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 | SW Appeal events | Unite Against Fascism | Stop the War | movement events | Bookmarks events | Concerts and benefits
| SWP public meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | The Red in the Rainbow Hannah Dee launches her new book on sexuality, socialism and LGBT liberation | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | Barnsley Library, Shambles St, S70 2SB |
| Black Country | The socialist answer to cuts and racism With Charlie Kimber, Amy Leather | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St, WV1 1ST |
| Bradford | How do we stop the BNP and EDL? | Thu 2 Sep, 7pm | Equity Centre, 1 Longlands St, BD1 2TP |
| Bristol | The police Ð oppression and resistance | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | YHA, 14 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA |
| London: West | Carnival, racism and riots With Ken Olende | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | The Village Hall, Bulwer St, ShepherdÕs Bush, W12 8AP |
| Manchester | The Red in the Rainbow Hannah Dee launches her new book on sexuality, socialism and LGBT liberation | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | BritonÕs Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater St, M1 5LE |
| SWP branch meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| Aberdeen | Can socialism work? | Thu 2 Sep, 6pm | Casa di Gelato, 194-196 King St (opp Morrisons), AB24 5BH |
| Birmingham: Handsworth | Who are the working class? | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Dorcus Centre, 44 Nineveh Rd, Handsworth, B21 0SY |
| Why socialists oppose a burqa ban | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Birmingham: Small Heath | Sexism and the systemÑthe fight for womenÕs liberation | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | Bader Restaurant, 396 Coventry Rd, B10 0UF |
| Birmingham: Stirchley | What would happen without the police? | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | Stirchley Community Centre, 1326 Pershore Rd, B30 2XS |
| Bolton | ImmigrationÑthe myths used to divide us | Wed 8 Sep, 7pm | Bolton Socialist Club, 16 Wood St (off Bradshawgate), BL11DY |
| Bradford | PakistanÑfloods, aid and imperialism | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | Equity Centre, 1 Longlands St, BD1 2TP |
| Brighton | The 'Big Society'Ñthe Tories big con | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | The Caxton Arms, 36 North Gardens, BN1 3LB |
| PakistanÑpolitics and disaster | Thu 16 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Bristol: East | How do we stop the EDL? | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Easton Community Centre, Kilburn St, BS5 6AW |
| What is CameronÕs Ôbig societyÕ? | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Bristol: South | How do we fight fascism? | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | The Golden Guinea, 19 Guinea St (nr Bristol General), BS1 6SX |
| Bury and Prestwich | The Communist Party in the 1930sÑrecession and resistance | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | The Ostrich, 163 Bury Old Rd, Prestwich, M25 1JF |
| Canterbury | How do we fight fascism? | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | Westgate Hall, Westgate Hall Rd, CT1 3BT |
| Cardiff | Why socialists oppose a burqa ban | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX |
| The fight for equality | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Chesterfield | Marxism and religion | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | Assembly Rooms, Market Hall, Market Square, S40 1AR |
| Coventry | Lenin and the Party | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Koco, Unit 15, Koco Buildings, Arches Industrial Estate, Spon End, CV1 3JQ |
| Education in a neoliberal worldÑhow can we stop academies and free schools? | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Doncaster | How do we stop the BNP and the EDL? | Wed 1 Sep, 6.30pm | WomenÕs Centre, 21 Cleveland St, DN1 3EH |
| A rebelÕs guide to Karl Marx | Wed 8 Sep, 7pm | ||
| Glasgow: North East | The myths of immigration | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | Room 5.12, Graham Hills Building, Strathclyde University, 50 George St, G1 1QE |
| Glasgow: South | The trade union bureaucracy and the rank and file | Thu 16 Sep, 7.30pm | Langside Halls, Shawlands, G41 2QR |
| Glasgow: West | The origins of the welfare state | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | Partick Burgh Halls, 3-9a Burgh Hall St, G11 5LW |
| Huddersfield | The rise of the far right across Europe | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Cafe Society, Byram St (nr main post office) HD1 1DR |
| Leeds: City Centre | Afghanistan: war lies and Wikileaks | Thu 2 Sep, 7pm | The Victoria, 28 Great George St, LS1 3DL |
| The 1926 General Strike | Thu 9 Sep, 7pm | ||
| Leicester | A short history of occupations | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington St, LE1 6HL |
| What is fascism and how do we fight it? | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Liverpool | Sexism and the system Ð the rise of raunch culture | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | Methodist Centre (above News from Nowhere bookshop), 96ÊBold St, L1 4HY |
| The blood never driedÑa peopleÕs history of the British Empire | Thu 16 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Brent & Harrow | Carnival, racism and riots | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Brent Trades Hall (Apollo Club), 375 High Rd, Willesden, NW10 2JR |
| Why are Lenin's ideas important | Wed 9 Sep, 7.30pm | Victoria Hall, Sheepcote Rd, Harrow, HA1 2JE | |
| London: Brixton | Who are Cameron's Tories? | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd (nr Effra Rd, facing Windrush Square), SW2Ê1EP |
| The politics of Noam Chomsky | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Camden | How was The National Front defeated? | Thu 2 Sep, 6.30pm | RiccardoÕs Deli, 18 Camden High St, NW1 0JH |
| Can capitalism be bailed out of its crisis? | Thu 9 Sep, 6.30pm | ||
| London: Ealing | Politics and mental health | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 High St, Acton, W3 6ND |
| London: Euston | Does revolution have to be violent | Wed 1 Sep, 6.30pm | Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, WC1A 1LY |
| The campaign against ratecappingÑlessons of the 1980s | Wed 8 Sep, 6.30pm | ||
| London: Hackney South | GramsciÑfrom factory occupations to workersÕ power | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | HCD Co-operative Centre, 62 Beechwood Rd (off Dalston Lane), E5 0PU |
| London: Hornsey and Wood Green | Pin ups porn and prostitution-sexism and society | Tue 31 Aug, 7.30pm | Small Hall, St Michaels Church, 37 Bounds Green Rd, N22 7TL |
| London: Hounslow | AfghanistanÑwar, lies and wikileaks | Wed 15 Sep, 7.30pm | Hounslow Community Centre, 9 Montague Rd, TW3 1JY |
| London: Lewisham | Whas the USSR ever socialist? | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | West Greenwich Community and Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd (next to Greenwich main line and DLR Station), SE10 8JA |
| London: Newham | The Spirit Level why equality is good for us all? | Wed 1 Sep, 7pm | Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove (next to Morrisons car park), E15 1HP |
| London: Tottenham | Islamophobia, the veil and the state | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | Tottenham Chances, 399 High Rd (opp police station), N17 6QN |
| Lenin and the revolutionary party | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Waltham Forest | The revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd, (off Hoe St), E17 4QU |
| AfghanistanÑwar, lies and wikileaks | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| London: Woolwich & Plumstead | How do we defeat the state? | Thu 9 Sep, 8pm | Glyndon Centre, Raglan Rd, Plumstead, SE18 7LB |
| Manchester: Chorlton | The blood never dried Ð a peopleÕs history of the British Empire | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Chorlton Library, Manchester Rd, M21 9PN |
| The Communist Party in the 1930sÑrecession and resistance | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Manchester: City Centre | The Communist Party in the 1930sÑrecession and resistance | Thu 9 Sep, 6pm | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, M2 5NS |
| Manchester: South East | The Coummunist Party in the 1930s | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | upstairs, Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, Rusholme, M14 5TQ |
| Norwich | Will revolution be violent? | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | The Golden Star, 57 Colegate (corner Duke St), NR3 1DD |
| Why socialists oppose a burqa ban | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Nottingham | What do we mean by the united front? | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Rd, NG1 3FN |
| Portsmouth | Islamophobia, the state and the veil | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | Southsea Community Centre, St PaulÕs Square, PO5 4EE |
| St Albans | ImmigrationÑthe myths used to divide us | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | Trinity URC Church, 1 Beaconsfield Rd, AL1 3RD |
| Sheffield: North | Can socialists work with New Labour? | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | New Roots Cafe, 86 Spital Hill, Burngreave, S4 7LG |
| Their media and ours | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Sheffield: South | Can socialists work with the Labour Party? | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | Sharrow Community Hall, Sheffield United FC ground, Bramall Lane (entrance John St, opp Baron St), S2 4SU |
| Southampton | Immigration: the myths used to divide us | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | High St Cafe, 153 High St, SO14 2BT |
| Southend | Austerity and resistanceÑwill the cuts solve the economic crisis? | Wed 15 Sep, 7.30pm | Southend Central Library, Victoria Ave, SS2 6EX |
| Swansea | Why do trade union leaders sell out? | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | Brynmill Community Centre, St Albans Rd, SA2 0BP |
| ChinaÑgravedigger or saviour of capitalism? | Thu 9 Sep, 7.30pm | ||
| Wigan | Marxism and ecology | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | The Bowling Green, 108 Wigan Lane (north end of Standishgate), WN1 2LF |
| Wolverhampton | Arizona and the Tea Party Ð is the right on the ? | Wed 1 Sep, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St, WV1 1ST |
| York | The red in the rainbowÑthe fight for LGBT liberation | Wed 8 Sep, 7.30pm | The Bay Horse, 68 Marygate, YO30 7BH |
| 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 |
| Cambridge | Love Music Hate Homophobia Riot Grrl Night with Beverley Kills, Fever Fever, Death of theÊElephant, Ethical Debating Society Free. Donations to LMHH welcome | Sat 25 Sep, 8pm | 231 Newmarket Rd, CB5 8JE |
| East Kent | Love Music Hate Racism festival With Lowkey, Joey Prolapse, Rapscallions, Spookasonic, The Assembly Worker, Neil Sparkes with Bougarabou, Aurora, The Light Programme, Tyrannosaurus Alan, Colt 44, Whitstable World Music Big Band, Fiona DJ. Harbour Arm Stage: Chimney Boys, Spy Plane, Henry Johnson www.thanetlovemusichateracism.com | Sat 11 Sept, 12 noon to 8pm | seafront Piazza, old town and harbour, Margate. Free. After party at Westcoast Bar. Festival supported by the NUT in Thanet. |
| 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 | Why the war matters Organised by School Students Against War | Sun 26 Sep, 2pm | Marchmont Community Centre, 62 Marchmont St, WC1N 1AB. |
| London: Hackney | Afghanistan Ð Time to Go With photojournalist Guy Smallman, Judith Orr (StWC) | Thu 2 Sep, 7.30pm | Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (cnr Lower Clapton Rd), E5 0PP |
| Movement events | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| National | Lobby the TUC Demand that the TUC calls a national demonstration against the Con-Dem cuts! Organised by National Shop Stewards Network. www.shopstewards.net | Sun 12 Sep, 12 noon | Manchester Central Convention Complex. |
| NSSN TUC Fringe Meeting Organised by National Shop Stewards Network. www.shopstewards.net | Wed 15 Sep, 5.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Mount St, Manchester | |
| Hands off our rents, our rights, our homes TenantsÕ lobby Organised by Defend Council Housing | Mon 11 Oct | outside Parliament, London | |
| Dorchester | The will of the people With Jonny Farleigh Organised by Dorset Socialists | Sat 11 Sep, 1.30pm | Colliton Club (opp County Hall), Colliton Park, DT1 1XJ |
| London | London DCH meeting With Ken Livingstone, Caroline Lucas MP, Simon Hughes MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Gail Cartmail (Unite), Heather Wakefield (Unison), Silla Carron (Camden Tenants Fed) www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk | Mon 18 Oct, 7pm | Grand Committee Room, House of Commons |
| Action for the climate emergency With John McDonnell MP, Caroline Lucas MP, Andrew Simms (New Economics Foundation), Maria Souviron (Bolivian ambassador), Alexis Rowell (Camden CAN) | Sat 30 Oct, 2pm | Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd (opp Euston Station), NW1 2BJ | |
| Manchester | Convention of the Left: building unity to defend public services Conference with John McDonnell, Matt Wrack, Gregor Gall www.conventionoftheleft.org | 24-25 Sept, | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, M2 5NS |
| Norfolk | Burston Strike School Rally With Tony Benn, Len McCluskey, Chris Keates, Christine Blower, Angela Smith, Ian Saville | Sun 5 Sep, 11am to 4.30pm | Church Green, Burston (nr Diss) |
