Events
Draft agenda: 1. The world economy
2. The post dispute and the public sector pay battle
3. Middle East
4. The left
5. Reports
Central London
The Plough, Museum St, London WC2
Speakers include Billy Hayes, Tony Woodley, Joe Marino, John McDonnell
Quality Hotel, West Street, Brighton
Friends Meeting House, Euston Road (opposite Euston station), London
Demanding: * an end to off-shoring - quality, secure jobs for all
* to ensure equal rights for agency workers - and trade unionfreedom for all
* to close the yawning wealth gap
* to deliver fair pay to public sector workers and quality, publicly provided health and education for all
* to free councils to build decent housing for all
http://www.amicustheunion.org/labourPartySite/whats%20happening.aspx
Assemble Meyrick Park, Bournemouth
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1
1857/2007: Imperialism, ‘Race’, Resistance
An international conference on the 150th anniversary of the 1857 uprisings
Speakers include: Indian human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar, who most recently has defended the accused in the Parliament Attack case; writer, film-maker and anti-war activist Tariq Ali; historian and writer on colonialism and patriarchy Kumkum Sangari; radical historian from Pakistan Mubarak Ali; Editor of Indian left monthly Liberation Kavita Krishnan; spokesperson of Cageprisoners Adnan Siddiqui; eminent civil-liberties lawyer Gareth Peirce; Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation spokesperson Hani Lazim, historian and writer on British imperialism John Newsinger; feminist educationalist Rubina Saigol from Pakistan
SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG
www.stopwar.org.uk
Outside Parliament, London SW1
