Stop the War Coalition - Facebook event
US-China relations have deteriorated alarmingly during the COVID crisis. Trump’s racialised America First agenda is now heading straight towards a confrontation with China. This development poses the most serious threat to world peace, blocking the way for humanity to deal successfully with the crucial common issues we are facing – the pandemic, world economic recession, the battle against world poverty and inequality, and above all, climate change.
With the US now applying huge pressure to divide the world in a New Cold War, the UK government has been amongst the first to succumb. Militarist right-wing nationalists in the Tory Party are starting to gain the upper hand, pushing for Britain to join US provocations in the South China Sea, increasing the prospects of a ‘hot’ conflict.
With opposition to these dangerous developments from other political parties in the UK non-existent, now more than ever the grass roots anti-war movement must mobilise against confrontation, militarism and war, and demand instead a foreign policy of peace centred on the common issues which unite humanity, not on putting American interests first.
No to a New Cold War against China, no to militarisation, no to a foreign policy of major power confrontation.
Len Johnson was a Boxer, Socialist, Community Activist
Speaker: Deej Johnson
Write to Chris Chilton This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the zoom link for this event
Manchester born Len Johnson won the Australian version of the British Empire middleweight championship but was barred from fighting for championships at home because of the colour of his skin. He later became a prominent member of the local Communist Party and a social and political activist in Manchester’s Moss Side. A trade unionist and community leader, he attended the pivotal 5th Pan-African Conference in Manchester in 1945 and was co-founder of the New International Society, a campaigning platform for black activism. Len was a remarkable man; a fighter in every way.
Apologies, we're afraid that the talk has had to be postponed to a later date - watch this space.
Lockdown Exit Strategy – Possible Futures
The Coved-19 response under the Tory government has been characterised by utter incompetence, shambolic organisation and a lack of transparency. The result is the worst fatality rate in Europe and possibly the world. Yet somehow we have to move forward. Lockdown isn’t good for anybody in the long term; physiologically, psychologically or economically. Yet for millions of people a lack of faith in the government to deliver a long term of any description has left them with no clear alternative but to sustain the status quo. There is no end in sight yet for the pandemic, but lockdown can’t go on forever.
So, given the limitations of this government, how do we move forward out of lockdown?
- What will the future look like in the short, medium and long term?
- What viable strategies might work?
- What strategies are likely to pose unacceptable risks?
- What are the implications for personal liberty as the lockdown continues?
Participants will asked to consider what POSITIVE steps forward might be taken by individuals and groups to improve all our lives in the age of pandemic.
To join the Zoom meeting get in touch with Chris.
Bolton Trades Council have held a silent vigil and a housing related debate on the previous 2 anniversaries of this preventable fire
On the 3rd Anniversary of the Grenfell Fire we are holding a zoom debate to discuss the progress made for the people seeking truth & Justice with Grenfell Campaigner Joe Delaney.
We then go on to debate the likely impact of removing the protection which the government put in place for those falling into rent arrears due to COVID 19
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