Trump - Hands off Latin America!
Trump - Hands off Latin America! No to Racism & Intervention, yes to Social Progress & Equality!
With: Rodolfo Pastor, Former Secretary of the Presidency, Honduras //Alex Main, Director of International Policy at the Center for Economic & Policy Research, Washington, DC
Plus: Dr. Francisco Dominguez (VSC & NSCAG) // Claudia Turbet-Delof (Bolivia) // Bernard Regan (CSC) // Maria Perez Ramos (Mexico) // PLUS more TBA - including guests from Argentina & Brazil!
Presented by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas with support from the Brazil Solidarity Initiative, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Bolivia, Friends of Ecuador, Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America, Mexico Solidarity Forum, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, Wiphalas Across the World & more.
The Future of the Left after Trump’s Election
The Future of the Left after Trump’s Election - An analytical discussion by leading Left US speakers:
• Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation & Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
• Dan Denvir, host of the socialist podcast The Dig.
• Waleed Shahid, former spokesperson for Justice Democrats.
• Gabriel Winant, writer about work, inequality, and capitalism in modern America.
Facilitated by John McDonnell MP.
How can the Left in the US respond to Trump's victory, why did he win and how can we build the global alliances to challenge his reactionary agenda?
Hosted by 'Arise - a Festival of Left Ideas.'
Public Ownership & Control - Key to Tackling the Crises We Face
Jon Trickett MP, Cat Hobbs (We Own It ,) Ben Chacko (Morning Star,) & Tom Griffiths, Keep our NHS Public. Chair - Siân Errington, Arise.
Public Ownership & Control - Key to Tackling the Crises We Face
Moves to bring rail back into public ownership have been welcomed across the country, & support is growing for public ownership of water & energy too, alongside ongoing movements for an end to privatising our public services.
At a time of financial & environmental crises, join the discussion on how public ownership & control is key to our future.
Part of a regular series of online events looking at the cost-of-living crisis and Left economic policy alternatives.
Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas in association with The Morning Star.
UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
An important briefing and Q&A with on Palestine, Trump, the Labour Government and International Law for UN Palestine Day with...
Richard Burgon MP, Hugh Lanning (Labour & Palestine), Louise Regan (Palestine Solidarity Campaign), Mads Wainman (Warwick Students Union officer), Jess Barnard, Labour NEC & guests from Palestine.
This UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People join us for an update on the latest situation & next steps in campaigning.
Hosted by Arise - a Festival of Left Ideas and Labour & Palestine.
The Miners' Strike 40 Years On
The Miners' Strike 40 Years On - Education, discussion and debate on one of the most important struggles in our history - including what really happened; the role of the state and media; and lessons for solidarity and socialism today.
With: John Hendy KC, who represented the NUM in the 1980s // Mike Jackson, Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners co-founder // Ian Lavery, striking miner in 84/5 & former NUM President // Chris Peace, Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign // Jon Trickett, Councillor elected during the strike & campaigner for coalfield communities.
Plus: Carolyn Jones, Morning Star // Mish Rahman, LP NEC // // Sarah Woolley, BFAWU General Secretary & GFTU // Sabby Dhalu, Stand Up to Racism // & more TBA!
Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas. Media partner - Labour Outlook.
The British “government is still insisting on arming a regime accused of genocide”
Global Legal Action Network and Oxfam speak with the Morning Star ahead of the High Court case against the government’s continuation of arms exports to Israel including components for lethal F-35 fighter jets
Andrew Feinstein on Bae Systems' plan for a climate-friendly bomb
Watch the full interview - the first in a new series for the Morning Star here: https://youtu.be/4nZeilENBE0
Four days - how long it could take for Israel to halt its attacks if Britain, US and Germany cut weapons supplies
See the full interview with former South African MP and arms trade expert Andrew Feinstein here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nZeilENBE0
Banning Palestine Action would be a “fundamental attack” on British democracy, says Andrew Feinstein
“Basically what we have in Britain today is our government telling us that it is a terrorism offence to oppose genocide”
Watch the full interview - the first in a new series for the Morning Star - here: https://youtu.be/4nZeilENBE0?feature=shared
No tuition fees rise - rally for free education!
Defend free education w. John McDonnell MP // Gawain Little, GFTU General Secretary // Anya Wilkinson, Young Socialist Educational Association // Myriam Kane, Black Liberation Alliance // Mads Wainman, Disabled Students' Officer, Warwick SU // Elliot Briffa, University of Manchester SU City & Community Officer // Niamh Iliff, youth rep on Labour's Policy Forum // Hasan Patel, student campaigner // Fraser McGuire, Unite & TUC Young Members Forum // Coll McCail, Glasgow student.
No more cuts - With Grace Blakeley, John McDonnell & the GFTU
With: Grace Blakeley, economist & author // John McDonnell MP // Gawain Little, General Federation of Trade Unions // Chair: Sarah Woolley, BFAWU.
With yet more cuts on the agenda, find out why real change has to mean ending austerity for good, how we build the resistance, and the case for investment in our future. The first in a series of events opposing - and explaining the alternatives to - never-ending austerity.
Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas. Supported by the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU.)
There were 800 delegates to the Labour conference this year out of 20,000 attendees
Labour NEC member Jess Barnard warned it paints a "very concerning picture" about the number of corporate lobbyists
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