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| SWP public meetings |
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| Birmingham | Two years of revolution—the Arab spring continues | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Priory Rooms, Quaker Meeting House, 40 Bull St, B4 6AF |
| Birmingham: Stirchley and kings heath | How should Labour councils fight the cuts today? | Thu 7 Feb, 7pm | All Saints Church Centre, 2 Vicarage Rd, Kings Heath, B14 7RA |
| Black Country | Greece—crisis, resistance and the fight against fascism | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St, WV1 1ST |
| Brighton | What are the roots of LGBT oppression? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Phoenix Community Centre, 2 Phoenix Place, BN2 9ND |
| Lancaster | A people’s history of the Second World War | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm | The Storey Arts Centre, Meeting House Lane, LA1 1TH |
| London | Year three of the Egyptian Revolution | Thu 7 Feb, 7pm | Bloomsbury Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2H 8EP |
| London: West | Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | Paddington Arts, 32 Woodfield Rd, W9 2BE |
| Manchester | Sexuality and socialism—fighting for LGBT liberation | Thu 7 Feb, 6.30pm | Academy 2 (1st floor),University of Manchester Students’ Union, Oxford Rd, M13 9PR |
| Norwich | Disability and resistance—defending the welfare state | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, NR2 2SA |
| Portsmouth | Trotsky, permanent revolution and the fight against Stalinism | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Southsea Community Centre, St Paul’s Square, PO5 4EE |
| Sheffield: South | Two years of revolution—the Arab spring continues | Wed 13 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 | Lincoln and the struggle against slavery | Thu 14 Feb, 6pm | Belmont Cinema, 49 Belmont St, AB10 1JS |
| Barnsley | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | YMCA, 1 Blucher St, S70 1AP |
| Two years on – Egypt’s continuing revolution | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Birmingham: Handsworth | Marx’s theory of alienation | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | The Farcroft Pub, 157 Rookery Rd, B21 9QY |
| Alexandra Kollontai, the Bolsheviks and women’s liberation | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Birmingham: Small Heath | How do we defend the welfare state? | Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm | Bader Restaurant, 394 Coventry Rd,B10 0UF |
| Bolton | The relevance of Trotsky today | Wed 27 Feb, 6.30pm | Bolton Socialist Club, 16 Wood St (off Bradshawgate), BL1 1DY |
| Bradford | Two years on – Egypt’s continuing revolution | Wed 6 Feb, 6pm | The Equity Centre, 1 Longlands St, BD1 2TP |
| Ten years since we marched against war—imperialism and resistance today | Wed 13 Feb, 6pm |
| Bristol: South | The Bennite left—why did it fail? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | YHA, Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA |
| How to fight austerity and the welfare cuts | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Bristol: Stokes Croft | Two years on—the Arab Spring | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | 5th Floor, The Canteen, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY |
| Clara Zetkin and revolution—sex and socialism | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Bury and Prestwich | Cameron and the EU—what do socialists say? | Thu 14 Feb, 8pm | The Ostrich, 163 Bury Old Rd, M25 1JF |
| Cambridge | Can China save capitalism? | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | CB2 Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St, CB1 2LD |
| Year three of the Egyptian revolution | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Canterbury | The politics of welfare | Thu 14 Feb, 6pm | St Peters Methodist Church Hall, St Peters Lane, CT1 2BE |
| Cardiff | What’s behind the Belfast riots? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX |
| Why we need a revolutionary party | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Chelmsford | How has the working class changed? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm | The Bird in Hand pub, New Writtle St, CM2 0RZ |
| Chesterfield | What was the Holocaust and could it happen again? | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Chesterfield Library, New Beetwell St, S40 1QN |
| Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Colchester | Syria, the Arab Spring and imperialism | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | Albatta Cafe, 18A Sir Isaacs Walk, CO1 1JJ |
| How can trade unions fight back against austerity? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Coventry | Ukip and Europe—a crisis of conservatism? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | West Indian Centre, 159 Spon St, CV1 3BB |
| Lenin and why we need the revolutionary paper | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Derby | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 7 Feb, 7pm | West End Community Centre, Mackworth Rd (next to Britannia Mill), DE22 3BL |
| Ukip and Europe—a crisis of conservatism? | Thu 14 Feb, 7pm |
| Doncaster | Syria—revolution and the threat of imperialist war | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm | Women’s Centre, 21 Cleveland St, DN1 3EH |
| Dudley | Why is Gove attacking the education system? | Wed 13 Feb, 8pm | The Duke of William pub, 25 Coventry St, Stourbridge, DY8 1EP |
| Dundee | Does capitalism cause oppression? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Rd, DD1 1LL |
| From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Edinburgh | Democracy—fact or fetish? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL |
| A rebel’s guide to Gramsci | Wed 13 Feb, 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 | What would a socialist society look like? | Thu 14 Feb, 7pm | New Horizon Cafe, 47 Longbrook St, EX4 6AW |
| Glasgow: North | How do we stop the Nazis? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | Cafe Cherubini, 360 Great Western Rd, Kelvingrove, G4 9HT |
| Ireland and the peace process—what do socialists say? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Glasgow: South | From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | Govanhill Pool, 99 Calder St, G42 7RA |
| Harlow | Does Keynes have the answer to the economic crisis? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | Common Room, Gibson House, Bishopsfield, CM18 6FF |
| Huddersfield | Ukip and Europe—a crisis of conservatism? | Wed 6 Feb, 6.30pm | Cafe Society, Byram St (near main post office), HD1 1DR |
| From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 13 Feb, 6.30pm | Brian Jackson House, 2 New North Parade, HD1 5JP |
| Hull | Marxism and ethics | Wed 6 Feb, 7pm | Relax Coffee House, 91 Newland Av, HU5 3BG |
| Toussaint l’Ouverture and the slave uprising in Haiti | Wed 20 Feb, 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 | How has the working class changed? | Thu 7 Feb, 7pm | Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, A1 1TX |
| Leeds: City Centre | The politics of mental health | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Leeds TUC Centre, 88 North St, LS2 7PN |
| Two years of revolution—the Arab Spring continues | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Leeds: Harehills and Chapeltown | The scramble for Africa—the new imperialism | Wed 6 Feb, 7.15pm | Trinity United Church, Roundhay Rd, LS8 2HU |
| Ukip and Europe—a crisis of Conservatism? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.15pm |
| Leicester | Spanish revolt—from civil war to the Indignados | Wed 6 Feb, 7pm | Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington St, LE1 6HL |
| Human nature—are we too selfish for socialism? | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm |
| Liverpool | How has the working class changed? | Thu 7 Feb, 7pm | Methodist Centre (above News from Nowhere bookshop), 96 Bold St, L1 4HY |
| Divided they fall—the German left and the rise of Hitler | Thu 14 Feb, 7pm |
| London: Brent and Harrow | The Communist Party in the 1930s | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Trellick Lounge, 11 Golborne Rd, W10 5NY |
| The US fiscal cliff— prospects for the global economy in 2013 | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Brixton | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd, (near Effra Rd, facing Windrush Square), SW2 1EP |
| London: Camden | Imperialism and resistance today | Thu 14 Feb, 7pm | St Michael’s Church, Camden Rd, St Pancras, NW1 9LQ |
| Ten years since we marched against war—imperialism and resistance today | Thu 14 Feb, 7pm |
| London: Croydon | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | Mind in Croydon, 10 Altyre Rd, CR0 5LA |
| London: Dalston | Why won’t Labour fight? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish community centre, 31-33 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF |
| London: Ealing | Cameron and the EU—what do socialists say? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 High St, Acton, W3 6ND |
| London: Euston | Fighting oppression—how do achieve liberation? | Wed 13 Feb, 6pm | Room 592, 5th floor, Main Building, Soas, Thornhaugh St, WC1H 0XG |
| London: Hackney East | Human nature—are we too selfish for socialism? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | The Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (corner Lower Clapton Rd), E5 0PP |
| London: Hornsey and Wood Green | Lenin and building the party | Wed 13 Feb, 7.45pm | The Small Hall, St Michael’s Church, 37 Bounds Green Rd, N22 7TL |
| London: Islington | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | Rancho Grill, 237 Holloway Rd, N7 8HG |
| London: Kingston | The story of the Dublin lockout | Tue 5 Feb, 7.30pm | Kingston Environment Centre, Fairfield East, KT1 2PT |
| Ukip and Europe—a crisis of Conservatism? | Tue 19 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Lewisham | Marx’s theory of alienation | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | West Greenwich Community and Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd, SE10 8JA |
| London: Leytonstone | The capitalist state and the socialist alternative | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | Leytonstone United Free Church, 55 Wallwood Rd, E11 1AY |
| London: Newham | Marxism and feminism | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm | Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove (next to Morrisons car park), E15 1HP |
| London: Southwark | Ten years since we marched against war—imperialism and resistance today | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm | Snug Room, The Grand Union, 26 Camberwell Grove (off Camberwell Church St), SE5 8RE |
| London: Tottenham | Ten years since we marched against war—imperialism and resistance today | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Kitabevi Cafe, 410 Tottenham High Rd, N17 9JB |
| London: Tower Hamlets | Marxism and feminism | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm | Oxford House, Derbyshire St (opposite Bethnal Green Rd Tesco), E2 6HG |
| London: Walthamstow | Marxism and feminism | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St), E17 4QU |
| London: Wandsworth and Merton | Bad medicine—science in the service of profit | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Tooting Grove Club Room, Effort St (next to St George’s Hospital), Tooting, SW17†0QR |
| Ten years since we marched against war—Imperialism and resistance today | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm |
| London: Woolwich & Plumstead | How has the working class changed? | Thu 14 Feb, 6.30pm | The Dial Arch, Number 1 Street, The Warren, Royal Arsenal Riverside, SE18 6GH |
| Luton | Who was Alan Turing? | Wed 6 Feb, 7pm | Postels Club, 3 Dunstable Rd (corner Cardiff Rd), LU1 1BJ |
| How the Communist Party fought back in the 1930s | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm |
| Manchester: Chorlton | Could Hitler have been stopped? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | The Lloyds Pub, 617 Wilbraham Rd, M21 9AN |
| 80 years since Hitler grabbed power—could he have been stopped? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Manchester: City Centre | Does revolution have to be violent? | Thu 14 Feb, 6pm | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, M2 5NS |
| Manchester: Longsight and Levenshulme | Sexism and women’s liberation | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Swad Cafe, 608 Stockport Rd (next to the Immigration Law Centre), Longsight, M13 0RQ |
| Manchester: Rusholme | Socialists, unions and the national minority movement | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | upstairs, Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, M14 5TQ |
| Medway | From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | The Nucleus Arts Centre, 272 High St, Chatham, ME4 4BP |
| LGBT rights in the 21st century—how far have we come? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Cafe Moroc, 367 High St, Rochester, ME1 1DA |
| Middlesbrough | Lessons from the Paris Commune | Tue 5 Feb, 7pm | St Mary’s Centre, 82-90 Corporation Rd, TS1 2RW |
| Reform or revolution? | Tue 12 Feb, 7pm |
| Newcastle | The new scramble for Africa | Thu 14 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 | From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm | Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, NR2 2SA |
| Nottingham | The war on drugs—should they be legal? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Rd, NG1 3FN |
| The new scramble for Africa | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Oxford | Bad medicine—science in the service of profit | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Turl Street Kitchen, 16 Turl St, OX1 3DH |
| From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Plymouth | Was Marx right? | Wed 6 Feb, 7pm | Voodoo Lounge, Drake Circus, PL1 1QH |
| Portsmouth | Trotsky and permanent revolution | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Southsea Community Centre, St Paul’s Square, PO5 4EE |
| Preston | A people’s history of the British Empire | Tue 26 Feb, 7pm | Meeting Room 1, University of Central Lancashire Student’s Union, Fylde Rd, PR1 2TQ |
| Rotherham | How has the working class changed? | Wed 6 Feb, 7pm | Bridge Inn, Greasbrough Rd (near the bus and train stations), S60 1RB |
| Ten years since we marched against war—imperialism and resistance today | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm |
| St Albans | A rebel’s guide to Gramsci | Wed 13 Feb, 7pm | Upstairs Trinity Church Hall, 1 Beaconsfield Rd (near St Albans City station), AL1 3RD |
| Sheffield: North | Crisis and resistance in Africa | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Burngreave Community Library, 179 Spital Hill, S4 7LF |
| Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Sheffield: South | How has the working class changed? | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Old Junior School/Sharrow Community Forum, South View Rd (off Sharrow Lane), S7 1DB |
| Southampton | Lessons from the Paris Commune | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | Goblets Wine Bar (upstairs), 184 Above Bar St, SO14 7DW |
| The marketisation of education | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Swansea | Fighting the Tories in 2013 | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Brynmill Community Centre, St Albans Rd, SA2 0BP |
| Wales—is there still ‘clear red water’? | Thu 14 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Taunton | Will the trade union leaders always sell out? | Thu 7 Feb, 7.30pm | Friends Meeting House, Bath Place, High St, TA1 4EP |
| Will the Labour left ever revive? | Thu 21 Feb, 7.30pm |
| Wigan | An illustrated talk on the English revolution and the rise of capitalism | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | Sunshine House Community Centre, Bradshawgate, Vauxhall Rd, Scholes, WN1 3SN |
| Wolverhampton | Ukip and Europe – a crisis of conservatism? | Wed 13 Feb, 7.30pm | City Bar, King St, WV1 1ST |
| York | Where next for the Egyptian Revolution? | Wed 6 Feb, 7.30pm | Sea Horse Hotel, 4 Fawcett St, YO10 4AH |
| The politics of mental health | Wed 20 Feb, 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 | 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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| Preston | A people’s history of the Second World War
Book launch with author Donny Gluckstein | Tue 12 Feb, 7pm | Greenbank Lecture Theatre, University of Central Lancashire, Victoria St, PR1 2HE |
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