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| SWP public meetings |
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| Birmingham | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?
With Judith Orr (SWP, author of A Rebel's Guide to Women's Liberation) | Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm | The Priory Rooms, 40 Bull St, B4 6AF |
| Bristol | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?
With Sally Campbell (SWP) and Sinead Kennedy (Abortion Rights campaigner from Ireland) | Thu 7 Mar, 7pm | Broadmead Baptist Church, Union St, BS1 3HY |
| Cambridge | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation? | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm | The Box Cafe, Norfolk St, CB1 2LF |
| Cardiff | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation? | Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX |
| Coventry | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation? | Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm | West Indian Centre, 159 Spon St, CV1 3BB |
| Doncaster | The red in the rainbow—socialism and sexual liberation | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Women’s Centre, 21 Cleveland St, DN1 3EH |
| Edinburgh | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?
With Laura Miles (SWP) | Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL |
| Essex | Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm | The Bird in Hand pub, New Writtle St, Chelmsford, CM2 0RZ |
| Glasgow | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?
With Amy Leather (SWP) and Lena Verde (socialist journalist from Greece) | Wed 6 Mar, 7pm | Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 350 Sauchiehall St, G2 3JD |
| London | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?
With Judith Orr (SWP, author of A Rebel's Guide to Women's Liberation), Lena Verde (socialist journalist from Greece) and an Egyptian revolutionary socialist | Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm | Swiss Church in London, 79 Endell St, WC2H 9DY |
| London: Tottenham | Sexuality and socialism—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Kitabevi Cafe, 410 Tottenham High Rd, N17 9JB |
| Luton | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation? | Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm | Hazel Room, Bury Park Community Resource Centre, 161 Dunstable Rd, LU1 1BW |
| Norwich | Disability, cuts & resistance | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, NR2 2SA |
| Oxford | Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Turl St Kitchen, 16 Turl St, OX1 3DH |
| Sheffield | International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?
With Jo Cardwell (SWP) | Wed 6 Mar, 7pm | Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, S1 2BX |
| Sheffield: South | The roots of LGBT oppression | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm | Old Junior School/Sharrow Community Forum, South View Rd (off Sharrow Lane), S7 1DB |
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| SWP branch meetings Weekly meetings to discuss political issues and our local activity. All welcome |
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| Aberdeen | From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Thu 21 Feb, 6pm | Belmont Cinema, 49 Belmont St, AB10 1JS |
| The lost revolution—Germany 1919-1923 | Thu 28 Feb, 6pm |
| Barnsley | Poplar—when Labour councillors fought back | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | YMCA, 1 Blucher St, S70 1AP |
| The politics of food | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Birmingham: Handsworth | Alexandra Kollontai, the Bolsheviks and women’s liberation | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | The Farcroft Pub, 157 Rookery Rd, B21 9QY |
| Birmingham: Small Heath | How do we defend the welfare state? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Bader Restaurant, 394 Coventry Rd,B10 0UF |
| Did Lenin lead to Stalin? | Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm |
| Birmingham: Stirchley and Kings Heath | Lincoln and the struggle against slavery | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Loco Lounge, 32-34 High St, King’s Heath, B14 7JT |
| Trade unions-the bureaucracy and the rank and file | Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm |
| Bolton | The relevance of Trotsky today | Wed 27 Feb, 6.30pm | Bolton Socialist Club, 16 Wood St (off Bradshawgate), BL1 1DY |
| Bradford | What do we mean by class? | Wed 20 Feb, 6pm | The Equity Centre, 1 Longlands St, BD1 2TP |
| Socialists and elections | Wed 27 Feb, 6pm |
| Brighton | Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Ship St, BN1 1AF |
| Trade unions-the bureaucracy and the rank and file | Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm |
| Bristol: South | From resistance to revolution | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | YHA, Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA |
| Is capitalism destroying the planet? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Bristol: Stokes Croft | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | 5th Floor, The Canteen, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY |
| Capitalism, food and profit-what are we really eating? | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Bury and Prestwich | Ukip and Europe—a crisis of conservatism? | Thu 21 Feb, 8pm | The Ostrich, 163 Bury Old Rd, M25 1JF |
| Cambridge | How the Russian Revolution was lost | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | CB2 Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St, CB1 2LD |
| Canterbury | The politics of welfare | Thu 28 Feb, 6pm | St Peters Methodist Church Hall, St Peters Lane, CT1 2BE |
| Cardiff | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX |
| Chelmsford | How has the working class changed? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | The Bird in Hand pub, New Writtle St, CM2 0RZ |
| 80 years since he grabbed power-could Hitler have been stopped? | Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm |
| Chesterfield | Lincoln and the struggle against slavery | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Chesterfield Library, New Beetwell St, S40 1QN |
| From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Colchester | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Albatta Cafe, 18A Sir Isaacs Walk, CO1 1JJ |
| How do we stop the privatisation of education? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Coventry | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | West Indian Centre, 159 Spon St, CV1 3BB |
| Doncaster | Is the Labour Party finished? | Wed 20 Mar, 7pm | Women's Centre, 21 Cleveland St, DN1 3EH |
| Dorset | Anarchism-a critique | Tue 26 Feb, 7.30pm | Room 406, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB |
| Dudley | Marxism and feminism | Wed 20 Feb, 8pm | The Duke of William pub, 25 Coventry St, Stourbridge, DY8 1EP |
| How do we stop the privatisation of the NHS? | Wed 6 Mar, 8pm | The What Centre, 23 Coventry St, Stourbridge, DY8 1EP |
| Dundee | Trade unions—the bureaucracy and the rank and file | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Rd, DD1 1LL |
| Do the media control our lives? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Edinburgh | Democracy—fact or fetish? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL |
| Is there a precariat? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Glasgow: North | The Civil Rights movement 50 years on | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Cafe Cherubini, 360 Great Western Rd, Kelvingrove, G4 9HT |
| Glasgow: South | Ideas of the revolution—the role of the revolutionary paper today | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Govanhill Pool, 99 Calder St, G42 7RA |
| Marxism and LGBT liberation | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Harlow | Abortion-why we defend a woman's right to choose | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm | Common Room, Gibson House, Bishopsfield, CM18 6FF |
| Huddersfield | Did Lenin lead to Stalin? | Wed 20 Feb, 6.30pm | Brian Jackson House, 2 New North Parade, HD1 5JP |
| Alienation—tell me why I don't like Mondays | Wed 27 Feb, 6.30pm |
| Hull | Toussaint l’Ouverture and the slave uprising in Haiti | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Relax Coffee House, 91 Newland Av, HU5 3BG |
| Women's oppression and feminism today | Wed 20 Mar, 7pm |
| Ipswich | Abortion—why we defend a woman’s right to choose | Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm | Labour Club, 33-35 Silent St, IP1 1TF |
| Lancaster | Trotskyism today | Thu 28 Feb, 7pm | Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TX |
| Leeds: City Centre | 80 years since Hitler came to power-could he have been stopped? | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm | Leeds TUC Centre, 88 North St, LS2 7PN |
| Leeds: Harehills and Chapeltown | Ukip and Europe—a crisis of conservatism | Wed 20 Feb, 7.15pm | The Roundhay Road Resource Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Rd, LS8 4HS |
| How should Labour councils fight the cuts today? | Wed 6 Mar, 7.15pm |
| Leicester | Homeless in 2013—why won’t Labour fight the cuts? | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington St, LE1 6HL |
| From Stonewall to gay marriage-how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 27 Feb, 7pm |
| Liverpool | Lincoln and the struggle against slavery | Thu 21 Feb, 7pm | Methodist Centre (above News from Nowhere bookshop), 96 Bold St, L1 4HY |
| London: Brent and Harrow | The US fiscal cliff—prospects for the global economy in 2013 | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Trellick Lounge, 11 Golborne Rd, W10 5NY |
| From Stonewall to gay marriage-how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm |
| London: Brixton | Can the Labour Party lead the fight against austerity? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd, (near Effra Rd, facing Windrush Square), SW2 1EP |
| Trans history and resistance | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Camden | The lost revolution—Germany 1919-1923 | Thu 21 Feb, 7pm | St Michael’s Church, Camden Rd, St Pancras, NW1 9LQ |
| Hunger in a world of plenty-the politics of food | Thu 28 Feb, 7pm |
| London: Croydon | A history of the Middle East | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm | Mind in Croydon, 10 Altyre Rd, CR0 5LA |
| London: Dalston | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish community centre, 31-33 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF |
| The poisonous history of capitalism and food | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Ealing | A people’s history of the NHS | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 High St, Acton, W3 6ND |
| London: Euston | Leveson and the phone hacking scandal—the Tories, media and corruption | Wed 20 Feb, 6pm | Room 559, 5th floor, Main Building, Soas, Thornhaugh St, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG |
| Fighting oppression—how do we get liberation? | Wed 27 Feb, 6pm |
| London: Hackney East | Cameron and the EU—what do socialists say? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | The Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (corner Lower Clapton Rd), E5 0PP |
| Marxism and oppression | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Hornsey and Wood Green | What do we mean by the dialectic? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.45pm | The Small Hall, St Michael’s Church, 37 Bounds Green Rd, N22 7TL |
| Nationalism and national liberation-what do socialists say? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.45pm |
| London: Islington | From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Rancho Grill, 237 Holloway Rd, N7 8HG |
| Revolutionaries and united fronts | Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm |
| London: Kingston | Ukip and Europe—a crisis of Conservatism? | Tue 19 Feb, 7.30pm | Kingston Environment Centre, Fairfield East, KT1 2PT |
| London: Lewisham | Syria—revolution and the threat of imperialist war | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | West Greenwich Community and Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd, SE10 8JA |
| Lenin, revolution and the party | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Leytonstone | The capitalist state and the socialist alternative | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Leytonstone United Free Church, 55 Wallwood Rd, E11 1AY |
| From Stonewall to gay marriage-how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Newham | Golden Dawn and the rise of the European far right | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove (next to Morrisons car park), E15 1HP |
| Ukip and the crisis of Conservatism | Wed 20 Mar, 7pm |
| London: Southwark | Ten years since the Iraq war—imperialism and resistance today | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Snug Room, The Grand Union, 26 Camberwell Grove, SE5 8RE |
| Zombie capitalism-how long will the crisis continue? | Wed 20 Mar, 7pm |
| London: Tottenham | Django Unchained and the fight against slavery | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm | Kitabevi Cafe, 410 Tottenham High Rd, N17 9JB |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Crisis and resistance in Europe—eyewitnesses from Spain and Greece | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St (opposite Bethnal Green Rd Tesco), E2 6HG |
| From Stonewall to gay marriage-how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 20 Mar, 7pm |
| London: Walthamstow | Mali—the new scramble for Africa? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St), E17 4QU |
| The roots of LGBT oppression | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Wandsworth & merton | Ten years since the Iraq war—imperialism and resistance today | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm | Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN |
| London: Woolwich & Plumstead | Lenin, revolution and the party | Thu 28 Feb, 6.30pm | The Glyndon Centre, Raglan Rd, Plumstead, SE18 7LB |
| Luton | Who was Alan Turing? | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Postels Club, 3 Dunstable Rd (corner Cardiff Rd), LU1 1BJ |
| Manchester: Chorlton | Ten years since the Iraq war—imperialism and resistance today | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | The Lloyds Pub, 617 Wilbraham Rd, M21 9AN |
| Socialism and women's liberation | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm | Chorlton Library (side door), Manchester Rd, M21 9PN |
| Manchester: City Centre | 80 years since he grabbed power—could Hitler have been stopped? | Thu 21 Feb, 6pm | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, M2 5NS |
| Manchester: Longsight & Levenshulme | How should Labour councils fight the cuts today? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm | Swad Cafe, 608 Stockport Rd (next to the Immigration Law Centre), Longsight, M13 0RQ |
| Manchester: Rusholme | What is fascism and how do we fight it? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | upstairs, Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, M14 5TQ |
| Lessons from the Chicago teachers' strike | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Middlesbrough | Is there such a thing as human nature? | Tue 19 Feb, 7pm | St Mary’s Centre, 82-90 Corporation Rd, TS1 2RW |
| The European Union-what do socialists say? | Tue 26 Feb, 7pm |
| Newcastle | Reform or revolution | Thu 21 Feb, 7pm | The Labour Club, 11 Leazes Park Rd, NE1 4PF |
| Newport | International Women’s Day—how do we win liberation? | Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm | Emlyn Room, Newport Centre, 1 Kingsway, NP20 1UH |
| Norwich | Marxism and human nature | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm | Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, NR2 2SA |
| Nottingham | From coal mines to call centres-how has the working class changed? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm | International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Rd, NG1 3FN |
| Oxford | Do the media control our lives? | Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm | Turl Street Kitchen, 16 Turl St, OX1 3DH |
| Portsmouth | Mali—the new scramble for Africa? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Southsea Community Centre, St Paul’s Square, PO5 4EE |
| From coal mines to call centres-how has the working class changed? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Preston | The blood never dried—a people's history of the British Empire | Tue 26 Feb, 7pm | Meeting Room 1, Uclan students union, Fylde Rd, PR1 2TQ |
| Rotherham | 80 years since he grabbed power—could Hitler have been stopped? | Wed 20 Feb, 7pm | Bridge Inn, Greasbrough Rd (near the bus and train stations), S60 1RB |
| What would a socialist society look like? | Wed 20 Mar, 7pm |
| St Albans and Luton | A rebel’s guide to Gramsci | Wed 27 Feb, 7pm | Upstairs Trinity Church Hall, 1 Beaconsfield Rd (near St Albans City station), AL1 3RD |
| Sheffield: North | From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Burngreave Community Library, 179 Spital Hill, S4 7LF |
| Sheffield: South | Marxism and culture | Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm | Old Junior School/Sharrow Community Forum, South View Rd (off Sharrow Lane), S7 1DB |
| Southampton | The lost revolution—Germany 1919-1923 | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm | Goblets Wine Bar (upstairs), 184 Above Bar St, SO14 7DW |
| Swansea | Travellers, racism and the fight for justice | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Brynmill Community Centre, St Albans Rd, SA2 0BP |
| From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we win LGBT liberation? | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Taunton | Will the Labour left ever revive? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Bath Place, High St, TA1 4EP |
| Thanet | Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Wed 20 Feb, 6pm | The Red Hall, 101 Grosvenor Rd, Broadstairs, CT10 2BT |
| Wigan | What do we mean by class? | Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm | Sunshine House Community Centre, Bradshawgate, Vauxhall Rd, Scholes, WN1 3SN |
| Wolverhampton | Socialism and women's liberation | Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St, WV1 1ST |
| York | The politics of mental health | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Sea Horse Hotel, 4 Fawcett St, YO10 4AH |
| 'Big Pharma'-the politics of the drug industry | Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm |
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| Movement events |
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| National | Marxism 2013
The festival will include hundreds of meetings alongside book launches, debates and cultural events. Marxism 2013 is hosted and organised by the Socialist Workers Party | 11-15 July | central London |
| Cardiff | Palestine-can there be peace?
Organised by Stop the War | Wed 28 Feb, 7.30pm | Cardiff university main building, Park Place, CF10 3AT |
| Dorchester | How do we build the resistance to austerity?
Organised by Dorset Socialists | Sat 3 Mar, 1.30pm | Colliton Club, (opposite County Hall), Colliton Park DT1 1XJ |
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| Bookmarks events |
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| London | Shostakovich: Socialism, Stalin & Symphonies
With author Simon Behrman and live music. £2 | Mon 4 Mar, 6.30pm | 1 Bloomsbury St, WC1B 3QE (Tottenham Court Road tube) |
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