Meetings and 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
SWP meetings | SWP women's liberation today rallies | SW Appeal events | Unite Against Fascism | Stop the War | movement events | Bookmarks events | Concerts and benefits
| How do we fight for women's liberation today? - organised by Socialist Worker | |||
| area | speaker | time | venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | With Judith Orr | Fri 12 Mar, 7pm | The Tea Lounge, St MartinÕs Church, The Bullring, B5 5BB |
| Bristol | With Amy Leather | Wed 24 Mar, 7.30pm | Bristol YHA, Prince St, Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA |
| Cambridge | With Elane Heffernan | Thu 11 Mar, 8pm | Munby Room, Kings College, Cambridge University, CB3 9DN |
| Canterbury | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Westgate Hall, Westgate Hall Rd, CT1 3BT | |
| Edinburgh | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL | |
| Leeds | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | Swarthmore Centre, 2-7 Woodhouse Sq, LS3 1AD | |
| London | Celebration of international womenÕs day with film show and talk with Judith Orr £3/£1.50 | Tue 9 Mar, 6.30pm | Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2H 8EP |
| Manchester | With Judith Orr | Fri 19 Mar, 7pm | Conference Suite, Student Union, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Rd (nr BBC), M1 7EL |
| Norwich | With Judith Orr | Thu 11 Mar, 7pm | University of East Anglia, Colley Lane, NR4 7UL |
| Oxford | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | The Mitre, 18 High St, OX1 4AG | |
| Swansea | With Elane Heffernan | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | NoahÕs Yard, Uplands Crescent (next to Uplands Tavern), SA2 |
| York | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | Priory St Centre, 15 Priory St, YO1 6ET | |
| SWP public meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Cardiff | Marxism and ecology | Wed 17 Mar, 7pm | Main Building, Cardiff University, Park Place, CF10 3AS |
| Glasgow | Capitalism in crisis - the return of Marx With Alex Callinicos, Amy Leather | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Rd, G12 8AP |
| London: Hackney | Marxism and ecology | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | The Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (corner Lower Clapton Rd), E5 0PP |
| Preston | Marxism and ecology | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | Preston Council for Voluntary Service, Units 23/27 Guild Hall Arcade, Lancaster Rd, PR1 1HR |
| Sheffield | How do we stop the BNP? | Wed 24 Mar, 7.30pm | St Matthews Hall, Carver St (off Division St), S1 4FT |
| SWP branch meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Barnsley | The fight for womenÕs liberation today | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Barnsley Library, Shambles St, S70 2JF |
| Bradford | How do we fight for womenÕs liberation today? | Thu 11 Mar, 7pm | Treehouse Cafe, 2 Ashgrove (off Great Horton St), BD7 1BN |
| Trade unionism and socialists | Thu 18 Mar, 7pm | ||
| Brighton | How do we fight for womenÕs liberation today? | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Brighthelm Centre, North Rd, BN1 1YD |
| Bristol: North | Climate change: a socialist response | Thu 11 Mar, 6pm | Board Room, City of Bristol College, Ashley Down Centre, Ashley Down Rd, BS7 9BU |
| Bristol: South | How the Russian Revolution was defeated | Wed 17 Mar, 6pm | The Cornubia, 142 Temple St, BS1 6EN |
| Bury and Prestwich | Combating the rise of the English Defence League | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | The Ostrich, 163 Bury Old Rd, Prestwich, M25 1JF |
| Cardiff | Education in a socialist society | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX |
| Chesterfield | Combating the English Defence League | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | Assembly Rooms, Market Hall, Market Square, S40 1AR |
| Art and the Russian Revolution | Wed 24 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| Dudley | Social work in the 21st century | Wed 11 Mar, 8pm | Shakespeare Inn, 74 Stafford St (corner Wellington Rd), DY1 1RT |
| Socialists and the media | Wed 17 Mar, 8pm | ||
| East Lancashire | Revolution in the 21st century | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | Brierfield Community Centre, Colne Rd, Brierfield, BB9 5HW |
| Edinburgh | Darwin, Marx and human nature | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL |
| The TeamstersÕ rebellion | Wed 24 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| Glasgow: North East | A short history of workersÕ occupations | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | Kats Centre, 1 Fountainwell Sq, Sighthill, G21 1RB |
| Glasgow: South | Marxism and religion | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | Langside Halls, Shawlands, G41 2QR |
| Glasgow: West | Trotsky on fighting fascism | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | Partick Burgh Halls, 3-9a Burgh Hall St, G11 5LW |
| Huddersfield | Greece - austerity versus resistance | Wed 10 Mar, 6.30pm | Cafe Society, Byram St (nr main post office), HD1 1DR |
| Will this be ChinaÕs century? | Wed 17 Mar, 6.30pm | ||
| Hull | Should socialists vote Labour at the general election? | Mon 22 Mar, 7.15pm | Relax Cafe, 91 Newland Ave, HU5 3BG |
| Leeds: Harehills and Chapeltown | Obama and imperialism - where next for the Ôwar on terrorÕ? | Wed 3 Mar, 7.30pm | Trinity United Church, Banstead Terrace, Roundhay Rd, LS8 2HU |
| Why is the EDL on the rise? | Wed 24 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| Liverpool | Yemen, Iran and the Ôwar on terrorÕ | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | The Liverpool, 14 James St, L2 7PQ |
| Are we headed for a double dip recession? | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Camden | How do we stop the English Defence League? | Thu 18 Mar, 6.45pm | Cafe Grill, 40 Camden High St, NW1 0JH |
| London: Ealing | Marxism and ecology | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | FinneganÕs Wake, Ealing Green, W5 5QX |
| London: Euston | How do we stop the English Defence League? | Wed 17 Mar, 6.30pm | Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, WC1A 1LY |
| London: Hackney East | Combating the English Defence League | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | The Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd, E5 0PP |
| London: Hackney South | Rosa Luxemburg - a fighter for revolution | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | HCD Co-operative centre, 62 Beechwood Rd (off Dalston Lane), E8 3DY |
| London: Harrow | The red in the rainbow - fighting for LGBT liberation | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | The Trinity Bar, 378-380 Station Rd, HA1 2DE |
| How do we fight for womenÕs liberation today? | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Hornsey and Wood Green | Globalisation, protectionism and workers struggle | Tue 16 Mar, 7.30pm | Small Hall, St Michaels Church, 37 Bounds Green Rd, N22 7TL |
| London: Southwark | Trotsky and the united front | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Market Grill, 1 East St (Walworth Rd end), SE17 2DJ |
| London: Tooting | What should a socialist paper look like? | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Derinton Rd Community Centre, 101a Derinton Rd (cnr Blakenham Rd), SW17 8HZ |
| London: Tottenham | Their media and ours | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | Kitap Evi Bookhouse, 410 High Rd, N17 9JB |
| London: Tower Hamlets | CapitalismÕs crisis - are we in for a double dip recession? | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St (opp Bethnal Green Rd Tesco), E2 6HG |
| London: Waltham Forest | Marxism and ecology | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St), E17 4QU |
| Why is the English Defence League on the rise? | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Woolwich & Plumstead | Marxism and religion | Thu 18 Mar, 8pm | The Glyndon Centre, Raglan Rd, Plumstead, SE18 7LB |
| Manchester: Chorlton | Why is the English Defence League on the rise? | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | Chorlton Library, Manchester Rd, M21 9PN |
| Manchester: City Centre | Will the union leaders fight back? | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, M2 5NS |
| Manchester: South East | The roots of womenÕs oppression | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | upstairs, Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, Rusholme, M14 5TQ |
| Middlesbrough | Is womenÕs oppression over? | Thu 11 Mar, 7pm | St MaryÕs Centre, 82-90 Corporation Rd, TS1 2RW |
| Why ÔBritish Jobs for British WorkersÕ is not a solution | Thu 11 Mar, 7pm | ||
| Newcastle | Fighting womenÕs oppression today | Wed 10 Mar, 7pm | Tyneside Irish Centre, Gallowgate, NE1 4SG |
| Norwich | Imperialism and the Yemen | Thu 25 Mar, 7.30pm | Bicycle Shop, 17 St Benedict St (nr Pizza Express), NR2 4PE |
| Nottingham | Socialism and anarchism | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Rd, NG1 3FN |
| A rebelÕs guide to Rosa Luxemburg | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| Oxford | Why are socialists interested in history? | Wed 10 Mar, 7.30pm | Headington Community Centre, Gladstone Rd (off London Rd), OX3 8LL |
| As Labour sinks, is reformism dead? | Wed 24 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| Preston | How do we fight for womenÕs liberation today? | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | The Stanley Arms, 21 Lancaster Rd, PR1 2ES |
| The red in the rainbow - fighting for LGBT liberation | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| St Albans | Should socialists vote Labour at the general election? | Mon 15 Mar, 7.30pm | upstairs, Trinity Church Hall, 1 Beaconsfield Rd, AL1 3RD |
| Sheffield: South | How do we fight for womenÕs liberation today? | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Sharrow Community Hall, Sheffield United FC ground, Bramall Lane (entrance John St, opp Baron St), S2 4SU |
| The Paris Commune | Thu 18 Mar, 7.30pm | ||
| Southampton | Do we need the police? | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | High St Cafe, 153 High St, SO14 2BT |
| Wirral | Haiti: disaster and imperialism | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | St Andrews Community Centre, Rake Lane, CH45 5DQ |
| York | Greece - austerity versus resistance | Wed 17 Mar, 7.30pm | The Yorkshire Hussar, North St, YO1 6JD |
| 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 Website www.bookmarksbookshop.co.uk | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| London | Glamour: Women, History, Feminism Author Carol Dyhouse talks about her new book | Thu 11 Mar, 6.30pm | |
| Unite Against Fascism Contact UAF with any queries. Phone 020 7801 2782, go to www.uaf.org.uk , or email unite@ucu.org.uk | |||
| area | title/speakers | time | venue |
| National | Stop the English Defence League in Bolton The racist EDL has rescheduled their Bolton march. Join the national UAF counter-demonstration | Sat 20 Mar, 11am | Victoria Square, Bolton, BL1 |
| Love Music Hate Racism national festivals These are the provisional dates | Weekend of 1 to 3 May | Main events in London and Manchester | |
| Liverpool | Fascism and anti-fascism conference With Wilf Sullivan, Dominique Walker and Tony Lloyd, Martin Smith, Dannie Grufferty, Weyman Bennett, Nahella Ashraf , Paul Holborow, Cllr Steve Munby, Peter Hooten (the Farm) £5. Info lmhrmersey@googlemail.com | Sat 13 Mar, 9.30am to 5pm | School of Social Science, John Moores University, 68 Hope St, L3 4AF |
| Punky reggae party With Raw Bones, Roots Uprise. Plus Rockers to Rockers and Toxteth Rebel Alliance Djs Organised by Free Rock & Roll and LMHR Merseyside. www.myspace.com/lmhrmerseysideunite | Fri 19 March, 9pm | The Masque, 90 Seel St, L1 4BH | |
| London: north | Love Music Hate Racism With Three Colours, Ben Eakins £3 | Thu 11 Mar, 7.30pm | Filthy McNastyÕs, 68 Amwell St, EC1R 1UU |
| Stop the War Contact StWC with any queries. Phone 020 7801 2768, go to www.stopwar.org.uk , or email office@stopwar.org.uk | |||
| area | title/speakers | time | venue |
| London: Hackney | Film showing £3/£1.50 | Wed 31 Mar, 7.30pm | Abney Hall, 73a Stoke Newington Church St, N16 0AS |
| Manchester | General election hustings Prospective parliamentary candidates are invited to explain their policies over Afghanistan, Trident, Gaza, Islamophobia, Civil Liberties www.manchesterstopwar.org | Sat 17 Apr, 2pm | Central Hall, Oldham St, M1 1WT |
| Movement events | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| National | Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union conference With Tony Kearns (CWU), Manuel Cortes (TSSA), Chris Baugh (PCS), Barbara Harriss-White, Jonathan Neale, John Stewart (Hacan), Graham Petersen (UCU), Larry Lohman £10/£5. cacctu.wordpress.com | Sat 13 Mar | South Camden Community School, Charrington St, London NW1 1RG |
| Defend Council Housing national conference With Peter Ambrose, Weyman Bennett, Lesley Carty, Shirley Cupit, Megan Dobney, Frank Dobson MP, Jack Dromey, Dave Gibson, John Grayson, Deborah Garvey, Luke Henderson www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk | Fri 19 Mar, 10.30am to 4.30pm | TUC Conference Centre, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3LS | |
| Defending the welfare state and public services March and rally Called by National Pensioners Convention. Backed by TUC | Sat 10 Apr | central London | |
| London | TUSC election rally With Bob Crow, Dave Nellist, Michael Lavalette, Brian Caton www.tusc.org.uk | Thu 25 Mar, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Euston Rd (opp Euston station), NW1 2BJ |
| London: Brent | After Copenhagen - how do we fight climate change? With speakers from CACC Trade Union Group, Green Party, FoE, Plane Stupid, Transition, SWP Organised by Brent Campaign Against Climate Change. Sponsored by Brent Trades Union Council | Tue 2 Mar, 7.30pm | Willesden Green Library Centre, 95 High Rd, NW10 2SF |
| London: North | Who should pensioners vote for? With Dot Gibson (NPC). John Lister (Health Emergency) | Fri 12 Mar, 1pm | St Pancras Church Hall, Lancing St (off Eversholt St, nr Euston station), NW1 1NA |
