Discussions include: how mass protest can change the world; revolution and imperialism in the Middle East; tackling Islamophobia; The working class and the movement today; from economic crisis to slump
Event details
12 - 6pm
Free entry, please register in advance
sam@counterfire.org
07872481769
Timetable
Session 1) 12.00 - 1.15pm
The next steps: how protest can change the world
with:
Sanum Ghafoor, activist and maker of YouTube hit March 26th London: what really happened
Lindsey German, convenor of the Stop the War Coalition,(pc) socialist and author of several books including Material Girls:Women, Men and Work
Chris Bambery, socialist activist, author and National Secretary of Right to Work (pc)
Joe Glenton, ex-soldier who went to prison for refusing to return to Afghanistan
Sanum Ghafoor, activist and maker of YouTube hit March 26th London: what really happened
Lindsey German, convenor of the Stop the War Coalition,(pc) socialist and author of several books including Material Girls:Women, Men and Work
Chris Bambery, socialist activist, author and National Secretary of Right to Work (pc)
Joe Glenton, ex-soldier who went to prison for refusing to return to Afghanistan
Session 2) 1.30 - 2.45pm
From crisis to slump
with:
James Meadway, New Economics Foundation (pc), regular commentator on the economic crisis
James Meadway, New Economics Foundation (pc), regular commentator on the economic crisis
Islamophobia: tackling the new racism
with:
Shamiul Joarder, Friends of al-Aqsa and the Enough Coalition against Islamophobia, and others
Shamiul Joarder, Friends of al-Aqsa and the Enough Coalition against Islamophobia, and others
Session 3) 3.15 - 4.30pm
Counterfire: What we do and why we do it
with:
Jo Gough, UNISON activist and member of Counterfire editorial board
Chris Nineham, vice-chair Stop the War Coalition (pc) and author of Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
Jo Gough, UNISON activist and member of Counterfire editorial board
Chris Nineham, vice-chair Stop the War Coalition (pc) and author of Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
The working class and the movement today
with:
Neil Faulkner, writer, historian and officer of the Coalition of Resistance (pc)
Dot Gibson, pensioners leader and socialist activist
Neil Faulkner, writer, historian and officer of the Coalition of Resistance (pc)
Dot Gibson, pensioners leader and socialist activist
Session 4) 4.45 - 6.00pm
Revolution and imperialism in the Middle East
with:
Egyptian activists from Cairo
Joseph Daher, Middle East commentator and student activist
Lowkey, rapper, activist and member of the Equalities Movement
John Rees, eyewitness from Egypt and Tunisia and author of Imperialism and Resistance
Egyptian activists from Cairo
Joseph Daher, Middle East commentator and student activist
Lowkey, rapper, activist and member of the Equalities Movement
John Rees, eyewitness from Egypt and Tunisia and author of Imperialism and Resistance
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