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SWP public meetings
area	title	time	venue
Birmingham	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation? With Judith Orr (SWP, author of A Rebel's Guide to Women's Liberation)	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	The Priory Rooms, 40 Bull St, B4 6AF
Bristol	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation? With Sally Campbell (SWP) and Sinead Kennedy (Abortion Rights campaigner from Ireland)	Thu 7 Mar, 7pm	Broadmead Baptist Church, Union St, BS1 3HY
Cambridge	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	The Box Cafe, Norfolk St, CB1 2LF
Cardiff	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Cathays Community Centre, Cathays Terrace, CF24 4HX
Coventry	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	West Indian Centre, 159 Spon St, CV1 3BB
Edinburgh	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation? With Laura Miles (SWP)	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL
Essex	Two years on—Egypt’s continuing revolution	Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm	The Bird in Hand pub, New Writtle St, Chelmsford, CM2 0RZ
Glasgow	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation? With Amy Leather (SWP) and Lena Verde (socialist journalist from Greece)	Wed 6 Mar, 7pm	Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 350 Sauchiehall St, G2 3JD
London	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation? With Judith Orr (SWP, author of A Rebel's Guide to Women's Liberation), Lena Verde (socialist journalist from Greece) and an Egyptian revolutionary socialist	Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm	Swiss Church in London, 79 Endell St, WC2H 9DY
London: Tottenham	Sexuality and socialism—how do we fight for LGBT liberation?	Wed 20 Feb, 7.30pm	Kitabevi Cafe, 410 Tottenham High Rd, N17 9JB
Luton	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Hazel Room, Bury Park Community Resource Centre, 161 Dunstable Rd, LU1 1BW
Newport	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm	Emlyn Room, Newport Centre, 1 Kingsway, NP20 1UH
Sheffield	Internatinal Women's Day—how do we win liberation? With Jo Cardwell (SWP)	Wed 6 Mar, 7pm	Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, S1 2BX
Sheffield: South	The roots of LGBT oppression	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Old Junior School/Sharrow Community Forum, South View Rd (off Sharrow Lane), S7 1DB

SWP branch meetings Weekly meetings to discuss political issues and our local activity. All welcome
area	title	time	venue
Aberdeen	The lost revolution—Germany 1919-1923	Thu 28 Feb, 6pm	Belmont Cinema, 49 Belmont St, AB10 1JS
Aberdeen	Reform or revolution	Thu 7 Mar, 6pm	Belmont Cinema, 49 Belmont St, AB10 1JS
Barnsley	The politics of food	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	YMCA, 1 Blucher St, S70 1AP
Barnsley	Immigration—the myths spread to divide us	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	YMCA, 1 Blucher St, S70 1AP
Birmingham: Handsworth	Marxist economics—explaining the crisis	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	Room 010, Attwood Building, Birmingham City University, Perry Bar, B42 2SU
Birmingham: Small Heath	Did Lenin lead to Stalin?	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	Bader Restaurant, 394 Coventry Rd,B10 0UF
Birmingham: Stirchley and Kings Heath	Trade unions—the bureaucracy and the rank and file	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	Loco Lounge, 32-34 High St, King’s Heath, B14 7JT
Bolton	The relevance of Trotsky today	Wed 27 Feb, 6.30pm	Bolton Socialist Club, 16 Wood St (off Bradshawgate), BL1 1DY
Bolton	Women's liberation and revolution in the 21st century	Wed 6 Mar, 6.30pm
Bradford	Socialists and elections	Wed 27 Feb, 6pm	The Equity Centre, 1 Longlands St, BD1 2TP
Bradford	Imperialism and resistance today	Wed 6 Mar, 6pm	The Equity Centre, 1 Longlands St, BD1 2TP
Brighton	Trade unions—the bureaucracy and the rank and file	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Friends Meeting House, Ship St, BN1 1AF
Bristol: South	Climate change—how can we stop capitalism destroying the planet?	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	YHA, Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA
Bristol: Stokes Croft	Capitalism, food and profit—what are we really eating?	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	5th Floor, The Canteen, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
Bristol: Stokes Croft	The 1913 Dublin Lockout and James Connolly	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm
Bury and Prestwich	Marxism and oppression	Thu 14 Mar, 8pm	The Ostrich, 163 Bury Old Rd, Prestwich, M25 1JF
Cambridge	Two years on—Egypt's continuing revolution	Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm	CB2 Cafe, 5-7 Norfolk St, CB1 2LD
Canterbury	The politics of welfare	Thu 28 Feb, 6pm	St Peters Methodist Church Hall, St Peters Lane, CT1 2BE
Canterbury	Beyond HMV—fighting for jobs on the high street	Thu 21 Mar, 6pm	St Peters Methodist Church Hall, St Peters Lane, CT1 2BE
Chelmsford	80 years since he grabbed power—could Hitler have been stopped?	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	The Bird in Hand pub, New Writtle St, CM2 0RZ
Chesterfield	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation?	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Chesterfield Library, New Beetwell St, S40 1QN
Chesterfield	George Orwell—what can socialists learn from him today?	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	Chesterfield Library, New Beetwell St, S40 1QN
Colchester	How do we stop the privatisation of education?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Albatta Cafe, 18A Sir Isaacs Walk, CO1 1JJ
Colchester	The radical left and elections in Europe	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Albatta Cafe, 18A Sir Isaacs Walk, CO1 1JJ
Derby	International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Thu 7 Mar, 7pm	West End Community Centre, Mackworth Rd (next to Britannia Mill), DE22 3BL
Doncaster	Is the Labour Party finished?	Wed 20 Mar, 7pm	Women's Centre, 21 Cleveland St, DN1 3EH
Dorset	Anarchism—a critique	Tue 26 Feb, 7.30pm	Room 406, Poole House, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Dudley	How do we stop the privatisation of the NHS?	Wed 6 Mar, 8pm	The What Centre, 23 Coventry St, Stourbridge DY8 1EP
Dundee	Do the media control our lives?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Rd, DD1 1LL
Dundee	How can Palestine be free?	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Rd, DD1 1LL
Edinburgh	Is there a precariat?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL
Edinburgh	Lincoln and the struggle against slavery	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL
Exeter	Two years on—Egypt's continuing revolution	Thu 14 Mar, 7pm	New Horizon Cafe, 47 Longbrook St, EX4 6AW
Glasgow: South	Marxism and LGBT liberation	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Govanhill Pool, 99 Calder St, G42 7RA
Glasgow: South	Did Lenin lead to Stalin?	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	Govanhill Pool, 99 Calder St, G42 7RA
Harlow	Abortion—why we defend a woman's right to choose	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Common Room, Gibson House, Bishopsfield, CM18 6FF
Harlow	Trotsky and the united front	Thu 28 Mar, 7.30pm	Common Room, Gibson House, Bishopsfield, CM18 6FF
Huddersfield	Alienation—tell me why I don't like Mondays	Wed 27 Feb, 6.30pm	Brian Jackson House, 2 New North Parade, HD1 5JP
Huddersfield	Bad medicine—science in the service of profit	Wed 6 Mar, 6.30pm	Brian Jackson House, 2 New North Parade, HD1 5JP
Hull	Women's oppression and feminism today	Wed 20 Mar, 7pm	Relax Coffee House, 91 Newland Av, HU5 3BG
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	Trotskyism today	Thu 28 Feb, 7pm	Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TX
Lancaster	International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Thu 7 Mar, 7pm
Leeds: City Centre	80 years since Hitler came to power—could he have been stopped?	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Leeds TUC Centre, 88 North St, LS2 7PN
Leeds: City Centre	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we get LGBT liberation?	Thu 7 Mar, 7pm	Broadcasting Place, Leeds Metropolitan University, Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9EN
Leeds: Harehills & Chapeltown	How should Labour councils fight the cuts today?	Wed 6 Mar, 7.15pm	The Roundhay Rd Resource Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Rd, LS8 4HS
Leicester	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation?	Wed 27 Feb, 7pm	Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington St, LE1 6HL
Leicester	The lost revolution—Germany 1918-1923	Wed 6 Mar, 7pm	Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington St, LE1 6HL
Liverpool	Sexuality and Marxism	Thu 7 Mar, 7pm	Methodist Centre (above News from Nowhere bookshop), 96 Bold St, L1 4HY
London: Brent and Harrow	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation?	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	Trellick Lounge, 11 Golborne Rd, W10 5NY
London: Brixton	Trans history and resistance	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd (near Effra Rd, facing Windrush Square), SW2 1EP
London: Brixton	Hungry for a profit—the reality of the food business	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm
London: Camden	Hunger in a world of plenty—the politics of food	Thu 28 Feb, 7pm	St Michael’s Church, Camden Rd, St Pancras, NW1 9LQ
London: Camden	Marxism and black nationalism	Thu 21 Mar, 7pm	St Michael’s Church, Camden Rd, St Pancras, NW1 9LQ
London: Croydon	A history of the Middle East	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Mind in Croydon, 10 Altyre Rd, CR0 5LA
London: Dalston	The poisonous history of capitalism and food	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish community centre, 31-33 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF
London: Dalston	Ten years since the Iraq invasion—imperialism and resistance today	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm
London: Euston	Fighting oppression—how do we get liberation?	Wed 27 Feb, 6pm	Room 559, 5th floor, Main Building, Soas, Thornhaugh St, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG
London: Euston	Alienation—tell me why I don't like Mondays	Wed 20 Mar, 6pm
London: Hackney East	Marxism and oppression	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	The Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd (corner Lower Clapton Rd), E5 0PP
London: Hackney East	Lincoln and the struggle against slavery	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm
London: Hornsey and Wood Green	Nationalism and national liberation—what do socialists say?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.45pm	The Small Hall, St Michael’s Church, 37 Bounds Green Rd, N22 7TL
London: Hornsey and Wood Green	The 1917 Russian revolution	Wed 20 Mar, 7.45pm	The West Indian Culture Centre, 9 Clarendon Rd, N8 0DD
London: Islington	Revolutionaries and united fronts	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	The Old Fire station, 84 Mayton St, N7 6QT
London: Lewisham	Lenin, revolution and the party	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	West Greenwich Community and Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd, SE10 8JA
London: Lewisham	What do we mean by the dialectic?	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm
London: Leytonstone	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation?	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Leytonstone United Free Church, 55 Wallwood Rd, E11 1AY
London: Leytonstone	Mali—the new scramble for Africa	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	Leytonstone United Free Church, 55 Wallwood Rd, E11 1AY
London: Newham	Ukip and the crisis of Conservatism	Wed 20 Mar, 7pm	Stratford Advice Arcade, 107-109 The Grove (next to Morrisons car park), E15 1HP
London: Southwark	Zombie capitalism—how long will the crisis continue?	Wed 20 Mar, 7pm	Snug Room, The Grand Union, 26 Camberwell Grove, SE5 8RE
London: Tottenham	Django Unchained and the fight against slavery	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Kitabevi Cafe, 410 Tottenham High Rd, N17 9JB
London: Tottenham	The new scramble for Africa	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	Kitabevi Cafe, 410 Tottenham High Rd, N17 9JB
London: Tower Hamlets	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation?	Wed 20 Mar, 7pm	Oxford House, Derbyshire St (opp Bethnal Green Rd Tesco), E2 6HG
London: Walthamstow	The roots of LGBT oppression	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St), E17 4QU
London: Walthamstow	The politics of disability	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd (off Hoe St), E17 4QU
London: Wandsworth & Merton	Ten years since the Iraq war—imperialism and resistance today	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN
London: Wandsworth & Merton	Rosa Luxemburg and the lost German revolution 1918-1923	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	Tooting Grove Club Room, Effort St, Tooting SW17 0QR
London: Woolwich & Plumstead	Lenin, revolution and the party	Thu 28 Feb, 6.30pm	The Glyndon Centre, Raglan Rd, Plumstead, SE18 7LB
London: Woolwich & Plumstead	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we fight for LGBT liberation?	Thu 21 Mar, 6.30pm	The Glyndon Centre, Raglan Rd, Plumstead, SE18 7LB
Luton	Revolution in the 21st century	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	Hazel Room, Bury Park Community Resource Centre, 161 Dunstable Rd, LU1 1BW
Manchester: Chorlton	Socialism and women's liberation	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Chorlton Library (side door), Manchester Rd, M21 9PN
Manchester: Chorlton	Leninism in the 21st century	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Chorlton Library (side door), Manchester Rd, M21 9PN
Manchester: Longsight & Levenshulme	How should Labour councils fight the cuts today?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Swad Cafe, 608 Stockport Rd (next to the Immigration Law Centre), Longsight, M13 0RQ
Manchester: Longsight & Levenshulme	How do we stop the privatisation of education?	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm
Manchester: Rusholme	Lessons from the Chicago teachers' strike	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	upstairs, Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, M14 5TQ
Manchester: Rusholme	Cuts, sexism and the Tories	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	upstairs, Falafel Cafe, Wilmslow Rd, M14 5TQ
Middlesbrough	Cameron and the EU—what do socialists say?	Tue 5 Mar, 7pm	St Mary's Centre, 82-90 Corporation Rd, TS1 2RW
Norwich	Marxism and human nature	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, NR2 2SA
Norwich	How do we stop the privatisation of education?	Thu 21 Mar, 7.30pm	Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, NR2 2SA
Nottingham	From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Rd, NG1 3FN
Nottingham	The new scramble for Africa	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Rd, NG1 3FN
Oxford	Do the media control our lives?	Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm	Turl Street Kitchen, 16 Turl St, OX1 3DH
Portsmouth	From coal mines to call centres—how has the working class changed?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Southsea Community Centre, St Paul’s Square, PO5 4EE
Preston	The blood never dried—a people's history of the British Empire	Tue 26 Feb, 7pm	Meeting Room 1, Uclan students union, Fylde Rd, PR1 2TQ
Rotherham	What would a socialist society look like?	Wed 20 Mar, 7pm	Bridge Inn, Greasbrough Rd (near the bus and train stations), S60 1RB
St Albans and Luton	A rebel’s guide to Gramsci	Wed 27 Feb, 7pm	Upstairs Trinity Church Hall, 1 Beaconsfield Rd (near St Albans City station), AL1 3RD
Sheffield: South	Marxism and culture	Wed 20 Mar, 7.30pm	Old Junior School/Sharrow Community Forum, South View Rd (off Sharrow Lane), S7 1DB
Southampton	The lost revolution—Germany 1919-1923	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Goblets Wine Bar (upstairs), 184 Above Bar St, SO14 7DW
Southampton	International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Goblets Wine Bar (upstairs), 184 Above Bar St, SO14 7DW
Swansea	From Stonewall to gay marriage—how do we win LGBT liberation?	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Brynmill Community Centre, St Albans Rd, SA2 0BP
Swansea	International Women's Day—how do we win liberation?	Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm	Brynmill Community Centre, St Albans Rd, SA2 0BP
Wigan	What do we mean by class?	Wed 27 Feb, 7.30pm	Sunshine House Community Centre, Bradshawgate, Vauxhall Rd, Scholes, WN1 3SN
Wolverhampton	Socialism and women's liberation	Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm	City Bar, King St, WV1 1ST
Wolverhampton	Leninism in the 21st century	Thu 7 Mar, 7.30pm	The Royal Hotel, Ablewell St, WS1 2EL
York	'Big Pharma'—the politics of the drug industry	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Sea Horse Hotel, 4 Fawcett St, YO10 4AH
York	Slavery and capitalism	Wed 6 Mar, 7.30pm	Sea Horse Hotel, 4 Fawcett St, YO10 4AH

Movement events
area	title	time	venue
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 www.marxismfestival.org.uk	11-15 July	central London
Cardiff	Palestine—can there be peace? Organised by Stop the War	Wed 28 Feb, 7.30pm	Cardiff university main building, Park Place, CF10 3AT
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

Bookmarks events
area	title	time	venue
London	Shostakovich: Socialism, Stalin & Symphonies With author Simon Behrman and live music. £2	Mon 4 Mar, 6.30pm	1 Bloomsbury St, WC1B 3QE (Tottenham Court Road tube)