FOR A
PEOPLE’S BRITAIN NOT A
BANKERS’ BRITAIN A national
conference organised by Readers & Supporters
Saturday March 31
11am: Against a bankers’ Britain
10.30am-4.45pm
Megan Dobney (Sertuc Regional Secretary) Anita Halpin (Morning Star Management Committee) John Haylett (Morning Star Political Editor) Owen Jones (Author of Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class) Hugh Lanning (PCS union Deputy General Secretary) Paul Mackney (Coalition of Resistance vice-chair)
1.15pm: Workshops
Dealing with mass unemployment Colin Hampton (All in One) • Stop blacklisting David Smith (Blacklist Support Group) • Building the People’s Charter Rachel Newton (People’s Charter) • Disability and the Cuts Sean McGovern (Unite) • The arms trade Anne-Marie O’Reilly (CAAT) • Civil disobedience: Innovative actions and staying safe Daniel Garvin (UK Uncut)/Thompsons Solicitors• Women and the cuts Anita Wright (National Assembly for Women) • LGBT rights Thierry Schaffauser (Sertuc LGBT Network) • Setting up a Morning Star readers and supporters group Terry McCarthy (Sussex R&S group) • Fair care & rights in retirement Dot Gibson (National Pensioners’ Convention) • End forced unpaid work for benefits Mark McGowan (Boycott Workfare) •Attacks on health and safety: Gone mad? Mick Holder (Hazards) • New shackles for the unions? John Hendy (Institute for Employment Rights) • The role of the media Lynne Walsh (freelance journalist) • Our NHS: The fight against privatisation Grahame Morris (Labour MP for Easington)
Bishopsgate Institute London EC2M 4QH
3.15pm: The Way Ahead
Bill Greenshields (People’s Charter) Bob Crow (RMT General Secretary) Kelvin Hopkins MP Michael Meacher MP Len McCluskey (Unite General Secretary) Augusto Praca (General Confederation of Portuguese Workers) Michelle Stanistreet (NUJ General Secretary)
REGISTER, SPONSOR OR BOOK STALLS AT:
conference.morningstar@gmail.com
Delegates: £10 Sponsors
LE/1148
Individuals: £5 (waged) £2 (unwaged)
Cheques
Make payable to “Morning Star Readers & Supporters” for the appropriate amount and send to: Morning Star Conference PO Box 7638 Kettering NN16 6JY