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SUMMARY:This is What Democracy Looks Like: Building A Politics For The Many
DESCRIPTION:Throughout history\, the labour movement has been at the forefront in demanding progressive change to address the big challenges of the era. Today\, the UK faces a social\, political and democratic crisis. Yet the democratic crisis – the breakdown of trust\, the divide between the rulers and the ruled – has often gone ignored. \n200 years ago in Manchester\, tens of thousands of people at St Peter’s Square changed history when they bravely stood – and many fell – fighting for Parliamentary representation. \nEach generation\, democracy must be defended\, remade and revitalised. Today it is time to rebuild our democracy. \nOur political system is undeniably broken. Power is held by the few\, not the many. We need a vision for a political system where people feel their voice is heard\, where ideas can be tested and debated on a level playing field\, and where our institutions – local and national – are responsive and accessible to the millions. \nThis conference will address the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in campaigning for real democracy today. Meeting these challenges is not an optional extra for the labour movement – it is part of its historic purpose. If we don’t act\, much darker forces will emerge to speak for the voiceless. \n“This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Building A Politics For The Many” will be the launch pad for a new campaign for a political system that works for all of us. It is not to be missed. \n  \nBook Tickets \nProgramme:\n9am doors open and registration\n10am Welcome and housekeeping\n10.15 – 11.15 Launch Plenary\n“Then And Now: Overhauling Our Broken Democracy” Looking back on the legacy of Peterloo – and the labour movement’s role in our democratic history. What lessons can we take\, to inform a vision for the kind of democracy we need? \n\nPaul Mason – Journalist and author\nLynn Henderson – Politics for the Many Chair and PCS National Officer for Scotland and Ireland\nKaty Ashton – Director\, Manchester People’s History Museum\n\n11.15 – 12.30 Morning Workshops\nThe People Demand – Voices from those ‘locked out’ of democracy.\n\n1. Women in politics: how to breakthrough the barriers? \n\nCllr Eve Holt\, Manchester Chorlton and Director Happen Together CIC\nNicola Waterworth\, Director Happen Together\n\n2. The power of community: Energising local democracy \n\nJess Blair – ERS Cymru\nEd Cox – Director of Public Services & Communities RSA\nSue Bowen – Former Coordinator\, East Manchester Community Forum\nPauline Grandison – Act As If You Own the Place\n\n3. Locked out: 200 years after Peterloo\, why the poorest are still the least represented \n\nMichela Palese – Research and Policy Officer\, ERS\nIan Allinson – President\, Manchester TUC\nCharlotte Hughes – Writer\, Thepoorsideof.life\nDawn Foster – Columnist\nPenny Hicks – Manchester People’s Assembly\n\n4. Missing voices: Young people\, minorities and the political system \n\nPoppy Turner – Manchester Momentum\nRick Burgess – Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People\nDr Katy Sian – Lecturer in Sociology\nEmma Greenwood – UK Student Climate Network\n\n12.30 – 1.15 – lunch (we suggest you bring a packed lunch)\n1.15 – 2.15 Middle Plenary\n“Transforming The World: A Democratic Revolution to Win Social Change”\nDelivering social change requires a revolution in how we do democracy. Join us for this inspiring session. \n\nDr Jess Garland – Electoral Reform Society\nJon Trickett MP – Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office\nCllr Amna Abdullatif – Manchester Ardwick\n\n2.15 – 3.30 Afternoon Workshops\nThe Change We Need – Taking the provocations from the workshops Round 1 and the middle plenary\, we go into more detail about our ideas for reform and key discussions around what works\, and what doesn’t. \n1. Westminster isn’t working: what does a democracy for the many look like? \n\nShavanah Taj – Vice President\, Wales TUC\nChristine Berry – Author\, Preparing for a Corbyn Government\nPauline Bryan – Labour Peer\nJulie Ward MEP – Labour\, North West\n\n2. Delivering economic transformation: why does democratic reform matter? \n\nMichela Palese – Research and Policy Officer\, ERS\nJames Meadway – Former Economic Advisor to John McDonnell\nSam Tarry – President of Class & National Political Officer TSSA\nMathew Lawrence – Common Wealth\nHilary Wainwright – Editor\, Red Pepper\n\n3. A corrupt constitution: how do we rebuild trust in our political system? \n\nJess Blair – ERS Cymru\nAdam Ramsay – Editor\, Open Democracy\nSarah Clarke – Policy and Communications\, Unlock Democracy\n\n4. Where do we go from here? How do we build a movement for real democracy? \n\nLynn Henderson – Politics for the Many Chair and PCS National Officer for Scotland and Ireland\n\n3.30 – 4.30 Closing Plenary\n“Politics For The Many: A New Movement for Democracy” \n\nWillie Sullivan – ERS Scotland\nHolly Rigby – Momentum\nJames Meadway – Former Economic Advisor to John McDonnell\n\nBook Tickets \nPartners
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like/
LOCATION:The Manchester Conference and Pendulum Hotel\, Sackville St\, Manchester\, M1 3BB\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190414T213000
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SUMMARY:PCS and ERS' eve of congress reception (STUC fringe)
DESCRIPTION:PCS and ERS Cordially invite STUC delegates to attend our eve of congress reception \nSunday 14 April 2019\, 7pm – 8.30pm \nRRS DISCOVERY Discovery Point\, Discovery Quay Dundee DD1 4XA
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/pcs-and-ers-eve-of-congress-reception-stuc-fringe/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190309T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224820
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SUMMARY:Remaking the state: Transforming Scotland for Citizen Power
DESCRIPTION:***Please note that this event is being held at Scottish Labour Party conference and you must be a passholder to attend*** \nA discussion presented by Politics for the Many\, UNISON and Red Paper Collective –\nRemaking the state: Transforming Scotland for Worker and Citizen Power \nHow can we update the old fashioned institutions and rules of British politics so that people really have power? \nSaturday 9 March. 12.30pm. Committee Room 5. Caird Hall. \nPanel:\nPauline Bryan\, Labour Peer \nJess Garland\, Director of Policy and Research Electoral Reform Society \nAngela Feeney\, Vice Chair UNISON Labour Link and PPC Motherwell and Wishaw \nChair: Neil Findlay MSP\, Red Paper Collective
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/remaking-the-state-transforming-scotland-for-citizen-power/
LOCATION:Caird Hall\, City Square\, Dundee\, DD1 3BB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The World Transformed: A Radical Agenda for Democracy
DESCRIPTION:“The greatest inequality is inequality of power” \nJon Trickett and Paul Mason will open the workshop with a discussion on the ongoing centralisation of power in the UK and the impact this concentration has on the political\, economic and social structures\, institutions and outcomes. \nWe will then hear from campaigners and movements who are trying create a democracy from the bottom up\, both in the UK and abroad before running a deliberative workshop exploring how such a movement can be supported and developed by Labour. \nSpeakers :\nJon Trickett MP: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office – Jon is MP for Hemsworth in Yorkshire. Jon argues that inequality is entrenched in the structures and institutions of the British State. He is leading Labour in exploring those concentrations of power and has recently spoken about the regional inequalities and alienation these imbalances cause. \nPaul Mason: writer\, author and film-maker. As economics editor at Newsnight\, then Channel 4 News he covered the global financial crisis\, the Arab Spring\, the Occupy movement and the Gaza war. His bestselling book Postcapitalism has been translated into 16 languages. His play Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere was televised on BBC Two in 2017. \nKate Shea Baird: a member of the executive of Barcelona En Comú\, the municipalist platform currently governing Barcelona City Hall. She joined the platform shortly after its launch in 2014 and has been active in its Communication and International Committees\, working on mapping and building up the emerging network of municipalist movements from around the world. \nNancy Platts: is a Labour Councillor in Brighton and was the former Trade Union Liaison Officer in Jeremy Corbyn’s Office. She now heads up ‘Politics for the Many ‘ Trade Unionist for political reform. She has written and spoken extensively about how parliament skews power towards the interests of the few and against the benefit of working people and their organisations . \nAlice Kinghorn Grey- Chair : is a Campaign Organiser for Electoral Reform Society\, Scotland. She has organised ‘ Act as if you own the place ‘ A campaign led by a coalition of organisations for Scottish Town and Villages to take back power over their own affairs. The campaign has significantly influenced the new Bill on Local Democracy due to come out from the Scottish Government next year. After graduating from the School of Oriental and African Studies where she developed an interest in Marxist and critical State theory\, she moved back to Scotland and advances relations between the municipalist movements across Spain and Scotland. \nJonathan Shafi: Is Campaigns Manager with ‘Common Weal’ the crowd-funded think-tank that aims to make ‘all of us first‘. A member of the Coalition behind ‘Act as if you own the place ‘ . Recently he was a lead organiser behind the Anti-Trump protests in Scotland and a large conference on Local Democracy. He was a founder and coordinator of the Radical Independence Congress a coalition that aimed to ensure a possible independent Scotland would hear strong socialist arguments. He has a column in the Sunday Herald where he writes on national and international politics. \nSunday\, 23rd of September\,\n13:00 – 14:30\nBlack E\, Main Space
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/the-world-transformed-a-radical-agenda-for-democracy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180911T134500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180911T150000
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SUMMARY:TUC Congress Fringe: Building a new Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Join us at TUC Congress for a panel discussion on creating a political system that works for workers. \nChair: Willie Sullivan (ERS Scotland)\nSam Tarry (National Political Officer\, TSSA)\nHoward Beckett (Assistant General Secretary\, Unite)\nShavanah Taj (PCS Wales Secretary & President\, WTUC)\nLynn Henderson (PCS Scottish Secretary & President\, STUC) \nToday\, there is a new democratic frontier for trade unions in Britain: reforming Westminster’s creaking establishment. From a broken voting system\, to an unelected House of Lords and denying 16 and 17 year olds the vote\, Parliament is skewed towards a privileged few. \nTrade unions exist for workers to stand up against concentrations of power and wealth. Today\, our politics concentrates power to a handful of voters in wealthier swing seats\, while throwing 22m votes in the electoral scrapheap. That’s a recipe for alienation and distrust. \nExchange 3\, MCCC\, Windmill St\, Manchester\, M2 3GX
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/tuc-congress-fringe-building-a-new-democracy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180909T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180909T223000
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SUMMARY:TUC Congress drinks reception: With Mark Serwotka
DESCRIPTION:Join the PCS General Secretary\, Mark Serwotka\, at Politics for the Many’s reception\, just two minutes walk from Congress. \nToday\, there is a new democratic frontier for trade unions in Britain: reforming Westminster’s creaking establishment. From a broken voting system\, to an unelected House of Lords and denying 16 and 17 year olds the vote\, Parliament is skewed towards a privileged few. \nTrade unions exist for workers to stand up against concentrations of power and wealth. We know that political inequality leads to economic inequality: if working people don’t have a voice\, it’s inevitable that our economy will deny them a voice too. \nWalters Suite\,\nRadisson Blu Edwardian\,\nManchester
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/tuc-congress-drinks-reception-with-mark-serwotka/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180416T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180416T150000
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SUMMARY:Politics for the Many at Scottish Trade Union Congress
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the STUC to discuss how we can forge a political system that serves the many\, not just the few. \nSpeakers include\n Nancy Platts – Politics for the Many\n Willie Sullivan – Electoral Reform Society Scotland\n Mike J Kirby – Scottish Secretary\, UNISON\n Lynn Henderson – National Political Officer\, PCS Union\n Billy Hayes – Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform\n Sofi Taylor – STUC Black Workers’ Committee
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/politics-for-the-many-at-scottish-trade-union-congress/
LOCATION:MacDonald’s Hotel\, Aviemore\, Inverness-shire\, PH22 1PN\, United Kingdom
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