With Michelle Gildernew MP, Sinn Fein // John McDonnell MP // Geoff Bell, author, 'The Twilight of Unionism' // Chair: Rachel Garnham, CLPD. Join us for a vital discussion on Ireland's future and the prospects for real change, 25 years on from the Good Friday Agreement. Part of Arise: An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023. Tickets & further info here. […]
The government’s Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper contained ambitious proposals to deliver a devolution deal to every area of England that wants one by 2030, but the proliferation of regional authorities and directly elected mayors across England alongside different arrangements in the devolved nations can make co-operation and co-ordination difficult. This event will consider what structures and ways of working could help support […]
With Nadia Whittome MP, John Lister (Keep Our NHS Public), John Puntis (Doctors for the NHS), Chair: Chloe Brooks (NW. Rep, Labour Students.) 5 July 2023 marks 75 years of our National Health Service. Join the discussion on how we can end the current crisis, and secure its future as a universal publicly-owned, public service for all after 13 […]
Richard Burgon MP examines the contemporary relevance of Labour’s 1973 programme and the role of Tony Benn in its development and in its contested implementation. Thursday, 8 June 2023 - 7:00pm Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU Contact Email: [email protected] Phone: 02072531485
Are you a little bit curious about the union? How it works? How you can be part of it? What can you do to make changes in your workplace? The CWU Young Workers are holding an in-person event in Glasgow from the 9th – 11th June 2023 and you can go there to see what it’s all about as long as you are […]
With... Katherine Connelly - a writer, historian and an expert on Sylvia Pankhurst. She is the author of Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire and editor of A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change. From militant suffragette at the beginning of the twentieth century, to an early voice on the dangers of Fascism. to campaigner against colonialism in […]
With guest speaker Edson Burton MBE. In the last few years many divisions and disparities in the UK have started to be addressed. The issue of racism remains sensitive because of the separation of ‘then’ and ‘now’, the fear felt by many that reassessment of Britain’s role in slavery leads to cancellation and debasement of UK achievement and culture. The […]
This Labour Students Conference fringe, will be discussing why PR needs to be a the centre of Labour’s plans for democratic renewal. Speakers include: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow Anna Baxter, York Councillor Reed James, Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Youth Samuel Kind, Labour for a New Democracy (Chair) Refreshments will be provided
People and Planet on the Brink - what are the socialist solutions to climate catastrophe? With... Olivia Blake MP // Tess Woolfenden, climate lead, Debt Justice // Sam Knight, Green New Deal Rising // Sam Mason, Climate Justice Coalition // Carolina Mejia, LATINDADD (Latin America Network for Economic & Social Justice) There is a growing consensus the world is on […]
Area Organisers, Recruitment and Development Officers, and Training Officers will be pulling out all the stops to give the Union a massive membership boost. Vital to the success of this initiative is our dedicated team of reps and activists who will play a pivotal role during the Week. Potential We will only be successful if we work as a team […]
