I will be joining more than 4,000 others at the People's Assembly at Central Hall, Westminster, tomorrow. I hope that this will mark a watershed in the fightback against austerity in the UK.
This is the schedule:
This is the schedule:
10:00 - 10:45
Location: Great Hall
Opening plenaryFeaturing: Owen Jones, Frances O'Grady, Mark Steel,
Stephen Morrision-Burke
Chairs: Sam Fairbairn, Romayne Phoenix
Chairs: Sam Fairbairn, Romayne Phoenix
11:00 - 12:15
Location: Great Hall
Featuring:
Andrew Murray (Unite, Stop the War), Rosa Curling (Leigh Day), Danni Paffard
(No Dash for Gas, UK Uncut), Anita Halpin (NUJ)
Chairs: Rachel Newton (People’s Charter), Stephen Reid (The Intruders, UK Uncut)
Chairs: Rachel Newton (People’s Charter), Stephen Reid (The Intruders, UK Uncut)
Location: Lecture Hall
Featuring:
Cllr Liz Wakefield (Brighton and Hove Council, Green Party), Liz Davies
(Housing Barrister and Chair of the Haldane Society), Carole Vincent (Waltham
Forest Bedroom Tax Campaign), Jacob Wills (DIGS, Hackney private renters
group), Eviction Resistance Network, SQUASH
Chair: Pilgrim Tucker (Unite Community)
Chair: Pilgrim Tucker (Unite Community)
Location: Library
Featuring:
Faiza Shaheen (nef), John Hendy QC (Institute of Employment Rights), Luke
Hildyard (High Pay Centre), Kelly Tomlinson (Unite), Frank Morris (blacklisted
construction worker)
Chair: Nick McCarthy (PCS)
Chair: Nick McCarthy (PCS)
Location: Marquee 1
Featuring:
Heather Wakefield (UNISON), Matt Wrack (FBU), Barbara Jacobson (Barnet
Alliance), Murad Qureshi (GLA member), Debbie Wilkingson (Yorkshire Ambulance
Service)
Chair: Andy Richards (Brighton & Hove UNISON)
Chair: Andy Richards (Brighton & Hove UNISON)
Location: Marquee 2
Featuring:
Jeremy Corbyn MP (Labour), Salma Yaqoob, Lindsey German (Stop the War), Tariq
Ali
Chair: Kate Hudson (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)
Chair: Kate Hudson (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)
Location: Library
Featuring:
Diane Abbott MP, Guy Taylor (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants),
Mohammed Kozbar (British Muslim Initiative), Sabby Dhalu (Unite Against
Fascism)
Chair: Kate Osamor (Unite)
Chair: Kate Osamor (Unite)
Location: Emmanuel Centre
. Featuring: Mark
Barrett (Peoples' Assembly Network), Natalie Bennett (Green Party), Loz Kaye
(Pirate Party UK), Richard Bagley (Morning Star), Naomi Colvin (City Reform
Group), Corinna Lotz (Agreement of the People, Campaign for a 21st Century
Constitution), Bill Greenshields (People's Charter)
Location: Marquee
Featuring:
Robin & Partridge, Kate Smurthwaite, Sir Ian Bowler MP, Chris Coltrane,
Stephen Morrison-Burke, Roger Lloyd Pack
2:15 - 3:30
Location: Great Hall
Featuring:
Sam Fairbairn (People's Assembly co-ordinator)
Location: Lecture Hall
Featuring:
Christine Blower (NUT), Adriano Merola Marotta (Sussex Occupation), Aaron Kiely
(NUS), Alex Claxton-Mayer (school student)
Chairs: Vicki Baars (NUS), Alex Kenny (NUT)
Chairs: Vicki Baars (NUS), Alex Kenny (NUT)
Location: Library
Featuring:
Ken Livingstone, James Meadway (nef), Ozlem Onaram (University of Greenwich)
Chair: Heather Wakefield (UNISON)
Chair: Heather Wakefield (UNISON)
Location: Emmanuel Centre
Featuring:
Ken Loach, Dot Gibson (National Pensioners Convention), Eve Turner (Health and
Welfare Campaigner), Young Legal Aid Lawyers
Chair: Fred Leplat (Coalition of Resistance)
Chair: Fred Leplat (Coalition of Resistance)
Location: Marquee
Featuring:
Ellen Clifford (DPAC), Hector Wesley (BARAC), Colin Wilson (Queers Against the
Cuts), Anita Wright (National Assembly of Women), Mark Serwotka (PCS), War on
Welfare Petition
Chair: John McInally (PCS)
Chair: John McInally (PCS)
3:45 - 5:00
Location: Great Hall
Closing plenaryFeaturing: Mark Serwotka, Len McClusky, Francesca
Martinez, Rania Khan, Christine Blower, Tony Benn, John Rees, Zita Holbourne
Chairs: Steve Turner (Unite), Vicki Baars (NUS)
Chairs: Steve Turner (Unite), Vicki Baars (NUS)
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