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| SWP branch meetings Weekly meetings to discuss political issues and our local activity. All welcome |
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| Aberdeen | Marikana mine massacre and post-apartheid South Africa |
Thu 17 Jan, 6pm | Belmont Cinema, 49 Belmont St, AB10 1JS |
| Imperialism and resistance today | Thu 24 Jan, 6pm |
| Barnsley | What would a socialist society look like? | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | YMCA, 1 Blucher St, S70 1AP |
| Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Birmingham: Handsworth | Democratic centralism and the revolutionary party | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | The Farcroft Pub, 157 Rookery Rd, B21 9QY |
| Chavs—the demonisation of the working class | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Birmingham: Small Heath | Ukip and Europe—a crisis of conservatism? | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Bader Restaurant, 394 Coventry Rd, B10 0UF |
| Birmingham: Stirchley and Kings Heath | Tell me why I don’t like Mondays—Marx’s theory of alienation | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Loco Lounge, 32-34 High St, King’s Heath, B14 7JT |
| Abortion—why we defend a woman’s right to choose | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Bolton and Wigan | A rebel’s guide to Robbie Burns | Wed 23 Jan, 6.30pm | Bolton Socialist Club, 16 Wood St (off Bradshawgate), BL1 1DY |
| Bradford | Did Lenin lead to Stalin? | Wed 16 Jan, 6pm | The Equity Centre, 1 Longlands St, BD1 2TP |
| The politics of disability | Wed 23 Jan, 6pm |
| Brighton | Zombie capitalism | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Phoenix Community Centre, 2 Phoenix Place, BN2 9ND |
| How has the working class changed? | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Bristol: South | Will the trade union leaders always sell out? | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | YHA, Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA |
| Imperialism and the anti-war movement | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Bristol: Stokes Croft | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | 5th Floor, The Canteen, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY |
| Lessons from Germany’s lost revolution | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Cambridge | Marikana mine massacre and post-apartheid South Africa | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | CB2 Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St, CB1 2LD |
| State, oppression and resistance | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Canterbury | Can Palestine be free? | Thu 24 Jan, 6pm | St Peters Methodist Church Hall, St Peters Lane, CT1 2BE |
| Cardiff | Egypt and permanent revolution | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX |
| Obama—what happened to all the hope? | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Chesterfield | Marxism and art | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Chesterfield Library, New Beetwell St, S40 1QN |
| How do we stop the Tory attacks on benefits? | Thu 31 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Colchester | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm | Albatta Cafe, 18A Sir Isaacs Walk, CO1 1JJ |
| Coventry | The Arab Spring two years on | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm | West Indian Centre, 159 Spon St, CV1 3BB |
| Derby | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 17 Jan, 7pm | West End Community Centre, Mackworth Rd (next to Britannia Mill), DE22 3BL |
| The role of the revolutionary paper | Thu 24 Jan, 7pm |
| Doncaster | Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Wed 23 Jan, 7pm | Women’s Centre, 21 Cleveland St, DN1 3EH |
| Dudley | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 16 Jan, 8pm | The Duke of William pub, 25 Coventry St, Stourbridge, DY8 1EP |
| How has the working class changed? | Wed 23 Jan, 8pm |
| Dundee | Ideas of the revolution—the role of the paper | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Rd, DD1 1LL |
| Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Edinburgh | The Tories, media and corruption | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL |
| Red Clydeside and the shop stewards movement | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Essex | Two years on—Egypt’s revolution and the Arab Spring | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | The Bird in Hand pub, New Writtle St, CM2 0RZ |
| Exeter | Building the resistance in 2013—prospects for socialists | Thu 17 Jan, 7pm | St Sidwell’s Community Centre, Sidwell St, EX4 6NN |
| Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Thu 31 Jan, 7pm |
| Glasgow: North | Austerity and the politics of welfare reform | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Cafe Cherubini, 360 Great Western Rd, Kelvingrove, G4 9HT |
| How do we stop the Nazis? | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Glasgow: South | The roots of zionism | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Govanhill Pool, 99 Calder St, G42 7RA |
| Guildford | Building the resistance in 2013—prospects for socialists | Sat 12 Jan, 2pm | Guildford Library, 77 North St, GU1 4AL |
| Harlow | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Common Room, Gibson House, Bishopsfield, CM18 6FF |
| Huddersfield | Two years on—Egypt and the Arab revolutions today | Wed 16 Jan, 6.30pm | Cafe Society, Byram St (near main post office), HD1 1DR |
| Anarchism and socialism | Wed 23 Jan, 6.30pm |
| Hull | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 23 Jan, 7pm | Relax Coffee House, 91 Newland Av, HU5 3BG |
| Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 23 Jan, 7pm |
| Ipswich | The case for a general strike | Thu 31 Jan, 7.30pm | Labour Club,33-35 Silent St, IP1 1TF |
| Lancaster | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 24 Jan, 7pm | Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, A1 1TX |
| Leeds: City Centre | Imperialism and
resistance today | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Leeds TUC Centre, 88 North St, LS2 7PN |
| Leeds: Harehills and Chapeltown | No return to the austerity of the 1930s with eyewitness | Wed 16 Jan, 7.15pm | Trinity United Church, Roundhay Rd, LS8 2HU |
| Disability, crisis and poverty | Wed 23 Jan, 7.15pm |
| Leicester | Human nature—are we too selfish for socialism? | Wed 16 Jan, 7pm | Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington St, LE1 6HL |
| Marikana massacre—where is the ANC heading? | Wed 23 Jan, 7pm |
| Liverpool | The economic crisis and the rise of the far right | Thu 17 Jan, 7pm | Methodist Centre (above News from Nowhere bookshop), 96 Bold St, L1 4HY |
| What is fascism and how do we fight it? | Thu 24 Jan, 7pm |
| London: Brent and Harrow | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 High St, Acton, W3 6ND |
| How do we fight for women’s liberation? | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Brixton and Southwark | Building the resistance in 2013—prospects for socialists | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd, (near Effra Rd, facing Windrush Square), SW2 1EP |
| London: Brixton | The Egyptian revolution two years on | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd (near Effra Rd, facing Windrush Square), SW2 1EP |
| London: Croydon | Is human nature a barrier to human liberation? | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Mind in Croydon, 10 Altyre Rd, CR0 5LA |
| London: Dalston | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish community centre, 31-33 Dalston Lane (just down from Dalston Junction), E8 3DF |
| The roots of women’s oppression | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Ealing | 80 years on—could Hitler have been stopped? | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm | West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 High St, Acton, W3 6ND |
| London: Euston | Scotland, socialism and independence | Wed 16 Jan, 6pm | Room B101, Brunei Gallery Building, Soas, Thornhaugh St, Russell Sq, WC1H 0XG |
| Should workers vote for the Labour Party? | Wed 23 Jan, 6pm |
| London: Hackney East | What kind of party do socialists need? | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | The Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (corner Lower Clapton Rd), E5 0PP |
| What caused the Holocaust and could it happen again? | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Hornsey and Wood Green | Are teachers part of the working class? | Wed 16 Jan, 7.45pm | The Small Hall, St Michael’s Church, 37 Bounds Green Rd, N22 7TL |
| Gender and inequality | Wed 23 Jan, 7.45pm |
| London: Islington | The Arab Spring two years on | Thu 17 Jan, 7pm | Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Rd, N7 6PA |
| Lenin—building the party | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Rancho Grill, 237 Holloway Rd, N7 8HG |
| London: Kingston | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Tue 15 Jan, 7.30pm | Kingston Environment Centre, Fairfield East, KT1 2PT |
| A rebel’s guide to Trotsky | Tue 22 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Lewisham | How do we stop the rise of the far right in Europe? | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | West Greenwich Community and Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd (near Greenwich main line and DLR Station), SE10 8JA |
| Austerity and the politics of welfare reform | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Leytonstone | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Leytonstone United Free Church, 55 Wallwood Rd, E11 1AY |
| Che Guevara and the Cuban revolution | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Newham | Paul Levi, Lenin and the German revolution | Wed 16 Jan, 7pm | Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove (next to Morrisons car park), E15 1HP |
| Where do profits come from? | Wed 23 Jan, 7pm |
| London: North West | William Cuffay and the Chartists movement | Sun 27 Jan, 4pm | Brent Trades Union Council Hall, 375 High Rd, Willesden, NW10 2JR |
| London: Southwark | Building the resistance—tasks for local organisation | Wed 23 Jan, 7pm | Snug Room, The Grand Union, 26 Camberwell Grove (off Camberwell Church St), SE5 8RE |
| London: Tottenham | What causes crisis? | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Kitabevi Cafe, 410 Tottenham High Rd, N17 9JB |
| Two years on—how the Arab Spring continues | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 16 Jan, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St (opp Bethnal Green Rd Tesco), E2 6HG |
| London: Wandsworth and Merton | The state of welfare | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Tooting Grove Club Room, Effort St (next to St George’s Hospital), Tooting, SW17†0QR |
| London: Walthamstow | Marx or Keynes—what is the solution to the crisis? | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St), E17 4QU |
| Are we too selfish for socialism? | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| London: Woolwich and Plumstead | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 17 Jan, 6.30pm | The Glyndon Centre, Raglan Rd, Plumstead, SE18 7LB |
| Austerity and the politics of welfare reform | Thu 24 Jan, 6.30pm |
| Luton and St Albans | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 16 Jan, 7pm | Upstairs Trinity Church Hall, 1 Beaconsfield Rd (near St Albans City station), AL1 3RD |
| Luton | Fighting the cuts—how do we resist austerity? | Tue 22 Jan, 7pm | Postels Club, 3 Dunstable Rd (corner Cardiff Rd), LU1 1BJ |
| Manchester: Chorlton | Fighting the Tories in 2013 | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Chorlton Library (side door), Manchester Rd, M21 9PN |
| How can we save the NHS? | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Manchester: City Centre | Trotsky today | Thu 17 Jan, 6pm | The Kings Arms, 11 Bloom St, Salford, M3 6AN |
| The English revolution and the birth of capitalism | Thu 24 Jan, 6pm |
| Manchester: Longsight and Levenshulme | The English civil war | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Swad Cafe, 608 Stockport Rd, Longsight, M13 0RQ |
| Black British Rebels | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Manchester: Rusholme | Black British rebels—figures from working class history | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | upstairs, Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, M14 5TQ |
| The English revolution-the birth of capitalism | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Middlesbrough | The Leveson inquiry—what do socialists say? | Tue 15 Jan, 7pm | St Mary’s Centre, 82-90 Corporation Rd, TS1 2RW |
| Golden Dawn and the rise of the far right in Europe | Tue 22 Jan, 7pm |
| Newcastle | The fight against women’s oppression today | Thu 17 Jan, 7pm | The Labour Club, 11 Leazes Park Rd, NE1 4PF |
| Why we need a revolutionary party? | Thu 24 Jan, 7pm |
| Newport | Wales—is there still ‘clear red water’? | Thu 7 Feb, 8pm | Newport Centre, 1 Kingsway, NP20 1UH |
| Norwich | What is fascism and how do we fight it? | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, NR2 2SA |
| Being a revolutionary in the workplace | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Nottingham | How to fight back against the benefit cuts in 2013 | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Rd, NG1 3FN |
| Time to get organised—building in the workplace | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Oxford | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Turl Street Kitchen, 16 Turl St, OX1 3DH |
| Ukip and Europe—a crisis of conservatism? | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Portsmouth | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Southsea Community Centre, St Paul’s Square, PO5 4EE |
| How has the working class changed? | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Rotherham | After Indian rape scandal—what causes women’s oppression? | Wed 16 Jan, 7pm | Talbot Lane Centre, Moorgate St, S60 2EY |
| Two years on—Egypt and the Arab revolutions today | Wed 23 Jan, 7pm | Bridge Inn, Greasbrough Rd, S60 1RB |
| St Albans | Syria—revolution and the threat of imperialist war | Wed 30 Jan, 7pm | Upstairs Trinity Church Hall, 1 Beaconsfield Rd (near St Albans City station), AL1 3RD |
| Sheffield: North | Reform or revolution | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Burngreave Community Library, 179†Spital Hill, S4 7LF |
| Sheffield: South | The state of welfare | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Old Junior School/Sharrow Community Forum, South View Rd (off Sharrow Lane), S7 1DB |
| The role of the
revolutionary paper | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Southampton | A rebel’s guide to Gramsci | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Goblets Wine Bar (upstairs), 184 Above Bar St, SO14 7DW |
| Workers’ struggle and the Chinese dream | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Swansea | Fighting the attacks on benefits | Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm | Brynmill Community Centre, St Albans Rd, SA2 0BP |
| What do socialists say about child abuse? | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm |
| Taunton | From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Thu 24 Jan, 7.30pm | Friend’s Meeting House, Bath Place, High St,TA1 4EP |
| Walsall | BBC, Murdoch and Leveson—what do socialists say? | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Royal Hotel, Ablewell St, WS1 2EL |
| Wigan | The blood that never dried—a people’s history of the British Empire | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Sunshine House Community Centre,Bradshawgate, Vauxhall Rd, Scholes, WN1 3SN |
| Wolverhampton | Anarchism and socialism | Wed 23 Jan, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St, WV1 1ST |
| York | Where is Egypt heading? | Wed 16 Jan, 7.30pm | Sea Horse Hotel, 4 Fawcett St, YO10 4AH |
| How do we stop the privatisation of education? | Wed 23 Jan, 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 |
| Dorchester | World War II—Imperialist war or people’s war?
Organised by Dorset Socialists | Sat 2 Feb, 1.30pm | Colliton Club, (opposite County Hall), Colliton Park DT1 1XJ |
| Sheffield | How do we get justice?
Public meeting with speakers including Sheila?Coleman (Hillsborough Justice Campaign), a representative from the Orgreave truth, Janet Alder (sister of Christopher Alder who died in police custody), Alfie Meadows. Organised by South Yorks NUJ | Thu 31 Jan, 7pm | Central United Reformed Church, Norfolk St, Sheffield, S1 2JB |
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| Bookmarks events |
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| London | Martin Rowson presents The Limerickiad volume II
Multi awardñwinning cartoonist Martin Rowson mixes high seriousness, awful puns and dodgy rhymes to reduce literary classics to a series of terrible limericks. Not for the faint-hearted! £2 entry (includes refreshments). Call to book your place on 020 7637 1848 | Mon 28 Jan, 6.30pm | Bookmarks Bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QE |
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