Red Star festival Saturday 11:00 - 12:00
WHAT’S NEXT FOR LABOUR,TRADE UNIONS AND POLITICS? Vince Mills, Martin Mayer, Liz Payne (chair) Roundtable Panal, Marx Memorial Library
12:10 - 13:10
THE NHS Rahana Azam; People’s March for NHS, Steve Sweeney
Ethnic/Religious Politics in Tower Hamlets Nissar Ahmed
15:00 - 16:00
16:10 - 17:10
HOUSING Focus E15, Sweetsway, Joana Ramiro (Chair)
The Significance of History Mick Costello, Nigel Costley, Liz Payne
Kurdish struggle
USING SOCIAL MEDIA Jon Schwochert
The New Middle East Plan and the Rise of Terror Navid Shomali, Salam Ali, Rashid Sheikh Liz Payne (Chair)
Women in the economy: raising our voice Jackie Longworth
Build the People’s Assembly in your area Claire Groom, Rosie Rawl
The European Union Alex Gordon, Anita Halpin (Chair)
Political Economy in Britain Jonathan Michie, Meirian Jump
Trade Union Freedom: what next? John Hendy, Marj Mayo (Chair)
Politics in Trade Union Rose Keeping
RALLY FOR PEACE AND SOCIALISM 17:30 - 18:30
With invited speakers including Morning Star editor Ben Chacko and Communist Party general secretary Rob Griffiths
MORNING STAR 85TH BIRTHDAY PARTY 19:30 ‘TIL LATE
Battle against fascism Pauline Fraser, Jean Geldart, Phil Katz
LUNCH
13:10 - 13:50
13:50 - 14:50
Dialectics - what’s it all about? Jonathan White Simon Renton
Naomi Bedford Atilla the Stockbroker Captain Ska Ben Chacko and Bob Oram from 8:00pm at The Good Ship 289 Kilburn High Rd, London NW6 7JR
Red Star festival Sunday 11:00 - 12:00
UNIONS IN A COLD CLIMATE Trish Lavelle,Tony Conway, Kevan Nelson
GREECE,THE EU AND IMPERIALISM Comrade Dr. Stavros Tassos MP (KKE)
MARXISM FOR BEGINNERS David Ayrton
12:10 - 13:10
THE MEDIA TODAY Ben Chacko, Ann Field, Tony Burke
BUILDING THE YOUTH FOR SOCIALISM DR. Angelos Kassianos (EDON), Zoe Hennessey
BUNGS, BLATTER AND THE BEAUTIFUL GAME Kadeem Simmonds
LUNCH
13:10 - 13:50
13:50 - 14:50
15:00 - 16:00
16:10 - 17:10
WOMEN’S QUESTION TIME Liz Payne(chair), Jean Geldart
HOW SHOULD ECONOMICS BE TAUGHT Chris Guiton; PremmSikka
GLOBAL EDUCATION REFORM Gawain Little, Dave Wilson
AUSTERITY BRITAIN Romayne Phoenix, Jon Schwochert
SOUTH AFRICA Thembinkosi Obed Mlaba, James Tweedie (Chair)
Claudia Jones - Black, Woman, Communist Mary Davis, Chair: Daphne Liddle
LATIN AMERICA – HOPE FOR THE LEFT VSC, NSC, CSC
BROAD LEFTS TODAY
LGSM SHORTFILM SHOWING AND WORKSHOP
Red Star 2015 will be taking place at venues in and around the Marx Memorial Library in Clerkenwell Green, an area steeped in the history of working-class struggle. The closest station is Farringdon and the area is served by multiple bus routes making it easy to travel from within London or travel in for the day.