Manchester – Branch Meeting with Chris Nineham

Come along to the branch meeting in Manchester with Chris Nineham

Revolution! – The Young Karl Marx – film screening

Ahead of Karl Marx’s birthday, join us for this film screening of the critically acclaimed The Young Karl Marx as part of Counterfire’s Revolution! May Day Weekender event.

Note: You DO NOT need a separate ticket for the film screening if you’ve already booked for the Revolution event.

Directed by Raoul Peck, the Oscar-nominated director of I Am Not You Negro (2016), The Young Karl Marx re-raised the spectre of communism in 2017, but had a very limited release in the UK. So we’re proud to bring the film back for this special screening!

The film follows the life of Marx as he is forced into exile and develops his political worldview along with his collaborator Friedrich Engels. It is a historical drama which manages to be entertaining, informative and geared towards reclaiming Marx as a figure for our times, not just his own.

At the start of the screening, there will be a short introduction by Katherine Connelly, biographer of Sylvia Pankhurst. The screening is situated in the middle of a weekend of discussions on the political crises we face and how the left can organise.

Technical info: Runtime: 118 mins | Audio languages: English, French and German, with English subtitles

Lewisham – March for Palestine

On Saturday the 12th of April, Lewisham Stop the War, Lewisham Muslim Voice and our friends in local branches of the CND and PSC are marching on Lewisham Town Hall to demand our councillors listen to the people and divest now!

Join us at 1:30pm at the corner of Lewisham High Street and Mount Pleasant Road. Stand with us, free Palestine!

Oxford – March for Palestine

Devon and Cornwall – How we change the world – Why class matters

Scotland – National Demonstration: Welfare Not Warfare

Keir Starmer has put the UK at the centre of a war drive.

The government wants us to accept a massive increase to the defence budget whilst they slash support for the poorest.

Join us Saturday, 10th of May in Glasgow for the national demonstration to demand Welfare Not Warfare!

London – National Demonstration for Palestine: Nakba 77

The next national demonstration for Palestine will be on Nakba day – the day of commemoration for the catastrophe in 1948 when Palestinians were expelled from their homes.

Saturday 17 May – Central London – 12 noon

East London – March for Palestine

As part of the National Day of Demonstrations for Palestine on 12 April, East London will be marching from Altab Ali Park in Whitechapel to Wennington Green E3. Assemble 12 noon Altab Ali Park, E1 1FD.

Scotland – National Demonstration: Welfare not Warfare

Stop the War bloc at the National Demonstration

Glasgow – Understanding Trump’s new world order

Since his re-election last November, Donald Trump has wasted little time reorienting the American economy and upending the US’ own so-called international rules-based order.

From shattering ‘The West’ alliance over Ukraine, to waging a global trade war – American priorities have shifted with the impact being felt everywhere.

But what does a new era of protectionism mean for workers across the world? How does the Trump administration look at the Middle East and the question of Palestine?

John Rees is a founding member of Stop the War Coalition and Counterfire. He is a leading socialist campaigner and author of books including Imperialism and Resistance.