Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas

Oct 15 2024 65 ep. 64 mins 4
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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.

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No More Cuts - Pre-Autumn Budget Discussion

Oct 15 2024 68 mins  
With yet more cuts on the agenda, find out why real change has to mean ending austerity for good, how we build the resistance, and the case for investment in our future. The first in a series of events opposing - and explaining the alternatives to - never-ending austerity, held ahead of the Autumn Budget 2023Tune into the discussion with former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Eco

Lenin on Ireland: The decisive blow against English imperialism

Oct 14 2024 56 mins  
"If England is the bulwark of European landlordism & capitalism, the only point at which one can strike a major blow against official England is Ireland." - Karl MarxArise hosted this event as part of the Lenin 100 Series with Joe Dwyer, writer of forthcoming book on Lenin & Ireland, & Sinn Féin London Office.Lenin lies in a tomb in Moscow, yet his teachings are still

Lenin as an Economist

Sep 02 2024 54 mins  
Lenin lies in a tomb in Moscow, yet his teachings are still reviled by 'mainstream' politics 100 years since his death. Yet in today's world, riven by inequality and war, is it worth returning to his demands of 'Peace, Land and Bread'?To understand what Lenin really thought and did we are hosting this 'Lenin 100' series. This session looks at his economic ideas, including the class

Palestine: What should the new UK Government do?

Jul 18 2024 49 mins  
After the UK election, Labour & Palestine hosted a discussion with the Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot, Andy McDonald MP, Hugh Lanning (Labour & Palestine) and Jess Barnard (Labour NEC representative) on what the new Labour Government can do for Palestine. Banning arms to Israel, standing up for International Law, restoring UNRWA funding and recognising the state of Pal

Lenin Lives! The Struggle for Socialism – 100 Years On

Jul 12 2024 55 mins  
Tune into the opening session of the Lenin 100 Series with Paul Le Blanc, author, 'Lenin. Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution,' sitting down with series host Logan Williams to discuss Lenin's legacy and the struggle for socialism 100 years on. This event was held as part of the Lenin 100 series, supported by Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com

Vulture Capitalism - Grace Blakeley & Jeremy Corbyn In Conversation

May 20 2024 64 mins  
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 exactl

May Day Rally for Palestine

May 02 2024 69 mins  
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

Clara Zetkin - Socialist fighter against fascism, women's oppression & war

Apr 22 2024 71 mins  
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 Wi

Ireland - Unity within Touching Distance

Mar 21 2024 42 mins  
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 f

Rising Women in the Global South

Mar 08 2024 41 mins  
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 // Nata