Evening rally Friday 27th July and all day Saturday 28th July

Join us for a weekend of people powered politics, internationalism and solidarity!

Venues:
Student Central, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY (Friday evening rally and Saturday)
Unite, 128 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8TN (Saturday)

Registration is taking place at Student Central on Friday from 6.15pm and from 9.30am in both venues on Saturday

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Friday 27th July
Evening rally - Tories out now: Time for a Corbyn Government for the many, not the few
Speakers: John McDonnell MP // Diane Abbott MP // Richard Burgon MP // Marsha De Cordova MP // Sean McGovern, TUC Disabled Members Committee //
Steve Turner, Unite, Assistant General Secretary // Maya Goodfellow // Mike Jackson, LGSM // Laura Morales, Justice Mexico Now //
Andrew Murray, Stop the War Coalition // Lara McNeill, youth representative, Labour NEC // Apsana Begum, Momentum NCG
Chair: Matt Willgress, Arise
7pm, with registration from 6.15pm – Student Central, 1st floor, ‘The Venue’

Saturday 28th July

Venue Unite the Union, 128 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8TN
Themes being discussed include ‘An economy for the many, not the few’ hosted by Labour Assembly Against Austerity, and ‘Building the resistance – organising to win’.
Room Lower Ground, Diskus Ground floor, Meeting rooms 1&2 Ground floor, Meeting rooms 3&4
10am – Public services for people not profit – why we need public Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners 1984/5 - A party for the many – democratising the Labour
11.10am ownership and to get the private sector out The movie Pride and the message of solidarity Party
Richard Burgon MP building Jon Lansman, Labour NEC member
Mick Whelan, ASLEF, General Secretary Mike Jackson, LGSM Apsana Begum, Momentum NCG
Cat Hobbs, Director and Founder of We Own It Jane Connor, LGSM Becky Boumelha, Momentum NCG
Danielle Tiplady, nurse & NHS campaigner Hosted by Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners Max Shanly, Momentum activist
Chair: Lucy Anderson MEP Chair: Rachel Godfrey Wood, Momentum
Hosted by Labour Assembly Against Austerity Hosted by Momentum
11.30am – An injury to one is an injury for all – for a new era of workers’ A greener future - transforming the economy for Organising for equality – winning the living wage
12.40pm rights and freedom people and the planet for all young workers
Prof. Keith Ewing, co-author, A Manifesto for Labour Law Mika Minio-Palulello, Labour Energy Forum Lara McNeill, Labour NEC Youth Rep
TGI Fridays dispute and fair tips campaigner Mark Watts, C40 Jawad Khan, GMB Young Members
Roger McKenzie, UNISON, Assistant General Secretary. Siân Errington, Labour Assembly Against Austerity Artin Giles, Chair, London Young Labour
Lucy Anderson MEP Chair: Cllr Peray Ahmet (Haringey) Chair: Faisa Hassan, Unite London & Eastern Region
Chair: Adrian Weir, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom Hosted by Labour Assembly Against Austerity Young Members
Hosted by the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom
1pm – Beyond parliamentary politics - why trade unions and social Beyond free market failure – why Corbynomics is #JC4PM – Using social media for the win
2.10pm movements are key to a Labour victory the answer Liam Young
Richard Burgon MP Grace Blakeley, researcher and writer Lewis Bassett
Adrian Weir, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom Mick Burke, economist Becky Ward, Jeremy Corbyn 4 PM page
Shelly Asquith, People’s Assembly Against Austerity Siân Errington, Labour Assembly Against Austerity Hosted by Jeremy Corbyn 4 PM & People’s
Chair: Bob Oram, Morning Star Chair: Cllr Peray Ahmet (Haringey) Chancellor social media channels
Hosted by The Morning Star Hosted by Labour Assembly Against Austerity
Venue Student Central, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY
Internationalist, peace, equality and solidarity hubs, plus stalls and book talks
Room 2nd floor, Malet Suite (plus exhibition area) 3rd floor, Room 3B 3rd floor, Room 3C
10am – Trump and the Nuclear Danger Of Women: in the 21st Century Grenfell: How racism and austerity created a
11.10am Ted Seay, policy consultant Book talk catastrophe
Christine Blower, Chair, Nuclear Education Trust In conversation with author Shami Chakrabarti Emma Dent Coad MP
Chair: Carol Turner, Labour CND Facilitator: Rachel Holmes, author Eleanor Marx: A Life Matt Wrack, FBU, General Secretary
Hosted by Labour CND Chair: Denis Fernando, Grenfell campaigner
11.30am – After Gaza and Jerusalem – it is time for Labour to speak Rise: How Jeremy Corbyn Inspired the Young to End the Tory war on welfare and disabled people –
12.40pm out on Palestine Create a New Socialism fighting for liberation and equality
Karma Nabulsi Book talk Rachel O’Brien, NUS Disabled Students’ Officer
Mick Whelan, ASLEF, General Secretary In conversation with author Liam Young Ian Jones, WOW campaign
Simon Dubbins, Director of International, Unite the Union Facilitator: Ruth Hayes, Unite EC & Labour Women Martha Foulds, disability rights activist and Labour
Sarah Colborne, Labour and Palestine Leading member
Jenny Manson, Jewish Voice for Labour
Asad Rehman, War on Want
Chair: Hugh Lanning, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
1pm – Undermining peace in Ireland – are the Tories playing For the Many: Preparing Labour for Power Re-igniting black self-organisation – organising in
2.10pm politics with the Good Friday Agreement? Book talk our communities and the labour movement
Jim McVeigh, SIPTU trade union organiser and former West With author and editor Mike Phipps Becky Boumelha: Momentum NCG
Belfast Councillor plus contributors Malia Bouattia and Jon Lansman, Mo Fadlala, Secretary of Oxford Taxi Branch, GMB
Cllr Rita Conneely, Chair, Labour Party Irish Society Labour NEC member Chair: Huda Elmi, Labour West Midlands Regional
Peter Leary, historian and author of Unapproved Routes, and with Liz Davies, former Labour NEC member Board member
histories of the Irish Border, 1922- 1972
Chair: Marcus Barnett, International Officer, Young Labour
2.30pm – The Empire Strikes Back in Latin America - hope and The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn’s Improbable Path to Defeating the rise of the far right and the Trump
3.40pm resistance vs Trump’s coup and interventions Power effect – uniting against racism, Islamophobia and
Chris Williamson MP, Labour Friends of Progressive Latin Book talk anti-Semitism
America & No Coup in Brazil In conversation with Alex Nunns David Rosenberg, Jewish Socialist’s Group
Laura Morales, Justice Mexico Now Facilitator: Cllr Asima Sheikh and Campaign for Labour Mohammed Azam
Artin Giles, Chair, London Young Labour Party Democracy Cllr Maryam Eslamdoust (Camden)
Chair: Christine Blower, NEU (NUT Section) International Chair: Yasmine Dar, Labour Party NEC.
Secretary
3.50pm – Standing up to Trump: Why we need an anti-war Homes for all - why the market can’t solve the Investing in Equality – End the Tory assault on
5pm Government housing crisis women
Chris Williamson MP Emma Dent Coad MP Diana Holland, Unite, Assistant General Secretary
Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP Liz Davies Maya Goodfellow
Murad Qureshi, Stop the War Coalition Rev. Steven Saxby, PPC Siân Errington, Labour Assembly Against Austerity
Maz Saleem, Stand Up to Trump Duncan Bowie, Senior Lecturer in Spatial Planning and Chair: Ruth Hayes, Labour Women Leading
Chair: Cllr Asima Shaikh, Campaign for Labour Party Housing, University of Westminster Hosted by Labour Assembly Against Austerity and
Democracy Chair: Mike Hedges, Unite L&E Political Committee Labour Women Leading
Arise is taking place in two venues that are a 15 minute, flat, walk apart: Student Central, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY and Unite, 128 Theobalds Road,
London, WC1X 8TN. There are plenty of cafes and places to buy food around both, and between, venues.
At 2.10pm when sessions finish in Unite there will be stewards to walk with people over to Student Central where sessions continue until 5pm.
Please make sure you keep your wristband – you will need it to gain entry to sessions.

Arise has been solely organised and run by volunteers – we hope you enjoy the event!