Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

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 f...

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...

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 Osbo...

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 Futur...

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 ,...

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 declin...

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 cou...

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 // Profe...

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 strea...

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 fu...

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...

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 ou...

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...

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 campaigne...

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,...

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 De...

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 an...

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 ca...

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 Clark...

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; Ja...

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 Resistan...

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...

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 su...

20 years on from the war in Iraq - Iraqi activist and academic Sami Ramadani; US peace campaigner for 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...