Meetings & 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 | Stop the War | movement events | Bookmarks events | Concerts and benefits
| SWP public meetings | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Visteon, Linamar, Lindsey - where next for the class struggle? | Thu 23 Jul, 6pm | Belmont Cinema, 49 Belmont St |
| Brighton | Is there a working class revival? | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Brighthelm Centre, North Rd |
| Bristol: east | Pakistan and the 'war on terror' With Phil Jones | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | Hawks Gym, Roman Rd, Easton |
| Bristol: north | From Visteon to Total - the return of the rank and file | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Halo Bar, Gloucester Rd |
| Bristol: South | 65 years since D-Day - was the Second World War a fight for democracy? With Richard Stephens | Wed 1 Jul, 6pm | Unite Offices, Transport House, Victoria St |
| Cambridge | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | CB2 Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St |
| Cardiff | The Communist Manifesto | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace |
| Doncaster | Visteon, Linamar, Lindsey - where next for the class struggle? | Thu 9 Jul, 7pm | Women’s Centre, 21 Cleveland St |
| Dundee | Visteon, Linamar, Lindsey - where next for the class struggle? | Wed 22 Jul, 7.30pm | Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Rd |
| Edinburgh | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Wed 15 Jul, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace |
| Fife | After the walk-outs - building the left in Fife | Tue 28 Jul, 7.30pm | Betty Nichols, 297 High St, Kirkcaldy |
| Glasgow South | Is a revolution possible in Britain? With Phemie Matheson | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Langside Halls, Shawlands |
| Leeds | In the balance - the class struggle in Britain today | Thu 16 Jul, 7pm | The Swarthmore Centre, 2-7 Woodhouse Square |
| Liverpool | Revolutionaries and trade unions | Thu 15 Jul, 7.30pm | Cafe Porto, 14 Rodney St |
| London: Brent & Harrow | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Wed 15 Jul, 7.30pm | Brent Trades Hall (Apollo Club), 375 High Rd, Willesden |
| London: Brixton | Is Marx still relevant today? | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd, SW2 |
| London: Camden | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Thu 9 Jul, 6.30pm | Phoenicia Cafe, 186-188 Kentish Town Rd |
| London: Ealing | Visteon, Linamar, Lindsey - where now for the class struggle? | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 Acton High St |
| London: Euston | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Wed 8 Jul, 6.30pm | Room S16 (off the bar), Institute of Education, Bedford Way |
| London: Hackney east | Did Thatcher change Britain? With Sadie Robinson | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (off Lower Clapton Rd) |
| London: Hackney South | Did Thatcher change Britain? With Sadie Robinson | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | HCD Cooperative centre, 62 Beechwood Rd |
| London: Hornsey | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Tue 14 Jul, 7.30pm | Basement flat, Muswell Hill Baptist Church, 2 Dukes Avenue (off Broadway) |
| London: Islington | Should revolutionaries stand in elections? | Wed 15 Jul, 7.30pm | Elizabeth House, 2 Hurlock St (off Blackstock Rd) |
| London: Lewisham | Education under capitalism | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | Greenwich West Community and Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd, (next to Greenwich mainline and DLR station) |
| London: Newham | China - from Mao to the market With Charlie Hore | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove |
| London: Southwark | Did Lenin lead to Stalin? With Morgan O’Brien | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Market Grill Cafe, East St (Walworth Rd end) |
| London: Tooting | Visteon, Linamar, Lindsey - where next for the class struggle? | Thu 16 Jul, 7.30pm | Derinton Rd Community Centre, 101 Derinton Rd (cnr Blakenham Rd), SW17 |
| London: Tottenham and Wood Green | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | Kitap Evi Bookhouse, 410 High Rd |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Power, corruption and lies - can parliament ever bring real change? | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St (opp Bethnal Green Rd Tesco) |
| London: Waltham Forest | Sylvia Pankhurst and the suffragettes With Mary Brodbin | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St) |
| Manchester: South East | The Communist Manifesto | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | upstairs Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, Rusholme |
| Manchester: Chorlton | Iran in revolt - what do socialists say? | Thu 16 Jul, 7.30pm | Chorlton Library, Manchester Rd |
| Portsmouth | How workers are exploited | Wed 8 Jul, 8pm | Southsea Community Centre, St Paul’s Square |
| Swansea | The Communist Manifesto | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Brynmill Community Centre, St Albans Rd |
| York | Marxism and the state | Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm | The Yorkshire Hussar, 15 North St |
| 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 | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| London | China Miéville Signing his new novel, The City and the City | Sat 11 Jul, 2pm | bookshop |
| 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 |
| Hounslow | Iraq, Afghanistan and the ‘war on terror’ With Tony Benn, Anas Altikriti, Lindsey German | Thu 9 Jul, 7.30pm | Montague Hall, Montague Rd, TW3 |
| Movement events | |||
| area | title/speaker | time | venue |
| National | Marxism 2009 Five day political festival hosted by the SWP. Featuring over 200 meetings with speakers including David Harvey, Tariq Ali, Bernadette McAliskey, Gary Younge, Terry Eagleton, Slavoj Zizek, Sheila Rowbotham, Alex Callinicos, John Bellamy Foster. Plus music, drama, art and film Info 020 7819 1190 www.marxismfestival.org.uk | 2-6 July | central London |
| Stop Britain’s Nazis Unite to stop the fascist BNP. Conference organised by Unite Against Fascism Info 020 7801 2782 www.uaf.org.uk | Sat 18 Jul, 10am to 5pm | Manchester Central Hall, Central Building, 45 Oldham St, Manchester | |
| Bristol | Stop the Nazi BNP With Weyman Bennett, Paulette North (NUT) Organised by UAF | Wed 1 Jul, 7.15pm | Transport House, Victoria St |
| Dorset | Why does Labour betray workers? Organised by Dorset Socialists | Sat 1 Aug, 2pm | Colliton Club, County Hall Site, Dorchester |
| London | Climate emergency parliament Our parliament is failing to respond to the climate emergency. This alternative parliament will respond with the urgency required. With Colin Challen MP, Darren Johnson, John Stewart, Tim Helweg Larsen, Tamsin Omond, Chris Baugh www.campaigncc.org | Wed 15 Jul, 6pm | Parliament Square |
| Neath Port Talbot | Defend Council Housing www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk | Thu 16 Jul, 7pm | Glynneath Training Centre, Oddfellows St, SA11 |
| Shrewsbury | Justice for the Shrewsbury 24 With Arthur Scargill, Ricky Tomlinson, Rob Williams www.pcsshropshire.selfip.org/newspage/?p=973 | Sat 4 Jul, assemble 10.30am | St Julian’s Friar car park. March to Shrewsbury Council Offices for rally at 12 noon |
| Concerts and benefits | |||
| area | title/artists | time | venue |
| Grays | LMHR big weekend With Asheber & The African Revolution, East End Trinity, 7th Wave, Sean Taylor, The Brights, Ill a Noize, MC Mushley & Friends, Steve Mead - Phoenix FM DJs, Lush, KMT £3 www.lovemusichateracism.com | Fri 31 Jul, 6pm to 10pm | Blackshots Fields |
| London | Retaking our liberties With Barry ‘The Fish’ Melton (Woodstock legend), Sameh Moussa, Angry Sam, Graham Larkbey & The Escape Committee. Reddog visuals £5. Benefit for United Campaign Against Police Violence | Thu 16 Jul, 7.30pm | The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, N1 |
| London: north | Liberation of Colour Anti-fascist concert with revolutionary rock band based in Vienna. Its members left Israel in protest against Zionism £5/£3. Organised by Hackney Cultural Association. Info 020 8800 2755 | Wed 8 Jul, 8pm | Tottenham Chances, 399 Tottenham High Rd |