Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas: Recent Episodes
Arise Festival
Arise is a festival of people powered politics, internationalism and solidarity, discussing left ideas to change society for the better.
Take part in discussions, Q&A's, in conversation events and more with leading figures from the Labour and Trade Union movement, international solidarity activists, front-line campaigners, progressive parliamentarians and more.
Grace Blakeley and Jeremy Corbyn talk about Grace new book: 'Vulture Capitalism - Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom.'
In Vulture Capitalism, acclaimed journalist Grace Blakeley takes on the world's most powerful corporations by showing how the causes of our modern crisis are the intended result of our capitalist system. It's not broken, it's working exactly as planned.
As Ha-Joon Chang says, 'Read this book if you want to make fundamental changes to the world.'
Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas.
Intro music: Which side are you on - by Sam Browse. You can find Sam's music on Spotify.
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Tune in for this online rally to mark International Workers' Day by demanding a ceasefire now, holding our government to account for complicity in war crimes and showing solidarity with Palestine.
With special guest H.E Ambassador Husam Zomlot and speakers including:
Richard Burgon MP, John McDonnell MP, Kim Johnson MP, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Beth Winter MP, Louise Regan (Palestine Solidarity Campaign & NEU), Maryam Eslamdoust (TSSA General Secretary), Gawain Little (GFTU GS), Jess Barnard (LP NEC member), Sam Browse (Arise), Mish Rahman (LP NEC member), Hugh Lanning (Labour & Palestine)
Hosted by Labour & Palestine in association with Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas.
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Clara Zetkin was a leading German socialist thinker and organizer in the late 19th and early 20th century. She founded International Women's Day, opposed WWI and in the shadow of the rising Nazi power, and bravely opened what would become the last session of the Reichstag (Germany's parliament) with a call to struggle in unity against fascism.
John Riddell, Kate Connelly and Matt Willgress discuss how her ideas remain relevant for those who want to take on the far-right and build movements to challenge oppression, war and capitalism today.
• John Riddell is co-editor with Mike Taber of the acclaimed collection 'Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle & How to Win' by Clara Zetkin. He has been active in the socialist movement in Canada, the United States & Europe since 1960 & is a world-renowned historian of world socialist movements.
• Kate Connelly is a writer & historian. She led student strikes in the 2003 anti-war movement & co-ordinated the Emily Wilding Davison Memorial Campaign in 2013. She wrote 'Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire' & edited 'A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change'.
Part of the Socialist Ideas series, presented by Arise - a Festival of Left Ideas and Labour Outlook.
Intro music: Which side are you on - by Sam Browse. You can find Sam's music on Spotify.
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With Michelle O'Neill becoming the first Republican First Minister of the North of Ireland - in what Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald termed a moment of “very great significance” - the conversation about a “new Ireland” has gained momentum.
Is Irish unity within "touching distance"?
We hosted keynote speaker Mairéad Farrell TD, Sinn Fein for an in-depth discussion on the future of Ireland and why it should matter to progressives everywhere.
Intro music: Which side are you on - by Sam Browse. You can find Sam's music on Spotify.
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The theme for our International Women's Day #IWD2024 rally this year was solidarity with women rising in the Global South - with an emphasis on our solidarity with Palestine and the ongoing progressive rebellions against neo-colonialism & neo-liberalism in Africa, Latin America and beyond.
WITH...
Aimee Shalan, British Palestinian Committee // Emma Sheerin MLA, Sinn Fein // Natalia Urban, Brasil Wire // Carole Regan, Cuba Solidarity Campaign // Clauda Turbet-Delof, Wiphalas Across the World (Bolivia) //Ruth Hayes, Labour Women Leading and Arise Festival
Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas. Supported by Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America.
Intro music: Which side are you on - by Sam Browse. You can find Sam's music on Spotify.
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As part of events in the run-up to International Women's Day 2024, Arise Festival supported Labour & Palestine's online rally: Women for Palestine.
With live-links from Palestine, plus: Apsana Begum MP; Beth Winter MP; Louise Regan, NEU; Ryvka Barnard, Palestine Solidarity Campaign; Jess Barnard, Labour NEC member; Hilary Schan, Momentum; Siân Errington, Arise Festival; Rachel Garnham, CLPD; and Baroness Christine Blower.
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The complicity of the US & UK with Israel's war crimes in Gaza has shocked millions, whilst both countries have also started new bombings on Yemen. An in-depth forum on how this is part of a long & bloody imperial history that must be opposed.
Featuring:
• Bernard Regan - Palestine Solidarity Campaign EC member & author of "The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine"
• Sami Ramadani - Iraqi Democrats against Occupation, Sociology lecturer & decades-long campaigner against war & sanctions in the Middle East
• Kate Hudson - General Secretary of CND, Officer of the Stop the War Coalition & author of "Breaking the South Slav Dream: The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia"
Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas & media partner Labour Outlook. Part of the Socialist Ideas series
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A briefing and Q&A direct from Palestine, with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti.
Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian physician, activist, & politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI). He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006 & is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Central Council. In 2007, he was Minister of Information in the Palestinian unity government.
Hosted by Labour & Palestine. Supported by Arise - a Festival of Left Ideas.
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A Labour Outlook Forum with Paul Le Blanc and Helen Scott, co-editors of the acclaimed 'Rosa Luxemburg: Socialism or Barbarism' collection of writings.
Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most brilliant minds ever drawn to the socialist movement - an outstanding theorist and a political activist. This forum will look at the relevance of her ideas for transforming a world in crisis today - and how her work was broad in scope tackling capitalism and socialism; globalisation and imperialism; war and peace; social struggles, unions and parties; class, gender, race; the interconnection of humanity with the environment and more.
Part of the Socialist Ideas Series - presented by Arise - a Festival of Left Ideas & Labour Outlook.
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An in-depth forum on why standing for a free Palestine is a vital question for all those committed to ending imperialism and winning a better world.
With Bernard Regan, long-term campaigner for - and writer on - Palestine, member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Executive and author of The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine. He was the first recipient of the NUT’s Steve Sinnott Award (2015) in recognition of his contribution to international solidarity.
Part of the Socialist Ideas series. Presented by Labour Outlook and Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas.
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December marks 25 years since Hugo Chávez's election, which sparked the first 'pink tide' in Latin America, leading to great changes in the continent & beyond, with the ideas of socialism & anti-imperialism being discussed again on a global scale.
With:
Alex Main, Director of International Policy, Center for Economic & Policy Research & witness to the 2002 coup attempt against Chávez & working there until 2008 / / Suize Gilbert, Co-producer of Oliver Stone's 'South of the Border' // Matt Willgress, Labour Outlook & VSC // Logan Williams, Arise Festival
Part of the Socialist Ideas series. Hosted by Labour Outlook & supported by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas in support of the #Chavez25 series of events.
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With...
John McDonnell MP // Beth Winter MP // Richard Burgon MP // Maryam Eslamdoust, TSSA General Secretary // Nabeela Mowlana, Young Labour Chair // Mish Rahman, Labour NEC // Jess Barnard, Labour NEC
An online event building the Labour movement's call for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, with pressure mounting on Labour's leadership to back a ceasefire.
Hosted by Labour & Palestine. Streamed by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas.
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During the week of strike action from Junior Doctors and BMA Consultants, Labour Outlook sat down with striking Junior Doctor Andrew Meyerson.
Tune into for a discussion on the unprecedented levels of strike action and the policies needed to reverse 13 years of Tory austerity and back-door privatisation.
Junior Doctors are back on strike from October 2-5th.
An in-depth interview from Arise Festival's media partner Labour Outlook.
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Join Grace Blakeley, economist and author of 'Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation', and former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP for an in-depth discussion on the deep economic crisis & the socialist response.
Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas & the Labour Assembly Against Austerity and the Labour Assembly Against Austerity.
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James Connolly was an Irish republican, socialist & trade union leader, who was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising & a vocal opponent of World War 1. Find out why his ideas continue to inspire today, as prospects for real change grow in Ireland and the global capitalist economic crisis deepens.
With Jim McVeigh of the Áras Uí Chonghaile | James Connolly Visitor Centre. Jim is a former Sinn Fein councillor and trade union organiser involved in the troubles as a young man and released from jail as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
A Labour Outlook Forum supported by Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas. This episode contains some brief strong language.
From 21st-23rd July, Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) met in private to discuss policies and plans for government. But what's decided? Hear from NPF reps and leading movement figures on what really happened, what it shows we can expect from Labour in government, and to discuss our next steps.
With reports from NPF members: Jess Barnard; Mish Rahman; Chloe Hopkins; Rachel Garnham, Campaign for Labour Party Democracy; Johnathan Farr, Disability Labour; and Jack Ballingham; plus: John McDonnell MP & Andrew Fisher, former Director of Policy of the Labour Party.
The NPF Grassroots Reps report-back was hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas, Momentum, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, the Labour Assembly Against Austerity and Labour Hub.
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
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Over a decade of cuts, back-door privatisation and marketisation has crippled our NHS, with the Tories' austerity agenda costing hundreds of thousands of lives in the process. This discussion hears from health campaigners fighting to end profiteering in our health service and demand investment, fair pay for all NHS staff, and a service ran for patient care - not private profit.
With...
Kate Osborne MP
Andrew Meyerson, Striking Junior Doctor
Tony O'Sullivan, Keep Our NHS Public
Mark Ladbrooke, Socialist Health Association
Charli Anne, Campaign for Real Care
Jess Barnard, Labour NEC members' representative
This policy seminar was hosted by the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, the Labour Assembly Against Austerity and Momentum - and supported by Arise: A Festival Of Left Ideas.
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
Tune in to the closing rally of Arise Festival 2023 with...
Rebecca Long Bailey MP // Jess Barnard // John McDonnell MP // Holly Turner, NHS Workers Say No // Beth Winter MP // Sarah Woolley, BFAWU // Matt Willgress, Arise // Kate Dove, Momentum // Emma Rose, National Education Union // James Braithwaite, RMT Young Members Network // Zac Vallely, PCS Young member
And from Socialist Future: Labour Students National Committee members Alex Charilaou, Libs Olley
and Josh Freestone - plus Young Labour Committee member Fraser McGuire.
Support workers & young people striking for a better future for us all - & a socialist future that puts public need before corporate greed.
Closing rally of Arise - An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023, in association with Socialist Future in Young Labour & Labour Students.
Join the discussion on a World to Win with Jeremy Corbyn and international guests including...
Aline Piva, Progressive International // Walter Baier, President of the Party of the European Left // Gabriel Mocho Rodríguez, International Transport Workers' Federation // Francesca Emanuele, Peruvian democracy campaigner & Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR) // Jawad Moustakbal, Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM) Secretary & ATTAC member, Morocco.
Part of Arise: An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023 in association with the Peace & Justice Project.
You can view all Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival. Whilst all our sessions are streamed for free, please consider donating to help us cover the costs of hosting our people-powered political festival: https://bit.ly/donatearise2023
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
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Tune into the "Push for Peace" session at Arise Festival 2023 with...
Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) // Steve Howell, author of 'Game Changer' & former advisor to Jeremy Corbyn // Shadia Edwards-Dashti, Stop the War Coalition // Nick Deane, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN), Australia // Logan Williiams, Arise Festival (Chair)
Does US imperial decline mean world war is inevitable? Or can we unite the world for peace, ending the new cold war & nuclear arms race? Tune in to find out more from leading peace campaigners!
You can watch back any session you've missed, and see what else we have coming up here:
https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Whilst all our sessions are streamed for free, please consider donating to help us cover the costs of hosting our people-powered political festival: https://bit.ly/donatearise2023
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A discussion on the 1871 Paris Commune with...
Sandra Bloodworth - Australian labour historian and contributor to "The Paris Commune, An Ode To Emancipation."
The Paris Commune if 1871 is still celebrated and studied throughout the world as one of the first working-class attempts at emancipation, direct democracy and social change, with reforms introduced that still have not been won in many countries today.
This session looks how the Commune continues to inspire today as we struggle for a better future.
While all seminars and events will be streamed for free, you can buy a ticket to the full festival to help cover the costs: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all upcoming Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
A Q&A and discussion on the socialist economic policies needed to tackle the cost of living crisis. Taxing wealth, expanding public ownership and a socialist green new deal are among the key economic policies that could stop never-ending cuts and create a better future - tune into with...
Richard Burgon MP // Laura Smith, Labour Councillor and co-author of the No Holding Back report // Professor Özlem Onaran, University of Greenwich // Cat Hobbs, Director of We Own It.
While all seminars and events will be streamed for free, you can buy a ticket to the full festival to help cover the costs: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all upcoming Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
Tune into the discussion on building solidarity with progressive movements across the region with...
Guillaume Long, former Ecuadorian foreign Minister // Nathalia Urban, Brasil Wire // Claudia-Turbet Delof, Wiphalas Across the World, Bolivia // Dave McKnight, UNISON NW Region // Gawain Little, General Secretary, General Federation of Trade Unions.
While all seminars and events will be streamed for free, you can buy a ticket to the full festival to help cover the costs: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all upcoming Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
A critical discussion on what the "New Colonialism" is, how we resist it, and how we build a better and more equal world 🌹🌎
With...
Asad Rehman, War on Want // Heidi Chow, Debt Justice // Lubaba Khalid, Young Labour BAME Officer // Denis Fernando, Arise Festival (Chair)
A session at Arise Festival 2023.
While all seminars and events will be streamed for free, you can buy a ticket to the full festival to help cover the costs: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all upcoming Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Globally, the economic crisis is deepening, as reflected in the deep cost-of-living emergency here in Britain. Were Marx & Engels right about capitalism after all - and how can we understand the crisis today?
Tune in to hear Economist and writer Michael Roberts for debate and discussion - was Nye Bevan right, wrong, or both when he said Marx
and Engels "put into the hands of the working class movement... the most complete blueprints for political action the world has ever seen?”
While all seminars and events will be streamed for free, you can buy a ticket to the full festival to help cover the costs: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all upcoming Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
An urgent discussion on the crisis of democracy in the Labour Party with...
Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne Mayor; Jon Trickett MP; Mick Whelan, ASLEF General Secretary; Simon Fletcher; Rachel Garnham, Campaighn for Labour Party Democracy; Kathy Bole, Chair of Disability Labour; Nabeela Mowlana, Young Labour.
In light of the growing concern about the erosion of democracy in the Labour Party our panel makes the case for a democratic party and movement - and maps out next steps in campaigning for members' rights and in defence of the trade-union link.
A session at Arise Festival 2023.
While all seminars and events will be streamed for free, you can buy a ticket to the full festival to help cover the costs: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all upcoming Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
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Tune into this discussion at Arise Festival 2023: "People and Planet on the Brink - what are the socialist solutions to climate catastrophe?"
With...
Olivia Blake MP // Tess Woolfenden, climate lead, Debt Justice // Sam Knight, Green New Deal Rising // Sam Mason, Climate Justice Coalition trade union officer // Carolina Mejia, LATINDADD (Latin America Network for Economic & Social Justice)
There is a growing consensus the world is on brink of five 'disastrous' climate tipping points, threatening the very future of humanity. Yet our Government - like many others globally - are more interested in protecting the profits of the fossil fuel giants than urgent action to tackle the climate emergency. Come & hear about how we can put people & planet first.
Part of Arise: An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023. Tickets and further info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
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With...
Katherine Connelly - a writer, historian and an expert on Sylvia Pankhurst.
Katherine is the author of "Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire" and editor of "A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change."
From militant suffragette at the beginning of the twentieth century, to an early voice on the dangers of Fascism. to campaigner against colonialism in Africa after the Second World War, Sylvia Pankhurst dedicated her life to fighting oppression & injustice.
This discussion looks at how this courageous and inspiring campaigner is huge relevance to socialists & those engaged in social movements today.
Hosted by Labour Outlook as part of the Socialist Ideas series during Arise - An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023.
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
5 July marks 75 years of our National Health Service. Join the discussion on how we can end the current crisis, and secure its future as a universal publicly-owned, public service for all after 13 years of Tory austerity, marketisation and back-door privatisation.
With...
Nadia Whittome MP and former care worker; John Lister, Keep Our NHS Public & co-author, NHS Under Siege; John Puntis, Doctors for the NHS; Chloe Brooks, North West Labour Students Representative
Part of Arise: An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023. Tickets and further info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
With the local election results for Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland and this year marking 25 years of the Good Friday, it's an interesting time to talk about the future of Ireland. Tune into the discussion with...
Michelle Gildernew MP, Sinn Fein; John McDonnell MP; Geoff Bell, Labour for Irish Unity and author of 'The Twilight of Unionism'; Rachel Garnham, Co-Chair, Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.
Part of Arise: An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023. Tickets and further info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
A session at Arise Festival 2023 celebrating our cultural history of working class struggle with...
Mike Jackson, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners; Kate Flannery and Chris Peace, Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign; and Gary Clark, the artistic director of the eponymous theatre and dance company behind "COAL" and "WASTELAND."
Fighting oppression an injustice has inspired many artists and musicians to connect with political struggle and inspired creativity amongst many activists.
As well as the support for the miners' strike that came from many groups who were experiencing the same oppression and hostility from the police, government and media of the day, many artists and musicians were proactive and vocal about their support for the miners, their families and their communities.
Hosted by the Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign as part of Arise - An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023. Tickets and further info at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arise-2023-an-online-festival-of-left-ideas-tickets-619805875057
You can view all Arise Festival 2023 sessions at https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
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This discussion and Q&A looks at how the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci’s concepts of hegemony and organic crisis can help us understand what is going on today - and what we can do about it.
Sam Browse, Arise Festival, speaks to James Schneider, author of "Our Bloc: How We Win" and former advisor to Jeremy Corbyn.
The opening session of Arise - An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023
You can view all Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
A major online rally in defence of our #RightToStrike with...
John McDonnell MP // Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP // Kate Osborne MP // Kim Johnson MP // Lord John Hendy KC // Zita Holbourne, BARAC // Myriam Kane, Black Liberation Alliance // Sam Knights, GND Rising // Mish Rahman, Labour NEC (pc) & Momentum NCG // Rob Poole, Strikemap // Chris Peace, Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign // Phil Clarke, NEU Vice President // Fran Heathcote, PCS President // Alex Gordon, RMT President // Christine Blower (Chair)
The deeply unpopular Tory Government has had a major authoritarian shift - yet more anti-protest laws go alongside criminalising climate campaigners taking direct action, draconian further restrictions on our right to strike, and the so-called Public Order Bill - a new assault, on top of years of attacks, on our basic civil liberties and democratic rights. Tune in and defend our #RightToStrike and #RightToResist.
The opening session of Arise - An Online Festival of Left Ideas 2023
You can view all Arise Festival 2023 sessions here: https://linktr.ee/arise_festival
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
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A discussion on building a program for education that tackles marketisation, privatisation, creeping centralised control and the chronic strain on our educators from early years through to higher education with...
Daniel Kebede, National Education Union's next General Secretary; James Whiting, General Secretary of the Socialist Educational Association; Nabeela Mowlana, Chair of Young Labour; Janet Farrar, President of University and Colleges Union; Ian Mearns MPand member of the Education Select Committee; Christine Blower, Member of the House of Lords and former General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers
This policy seminar was hosted by the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, the Labour Assembly Against Austerity and Momentum - and supported by Arise: A Festival Of Left Ideas.
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
An in-depth forum on why standing with Palestine's struggle is a vital question for socialists - and all those committed to international justice, ending imperialism and winning a better world.
With Bernard Regan,
long-term campaigner for Palestinian rights; member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Executive Committee; and author of The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine. He was the first recipient of the NUT’s Steve Sinnott Award (2015) in recognition of his contribution to international solidarity.
Part of the Socialist Ideas series. Hosted by Labour Outlook and supported by Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas.
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
To mark May Day 2023, watch the celebration international movements and victories globally and the struggles taking place today with...
Richard Burgon MP // Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary // Jess Barnard, Labour NEC // Niamh Sweeney, NEU Deputy General Secretary // Fran Heathcote, PCS President // Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Progressive International // Gyekye Tanoh, Third World Network, Ghana // Miriam Amancay Colque, Bartolina Sisa Resistance, Bolivia // Holly Turner, NHS Workers Say No // Jess Barnard, Labour NEC // Ronan Burtenshaw, Tribune Magazine
Arise Festival is entirely funded by donations from our supporters. Please donate to ensure that we can keep up our work amplifying voices from across the left. Thank you!
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Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast - "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
An online meeting facilitated In light of the growing concern about the erosion of democracy in the Labour Party.
With...
Jess Barnard, Labour NEC (pc) // Neil Findlay, former MSP // Rachel Garnham, CLPD // Nabeela Mowlana, Young Labour Chair // Mish Rahman, Labour NEC (pc) // Jon Trickett MP // Martin Abrams, Momentum NCG
Arise Festival is entirely funded by donations from our supporters. Please support us so that we can keep up our work amplifying voices from across the left. Thank you!
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20 years on from the war in Iraq - Iraqi activist and academic Sami Ramadani; US peace campaignerfor CODEPINK Medea Benjamin, Labour Outlook's Matt Willgress and Shadia Edwards-Dashti of the Stop the War Coalition discuss the impacts of the devastating invasion and the lessons for the anti-war movement today.
Chaired by Ruth Hayes and supported by Arise: A Festival Of Left Ideas.
Intro music for the Arise Festival Podcast "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse.
The Condition of the Working Class in England Today - Engels lecture with Jon Trickett MP
Celebrating 180 years since Engels started researching his classic work, with Jon Trickett MP. The first annual 'Engels lecture' presented by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas & Labour Outlook.
You can also watch this episode on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJSowhtblZ4&ab_channel=AriseFestival
Arise Festival Podcast music: "Which Side Are You On" by Sam Browse
Join guests from across the movement for discussion, analysis and response to the Tory cuts and privatisation agenda - days before 2023's Spring Budget. Endless austerity is a political choice, not an economic necessity!
WITH:
Jon Trickett MP // Fran Heathcote, PCS President // Özlem Onaran, Professor of Economics, University of Greenwich // Donna Guthrie, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts // Sarah Woolley, BFAWU General Secretary
Women for Socialist Change - International Women's Day 2023 rally #IWD23 with:
Apsana Begum MP // Beth Winter MP // Holly Turner, NHS Workers Say No // Chris Peace, Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign// Christine Blower.
PLUS global guests: Francesca Emanuele, Peruvian democracy campaigner // Michelle Gildernew MP, Sinn Fein // Daniele Obono, French MP for La France Insoumise.
An online rally in support of the massive day of strike action on February 1st and defending the #RightToStrike
With...
John McDonnell MP // Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary // Diane Abbott MP // Richard Burgon MP // Helen O'Connor, GMB Southern Region & Peoples Assembly // Angie Rojas, Acorn // Robert Poole, co-founder of Strike Map // Tandrima Mazumdar, Migrants Organise // Nabeela Mowlana, Young Labour // Holly Turner, NHS Workers Say No // Riccardo La Torre, FBU // Logan Williams, striking teacher and Arise activist // Robert Poole, Strike Map UK // James Braithwaite, RMT Young members activist.
Now is the time to build the growing fightback, co-ordinate the resistance and popularise policies that put people before profit.
Here in Britain and around the world the economic crisis is deepening - was Marx right about capitalism after all? Michael Roberts discusses Marx's impact and analysis in this Labour Outlook Forum.
Michael worked in the City of London as an economist for over 40 years. He has closely observed the machinations of global capitalism from within the dragon’s den. At the same time, he was a political activist in the labour movement for decades. Since retiring, he has written several books: The Great Recession – a Marxist view (2009); The Long Depression (2016); Marx 200: a review of Marx’s economics (2018): and jointly with Guglielmo Carchedi as editors of World in Crisis (2018).
Was Nye Bevan right, wrong, or both when he said “Marxism put into the hands of the working class movement... the most complete blueprints for political action the world has ever seen?”
Arise Festival supported this Labour Outlook Forum, as part of the Socialist Ideas Series.
Eleven million people across the UK are experiencing food insecurity. In one of the richest countries in the world, this is a national disgrace. A socialist policy seminar on enshrining the Right to Food and ensuring that nobody goes hungry.
With...
• Ian Byrne MP who is leading the Right to Food campaign in parliament
• Kim Johnson MP on the campaign for universal free school meals
• Hilary Schan, Momentum, and Carl Walker of Worthing Council on new research into Hunger Trauma and local campaigning for a right to food
• Julia Felmanas from the Brazilian Workers' Party on the huge success of President Lula’s world leading “Zero Hunger Plan” that lifted millions of Brazilians out of poverty.
Part of a series of online socialist policy seminars. Organised by the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs in partnership with the Labour Assembly Against Austerity & Momentum
Our public services are already on their knees and simply can’t handle any more cuts. Wealth taxes and proper windfall taxes on the super-profits are a clear alternative to the austerity announced in the Tories' Autumn Statement. Tune into this policy seminar with...
- Richard Burgon MP, Secretary of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs
- Prem Sikka, leading tax expert
- Özlem Onaran, Co-director of Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (University of Greenwich)
- Martin Cavanagh, PCS Union
Arise Festival supported this socialist policy seminar from the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, Momentum and the Labour Assembly Against Austerity
Analysis and response on the Tories' Autumn Fiscal Statement with John McDonnell, Jon Trickett, Andrew Fisher, Holly Turner (NHS Workers Say No) & Ozlem Oneran, University of Greenwich.
This online briefing was hosted by Arise: a Festival of Left Ideas.
Lula's victory in Brazil is a victory for democracy, social progress, our environment and equality - and a huge win for progressives all around the world.
A unique online rally and celebration with solidarity speakers reporting back from observing the election and more special guests! Celebrate Lula's win together - and stand in solidarity against far-right reaction.
With...
- Noam Chomsky
- Jeremy Corbyn MP, reporting back from observing the second round vote
- Nathalia Urban, Journalist for Brasil Wire
- Dr Francisco Dominguez - Academic and expert on Latin American politics
- Julia Felmanas, Coordinator of the Brazilian Workers Party (PT) London
- Mariela Kohon, Senior TUC International officer
- Celia Dignan, NEU International Secretary (Chair)
- Richard Burgon MP, Chair of the Brazil Solidarity Initiative
Hosted by the Brazil Solidarity Initiative and supported by the Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America and Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas.
An international support for Lula and the millions across Brazil defending democracy from Bolsonaro and the far-right, before the critical second round vote of the Brazilian election. Hosted by the Brazil Solidarity Initiative and supported by Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas.
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Julia Felmanas, Brazilian Workers' Party London (PT Londres), coordinator
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Richard Burgon MP, Brazil Solidarity Initiative chair
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Brian Meir, journalist for teleSUR English
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Elda Cardoso, Frente Preta UK
- Mohammad Suhail, Young Labour International Officer
- Patrick Foley, Brazil Solidarity Initiative & Arise Festival
Intro music by Sam Browse, Songs from the Struggle.
Image credit: The mobilisation that supported Lula's registration as a candidate for the presidential election, held at the Superior Electoral Court, in Brasília (August 15th, 2018). Photo credit: Ricardo Cifuentes under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An in-depth discussion on what Che Guevara really stood for, and why he continues to inspire so many fighting for real change across the globe today, with Bernard Regan, National Secretary of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign.
Labour Outlook Forum as part of the socialist ideas series. Supported by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas.
Tune in for analysis and assessment of Labour Party Conference 2022; and a discussion on the next steps for Labour and the left in holding Liz Truss and the Tories to account - with Richard Burgon MP; Rachel Garnham, CLPD vice-chair; and Gemma Bolton, Labour NEC.
Hosted by Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas.
On the day of Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget, John McDonnell MP, Jon Trickett MP, Louise Regan (NEU) and Nadia Jama (Labour NEC) analyse the financial statement and discuss how the Labour movement responds.
An online briefing on the Tories' "mini budget" - hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas.
The Tories have announced Liz Truss as their new leader and PM without a public vote - what's next for our movement?
Hear from John McDonnell, Rebecca Long Bailey and Simon Fletcher for analysis of Truss' leadership and a discussion on public ownership, fair taxation and the next steps in the fightback against Tory rule.
Hosted by Arise - a Festival of Left Ideas.
The closing rally of Arise Festival 2022 showing solidarity with workers taking action across the country!
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John McDonnell, Andrea Egan (UNISON President), Louise Regan (National Education Union), Sarah Woolley (BFAWU General Secretary), Nabeela Mowlana (Young Labour Student Rep) & Ben Selby (FBU Vice-President); Chaired by Gemma Bolton (Labour NEC & Arise Festival).
With Johnson finally on his way out, now is the time to up the struggle against the Tories and the whole ruling-class offensive. Hear from unions in dispute on the central importance of their struggles and campaigns - and how we build on a summer of resistance in the period ahead.
Supported by Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Join this online discussion on the Left & the labour movement's next steps to close Arise 2022 - An Online Festival of Left Ideas.
A discussion on the the leftwards shift in Latin America, and how these progressive movements challenge the hardline neoliberalism and US domination of the region!
With...
Rodolfo Pastor, Secretary of the Presidency, Honduras // Victor De Currea Lugo, Colombian journalist // Rafaela Molina, Wiphalas across the world, Bolivia // Mickey Brady MP, Sinn Fein & member of previous delegations to Colombia & Venezuela // Teri Mattson, Latin America Coordinator, CODEPINK - Women for Peace, US // Nathalia Urban, Brasilwire & more tba.
Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America session at Arise Festival 2022 .
An in-depth discussion on domestic US politics, Biden's presidency and more with special guests:
David Sirota – Journalist; founder/editor in chief of The Lever; Oscar and BAFTA nominated for best screenplay for DON'T LOOK UP; Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020.
Nina Turner – A former Ohio State Senator and Bernie Sanders 2020 Campaign Co-Chair, Nina has served as president of the grassroots political organization Our Revolution and is one of the US’s best-known campaigners for the rights of working people internationally.
Medea Benjamin – Peace activist, author and co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the human rights group Global Exchange. In 2000, she was a Green Party candidate for the California State Senate.
Chair & facilitator: Steve Howell, Dual UK-US national. Former Corbyn adviser; author of Game Changer, Collateral Damage and Over The Line.
This session took place as part of Arise Festival 2022.
An in-depth discussion on defending our right to resist with...
Shami Chakrabarti // Olivia Blake MP // Sabby Dhalu, Stand up to Racism // Chantelle Lunt, Kill the Bill & Black Lives Matter // Mish Rahman, Labour NEC & Momentum NCG.
The disastrous Tory Government is still failing to protect health and people, and has resorted to attacking our rights alongside racist scapegoating and divide-and-rule to distract from their disastrous handling of the crisis.
Find out why we must oppose those who seek to use racism to divide us and defend all our rights together - building a movement across our communities to stand up to the Tories!
As part of Arise Festival 2022
P&O Ferries showed how bad trade union and workers’ rights are in the UK. But in truth these rights have been under attack throughout the neo-liberal period for the past 40 years. The Government has ducked the question by delaying its promised Employment Bill but is now suggested that minimum service requirements will be its next move, as part of threatened new attacks on unions. Labour has published its Green Paper "A New Deal for Working People" but is there more to do?
A discussion with...
Rebecca Long Bailey MP // Lord John Hendy QC // Prof. Keith Ewing, Institute of Employment Rights // Sarah Woolley, BFAWU General Secretary // Steve Turner, Unite Assistant General Secretary // Marian Carty, UCU Goldsmiths // Nabeela Mowlana, Young Labour Student Rep. // Adrian Weir, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom.
Held in association with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom as part of Arise Festival 2022.
A discussion on public ownership - how stopping the privatisation scandal & taking back public control are essential to tackling the crises facing Britain. From addressing the cost-of-living crisis, to the climate emergency, to the urgent need for more resources for public services, extending public ownership across the economy is key.
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Ian Lavery MP // Kate Osborne MP // Kevin Courtney, NEU General Secretary // Nadia Jama, Labour NEC // Johnbosco Nwogbo, Lead Campaigner, We Own It // Fraser McGuire, candidate on Socialist Future slate in Young Labour // Dr. Sonia Adesara, Keep Our NHS Public.
An Online event from the Labour Assembly Against Austerity at Arise Festival 2022.
Come together and discuss how we build global movements for peace, people and a better world with...
Jeremy Corbyn // Yanis Varoufakis, DIEM 25, Greece // Sevim Dağdelen, Die Linke MP (Left Party), Germany // Gabriel Rodriguez, International Transport Workers' Federation, Argentina // Gyekye Tanoh, Third World Solidarity Network, Ghana // Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Progressive International and Danièle Obono, MP & spokesperson for La France Insoumise
Chaired by Kate Hudson, CND.
An online event as part of Arise 2022 - A Festival of Left Ideas.
As resistance to the Tories & their handling of the crisis grows, tune in for Richard Burgon, Secretary of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs, & Jess Barnard, Chair of Young Labour & socialist candidate in Labour's NEC elections, in conversation.
the opening session of Arise 2022 - A Festival of Left Ideas.