March 2023 events
Some Socialist Party meetings/talks/discussions are online via Zoom, and some are in-person. Certain branch and committee meetings are held on Discord. Please contact spgb.discord@worldsocialism.org for instructions on how to join Discord.
To connect to any of our Zoom events, click https://zoom.us/j/7421974305 (or type the address into your browser address field) then follow the instructions on screen. You will enter a virtual waiting room – please be patient, you will be admitted to the meeting shortly.
Details of EC and branch business meetings can be found here
WORLD SOCIALIST MOVEMENT ONLINE MEETINGS
QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIALISM (Zoom)
Discussion with enquirer from India
Friday 10 March 19.30 GMT
DID YOU SEE THE NEWS? (Zoom)
Discussion on recent subjects in the news
THE REWARDS OF COMPETITION: A PRIZE WORTH FIGHTING FOR? (Zoom)
Speaker: Richard Field
We are told that competition is good but is it natural and how does it affect relations between people?
SUSTAINABILITY BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION (Zoom)
Speaker: John Cumming
Media people are always trying to spread the blame concerning the environment and thus turn it into just another ‘moral panic’ in which we should all ‘do our bit’. But the effect of what we can do as individuals is limited compared to what might be achieved when we really are ‘all in it together’.
SOCIALIST PARTY IN-PERSON MEETINGS
MANCHESTER
Saturday 18 March, 2pm
SOCIALISM: NOTHING LESS WILL DO
Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, central Manchester.
Capitalism will always be unstable and dangerous to people’s well-being. Its very structure operates against workers’ interests, all the time. Time to stop putting up with it and to replace it with a classless society.
LONDON
Saturday 25 March 12pm
STREET STALL OUTSIDE SOCIALIST PARTY HEAD OFFICE
52 Clapham High St, London SW4 UN
(nearest tube: Clapham North)
Yorkshire Regional Branch
Contact: Fredi Edwards, Tel 07746 230 953 or email fredi.edwards@hotmail.co.uk
The branch meets on the last Saturday of each month at 1 pm in the The Rutland Arms, 86 Brown Street, Sheffield City Centre, S1 2BS (approx 10 minutes’ walk from railway and bus station)
All welcome. Anyone interested in attending should contact the above for confirmation of meeting.
Cardiff Street Stall
Every Saturday 1 – 3pm
Capitol Shopping Centre
Queen Street (Newport Road end)
Weather permitting
Party News
Socialist weekend at Yealand Conyers in Cumbria
After unavoidable interruptions including a pandemic, Lancaster branch is once again organising a socialist residential weekend, from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 June, at the Yealand Quaker Centre in rural Cumbria. This is a sociable get-together for members and non-members in a nice hostel with dorm rooms and self-catering facilities, where we muck in together on the cooking and chores. The last time we did this was in 2019 and it was a pretty enjoyable experience all round (see the report in the August 2019 Socialist Standard – bit.ly/3H9OzkY). The branch will bear the hire cost but is happy to accept pay-what-you-can contributions. You’ll also have to fund your own travel arrangements. Spaces are limited to max 16 so if you’d like to take part please let us know at spgb.lancaster@worldsocialism.org.