), Dahabo Isse (Somali activist) For info phone 07879 424 631 or 07984 405 307 | Wed 13 Sep, 7pm | Small Hall, Hammersmith Town Hall, King St |
| London: Haringey | With George Galloway MP, Lindsey German, Jeremy Corbyn MP | Wed 20 Sep, 7.30pm | West Indian Cultural Centre, Clarendon Rd, N8 |
| London: Islington | With Moazzam Begg, Haifa Zangana, Andrew Murray, Jeremy Corbyn MP | Mon 4 Sep, 7pm | Islington Central Library (corner Holloway Rd/Fieldway Crescent), N5 |
| London: Newham | With Tony Benn, George Galloway MP, Rose Gentle, Lindsey German, Dr Azzam Tamini | Tue 12 Sep, 7pm | East Ham Town Hall, Barking Rd |
| London: Wandsworth | With John McDonnell MP, Rose Gentle, Mark Steel, Lindsey German, Imam Suliman Gani, Mike Cushman | Thu 14 Sep, 7.30pm | Balham Baptist Church, Ramsden Rd, Balham |
| Manchester: Cheetham Hill | With Sundus Malik | Wed 13 Sep, 7.30pm | Saffron Restaurant, Cheetham Hill Rd |
| Manchester: Rusholme | With Ismail Patel | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Unity Centre,
492 Claremont Rd |
| Manchester: South | With Craig Murray, Sundus Malik. Chair Jacqui Burke | Wed 6 Sep, 7.30pm | Didsbury Mosque,
271 Burton Rd |
| Rochdale | Tue 12 Sep, 7.30pm | Rochdale Town Hall, The Esplanade | |
| Sheffield | With Tony Benn, Dr Azzam Tamimi, Lindsey German, Musheir El- Farra £3/£1. For info and to book phone 07761 471 441 | Tue 19 Sep, 7pm | International Hall, Ponds Forge |
| Stockport | With Rose Gentle, Craig Murray | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | The Labour Club, Lloyd St |
| Walsall | With Craig Murray, Lynda Holmes, Helen Salmon | Tue 5 Sep, 7.30pm | The Crossing, Darwall St |
| Stop the War Contact StWC with any queries. Phone 020 7278 6694, go to www.stopwar.org.uk, or e-mail [email protected] | |||
| area | title/speakers | time | venue |
| Birmingham | Middle East in crisis - what is the solution? Discussion with Lynne Jones MP and Chris Nineham | Thu 31 Aug, 7.30pm | House of Phoenix, 558 Bristol Rd, Selly Oak |
| Canterbury | Benefit With live music £3 | Tue 12 Sep, 8pm | Tonic Bar, 11 Dover St |
| Exeter | Has the war on terror made the world a safer place? With Military Families Against the War, StWC | Mon 11 Sep, 7pm | Mint Methodist Church, Fore St |
| Leeds | Fundraiser for Lebanon With food, bouncy castle, music, auction & speakers | Sat 16 Sep, 11am to 2pm | Hamara Centre, Tempest Rd, Beeston |
| London: Edgware Road | Public meeting With George Galloway | Sun 3 Sep, 2pm | Lancaster Hall Hotel, 35 Craven Terrace, W2 (off Bayswater Rd, Paddington tube) |
| London: Lewisham | Peace Fair | Sat 9 Sep, 3pm to 7pm | Ladywell Fields |
| The path to peace in the Middle East With Sami Ramadani, Kate Hudson, Jews for Justice, Piroz Mogtasadeh (Iranian academic), chaired by Mayor Steve Bullock | Mon 11 Sep, 7.30pm | Ladywell Leisure Centre, Lewisham High St | |
| London to Manchester | Bikes not bombs Cycle from London to Manchester to join the Time To Go demonstration outside the Labour Party Conference on 23 Sep Join at the start or along the way. There will be a minibus for luggage and rest. Organised by Tower Hamlets StWC. For info phone 07821 832 606 or e-mail [email protected] | There are two start dates, both at 7am, Wed 20 Sep and Thu 21 Sep | Both days the cyclists will leave from the Green bridge over Mile End Road |
| Merseyside | Fundraising social An evening with Bruce Kent (CND) and Paul Robeson songs sung by local playwright and singer Tayo £30 & £20. For tickets phone 07752 350 994 | Sat 2 Sep, 7pm | The Piazza restaurant (by Catholic cathedral), Mt Pleasant, Liverpool |
| Norwich | The Middle East in crisis With Craig Murray, Moazzem Begg, Jane Shallice For info phone 01493 664 499 | Thu 14 Sep, 7pm | Blackfriars Hall, St Andrews Plain |
| Wigan | Last Letter Home Film showing and meeting | Wed 13 Sep, 7.45pm | 1650 Coffee House, Wallgate |
| SWP public meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Birmingham | Sexism and the system - the rise of raunch culture With Judith Orr | Tue 10 Oct, 7.30pm | Cafe One, Five Ways Shopping Centre, Broad St |
| Birmingham: North | Who are the working class? | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Summerfield Community Centre, Winson Green Rd |
| Birmingham: South | Globalisation, immigration and the new working class | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Kings Heath Community Centre, Heathfield Rd |
| Cambridge | Why does the US hate Iran? With Kelly Hilditch | Thu 31 Aug, 7.30pm | CB2 Cafe, Norfolk St |
| Coventry | Middle East - how do we stop the new imperialism? | Wed 6 Sep, 7pm | Coffee Revolution, Students Union, Coventry University, Priory St |
| Home Counties | Middle East - how do we stop the new imperialism? With Mark Thomas | Mon 4 Sep, 7.30pm | Upstairs, Trinity Church Hall, Beaconsfield Rd/ Victoria St (nr station), St Albans |
| Huddersfield | The politics of Hizbollah | Wed 13 Sep, 6pm | Coffeevolution, Church St, |
| London: Brent & Harrow | The politics of Hamas and Hizbollah With Simon Behrman | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Brent Trades Hall, Apollo Club, 375 High Rd, Willesden |
| London: East | Bolshevism and religion With Dave Crouch | Thu 31 Aug, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St, Bethnal Green, E2 |
| London: Euston | The Spanish Civil War - 70 years on | Wed 30 Aug, 6.30pm | Camera Cafe, Museum St, WC1 |
| London: Lewisham | Imperialism and resistance With Alex Callinicos | Wed 6 Sep, 7.30pm | Sector J Clubroom, 29 Gately House (off Coston Walk), Honor Oak Estate, Brockley |
| London: Tottenham | Sexism in society - the rise of raunch culture With Judith Orr | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Kitap Evi Bookhouse, Tottenham High Rd |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Oil and the Middle East With Rob Hoveman | Thur 14 Sep, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St, Bethnal Green, E2 |
| Manchester: south east | Why does the US hate Iran? With Fergus Alexander | Wed 13 Sep, 7.30pm | Cafe Felafel, Wilmslow Rd |
| Manchester: south west | Why does the US hate Iran? | Thu 7 Sep, 7.30pm | Chorlton Library, Manchester Rd (nr Chorlton Cross) |
| Preston | Hizbollah to Chavez - is resistance growing globally? | Thu 31 Aug, 7pm | CVS Building, Lancaster Rd |
| Wolverhampton | Middle East - how do we stop the new imperialism? With Suzanne Jeffery | Thu 31 Aug, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St |
| Movement events | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Birmingham | In memory of Mikey Powell An update on the justice campaign for Mikey, who died in police custody in 2003, will be followed by the launch of a new CD from the makers of the film Injustice. Plus music from Hillz Yungsterz, Princess Emmanuelle, The Tribunes. Free (donations welcome). For info phone 07770 432 439 or 0774 008 3915 or go to www.4wardever.org | Thu 7 Sep, doors open 8pm | 160 High St, Digbeth |
| London | Racism, liberty and the war on terror Conference with Moazzam Begg, Jeremy Corbyn, Gareth Peirce, Colin Prescod, A Sivanandan, Salma Yaqoob Organised by the Institute of Race Relations. For info phone 020 7837 0041 or go to www.irr.org.uk/pdf/irr_conference_2006.pdf | Sat 16 Sep | Conway Hall, central London |
| 30 years since the Grunwick strike With Jack Dromey, Arthur Scargill, Ed Blissett, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Jayaben Desai, Amrit Wilson, Derek Walsh. Plus exhibition and films £7 (including lunch). Tickets must be bought in advance. Phone 020 7624 0032 or e-mail [email protected] Organised by Brent Trades Union Council | Sun 17 Sep, 11am to 5pm | Tricycle Theatre, 269 High Rd, Kilburn, NW6 | |
| Organising for fighting unions conference With John McDonnell MP, Matt Wrack (FBU), Bob Crow (RMT), Mark Serwotka (PCS) Go to www.respectcoalition.org/?ite=1106 | Sat 11 Nov | Shoreditch Town Hall, EC1 | |
| Norfolk | Burston strike school rally With Derek Simpson, John Hendy QC, Steve Sinnot, Chris Kaufman, Megan Dobney. Plus folk from Seize the Day, Huck, Red Flags Organised by T&G with the support of SERTUC, Amicus, GMB, Latin American Workers Association | Sun 3 Sep, 11am to 4.30pm | Church Green, Burston (nr Diss) |
| Demonstrations & lobbies | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Derby | Protest against the BNP in our schools Unite Against Fascism has called two protests | Mon 4 Sep, 8.15am | Newton’s Walk, assemble Bromley St (off Kedleston Rd) |
| Mon 11 Sep, 8.15am | Pupil Referral Unit, Peartree House, Village St, Normanton | ||
| Isle of Arran | Strident against Trident With Katy Clark MP Rally 1.10pm McAlpine Hotel. Organised by Isle of Arran Justice, Peace and Environment Group | Sat 9 Sep, 11.45am | Arran High School, to march through Lamlash |
| 12.45pm | Brodick Primary School to march to McAlpine Hotel, Brodick | ||
| 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 Sep, 1pm | outside Labour Party conference |
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