Meetings & events
Please contact the SWP national office on enquiries@swp.org.uk or 020 7819 1170 if you want to contact SWP members in your local area.
Stop the War meetings - information on anti-war meetings across the country can be found from the Stop the War Coalition
Stop the War | SWP meetings | movement events | concerts and benefits
| Stop the War Contact StWC with any queries. Phone 020 7278 6694, go to www.stopwar.org.uk , or email office@stopwar.org.uk | |||
| area | title/speakers | time | venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | Protest against the cost of the war Join the protest during the Labour Party conference to challenge the war’s human and financial cost Called by StWC & CND www.manchesterstopwar.org | Sat 20 Sep, 12.30pm | Assemble All Saints, Cavendish St (off Oxford Rd), Manchester. March to rally at Castlefield Arena, 2pm |
| Erdington/Sutton Coldfield | Afghanistan | Tue 9 Sep, 7.30pm | Methodist Church, Station Rd, Erdington |
| SWP public meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Birmingham South | Is Iran under threat from the West? With Nick Burke | Thu 14 Aug, 7.30pm | Stirchley Community centre, Pershore Rd |
| Bolton | How do we stop the Nazi BNP? | Wed 6 Aug, 7.30pm | Bolton Socialist Club, Wood St |
| Bristol: East | Why do we need a revolutionary party? | Thu 7 Aug, 7.30pm | Monte Carlo Cafe, Stapleton Rd |
| Bristol: South | Does the media control our minds? | Wed 13 Aug, 7.30pm | Circle Books, East St, Bedminster |
| Cambridge | Sport and politics - what do we say about the Olympics? | Thu 7 Aug, 7.30pm | CB2 Cafe, Norfolk St |
| Cardiff | Pay cuts, recession and resistance With Charlie Kimber, Marianne Owens (PCS - pc), Mark Turner (Unison - pc) | Wed 13 Aug, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace |
| Chesterfield | Is the media all powerful? | Wed 13 Aug, 7.30pm | Market Halls, Market Square |
| Doncaster | How do we stop the BNP? | Thu 7 Aug, 7.30pm | Women’s Centre, 21 Cleveland St |
| Dudley | Why is the economy in crisis? With Matt Raine | Wed 20 Aug, 8pm | The Shakespeare, Stafford St |
| Edinburgh | Pay cuts, recession and resistance With Alex Callinicos | Wed 20 Aug, 7.30pm | Royal British Hotel, 20 Princes St (opp Waverley stn) |
| Glasgow | Pay cuts, recession and resistance With Alex Callinicos | Thu 21 Aug, 7.30pm | Hillhead library, Byres Rd |
| Harlow | Why we defend multiculturalism | Thu 14 Aug, 7.30pm | Gibson Court, Partridge Rd |
| Huddersfield | 1968 - the fire last time | Wed 13 Aug, 6pm | Coffeevolution, Church St |
| Leeds: Headingley | The struggle for LGBT liberation With Estelle Cooch | Thu 7 Aug, 7.30pm | Cardigan centre, Cardigan Rd |
| London: Brent & Harrow | Does the media control our minds? With Sadie Robinson | Thu 7 Aug, 7.30pm | Brent Trades Hall (Apollo Club), 375 High Rd, Willesden |
| Capitalism, crisis and the credit crunch | Wed 13 Aug, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Brixton | What causes economic crisis? | Thu 14 Aug, 7.30pm | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd |
| London: central | Migrant workers and the new working class With Jane Hardy | Wed 13 Aug, 6pm | Camera Cafe, Museum St (nr British Museum) |
| London: Greenwich | A rebel’s guide to Lenin With Sam James | Wed 13 Aug, 7.30pm | West Greenwich House, 141 Greenwich High Rd |
| London: Hackney South | A rebel’s guide to Rosa Luxemburg With Alys Zaerin | Wed 6 Aug, 7.30pm | HCD centre, Beechwood Rd |
| Marxism and religion With Sian Ruddick | Wed 13 Aug, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Lewisham | Knife and gun crime - who is to blame? With Esme Choonara | Thu 14 Aug, 7.30pm | Ladywell Leisure Centre, Lewisham High St |
| London: Newham | Can there be a revolution in Britain? With Alan Kenny | Wed 6 Aug, 7pm | Stratford Advice Arcade, The Grove (by Morrisons car park) |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Karadzic, Nato and the Balkans war With Sasha Simic | Thu 7 Aug, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St (opp Bethnal Green Rd Tesco) |
| Luton | Is China the next superpower? | Mon 18 Aug, 7.30pm | Postels Club, 3 Dunstable Rd (corner Cardiff Rd) |
| Manchester: South East | Socialists and the trade unions | Wed 6 Aug, 7.30pm | Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, Rusholme |
| What’s going on in Zimbabwe? With Andrew Cunningham | Wed 20 Aug, 7.30pm | ||
| Nottingham | How do we stop the Nazi BNP? With Alex Paterson | Thu 7 Aug, 7.30pm | International Community Centre, 61B Mansfield Rd |
| Preston | How do we stop the Nazi BNP? | Thu 14 Aug, 7.30pm | Unity Community Centre, Shepherd St |
| Reading | Why socialists defend multiculturalism | Mon 11 Aug, 7.30pm | Risc, London St |
| Rotherham | How do we stop the Nazi BNP? With Martin Smith | Thu 7 Aug, 7.30pm | Unity Centre, St Leonard’s Rd |
| Stockport | Pay cuts, recession and resistance | Wed 6 Aug, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, Cooper St |
| Wakefield | Is Britain turning right? | Thu 21 Aug, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Thornhill St |
| Bookmarks events Events held at bookshop, except where indicated. Bookmarks bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury St, WC1. To reserve places phone 020 7637 1848 or email events@bookmarks.uk.com | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| London | Summer garden party Come along for an afternoon with barbeque, games, books, beer, wine and fruit juice £10/£7/kids under 12 free. All proceeds to Friends Of Bookmarks appeal | Sun 24 Aug, 2pm to 8pm | Maritime House, Old Town, Clapham, SW4 (Clapham Common tube) |
| Movement events | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Derbyshire | No fascist rally Protest against the fascist BNP’s Red, White and Blue festival Coaches from Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Chesterfield. Called by East Midlands Unite Against Fascism, Derby, Mansfield and Nottingham Trades Council. Supported by East Midlands TUC www.uaf.org.uk | Sat 16 Aug, 11am | Denby Lane, Codnor |
| Kent | Camp for climate action www.climatecamp.org.uk | Until 11 Aug | Kingsnorth, Kent |
| Norfolk | Burston Strike School rally With John McDonnell MP, Richard Howitt MEP, Kate Hudson (CND), Bill Greenshields (NUT). Music from Dick Gaughan Organised by Unite | Sun 7 Sep, 11am to 4.30pm | Church Green, Burston (nr Diss) |
| Concerts and benefits | |||
| area | title/artists | time | venue |
| Burnley | Love Music Hate Racism festival With International One, Micky P Kerr and the Dudes £5/£2.50. www.lovemusichateracism.com | Sun 14 Sep, 1pm to 11pm | Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Rd |
| Rotherham | Love Music Hate Racism indoor carnival With Reverend & the Makers, Roll Deep, The Courteeners, Mongrel (The Reverend, ex-Arctic Monkey Andy Nicholson, Drew McConnell of Babyshambles and LowKey) £10 www.lovemusichateracism.com | Sat 6 Sep, 2pm | Magna, Sheffield Rd, Templeborough |
| St Helens | Eclectica festival With Shed Seven, The Levellers, Amsterdam, The Maybes?, The Cubical, Ghenghis Grimes Free. Supported by Love Music Hate Racism www.myspace.com/eclecticamusicfestival | Sat 9 Aug, 12 noon | Victoria Square, St Helens |
| Stoke | Six towns - one city Carnival to celebrate the city’s diversity. Featuring reggae, jazz, R&B, hip hop and calypso Free. Organised by the Stoke Unity Project. Info 01782 267 888 or norsaca@tiscali.co.uk | Sun 10 Aug, 10am to 8pm | Henley Park, Shelton |