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REGISTRATION FROM 9.30-10.30AM MORNING WORKSHOPS
10.30am-11.45am
RESPONDING TO THE RISE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FAR RIGHTThe LightCornelia Kerth Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime/ Federation of Anti-Fascists (Germany)David Albrich New Left Turn (Austria)Petros Constantinou KEERFA (Greece)Sándor Szöke Civil rights & Roma campaigner (Hungary)Ismahane Chouder International Forum against Islamophobia & for Civil Rights, co-founder (France)Beatriz Lacerda Ratton Brazilian Women United Against FascismChair: Sabby Dhalu Stand Up To Racism
REFUGEES WELCOME HERE - ENACT DUBS NOW!George Fox RoomMaurice Wren Refugee Council, chief executiveFay Lockett human rights campaignerClare Moseley Care4Calais, founderNas Popalzai Nas Must Stay campaign Chair: Mandy Brown UCU NEC
GRENFELL, AUSTERITY AND THE RISE OF RACISMWaldo Williams SuiteRicardo La Torre Eastern FBU, regional secretaryYannis Gourtsoyannis Momentum NCG and BMA junior doctorShabbir Lakha People’s Assembly Shen Batmaz Bakers Union organiser and ex-McStrikerChair: Moyra Samuels Justice 4 Grenfell
BREXIT: DEFENDING E.U. NATIONALS’ RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENTHilda Clarke SuiteTommy Tomescu Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian Discrimination Denis Fernando Rainbow Coalition Against RacismAbeline McShane spokesperson for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community Chair: Julie Sherry Stand Up To Racism
STUDENT AND YOUTH STAND UP TO RACISMAda Salter SuiteMyriam Kane NUS NEC & Black Students CommitteeArtin Giles London Young Labour, chair Naima Omar Stand Up To RacismNadia Ibrahim Student Stand Up To RacismChair: Faisa Hassan London Young Labour U19s officer
FOOTBALL FOR ALL: UNITE AGAINST THE RACIST DFLAWilliam Penn SuiteGed Grebby Show Racism the Red Card, chief executiveStephanie Fuller and Emma Wright Proud and Palace, founder & co-chairMichael Bradley Stand Up To RacismChair: Nike Johnson Islington Stand Up To Racism
PLENARY
12-1 pm
UNITING AGAINST THE RESURGENT FAR RIGHT: STAND UP TO RACISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA & ANTISEMITISMThe LightCatherine West MP • David Lammy MP • Claude Moraes MEP • Edie Friedman Jewish Council for Racial Equality, executive director • Talha Ahmad Muslim Council of Britain, treasurer • David Rosenberg Jewish Socialist Group • Cornelia Kerth Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime/ Federation of Anti-Fascists (Germany) • Petros Constantinou KEERFA (Greece) • Danièle Obono Member of French National Assembly (La France Insoumise) • Nita Sanghera UCU vice president • Shahrar Ali Green Party, home affairs spokespersonChairs: Sabby Dhalu Stand Up To Racism, co-convenor • Steve Hart Unite Against Fascism, chair
LUNCH BREAK (60 MINUTES)
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
2-3.15pm
FROM WINDRUSH TO BLACK LIVES MATTER: CHALLENGING THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTWaldo Williams SuiteDiane Abbott MPPatrick Vernon social commentator and Windrush campaignerSmokey Joe Notting Hill CarnivalBrian Richardson Stand Up To RacismChair: Moyra Samuels
HOW DO WE DEFEAT FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT IN BRITAIN?The LightLiane Groves Unite Community, headEddie Dempsey RMT NECAmarjite Singh CWU Wales Alexander Norton Morning StarGerry Gable Searchlight MagazineWeyman Bennett Stand Up To RacismChair: Sabby Dhalu
FROM HATE CRIMES TO PREVENT: CHALLENGING THE RISE OF ISLAMOPHOBIAHilda Clarke SuiteMohammed Kozbar Finsbury Park Mosque, chairmanNahella Ashraf Stand Up To RacismRakhia Ismail Labour councillorAmanda Morris Advancing Voices of Women Against Islamophobia Dina Nur Muslim Association of BritainChair: Naima Omar Stand Up To Racism
LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM: MUSIC AND THE MASSESAda Salter SuiteEllie Giles Music Managers ForumDave Randall author of Sound system, the power of political musicZara Sykes musician Juliette Ashby musicianRoger Huddle Rock Against Racism, co-founderChair: Lois Browne Love Music Hate Racism
AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHTGeorge Fox RoomNara Jararaca Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT)David Karvala Unity Against Fascism & Racism (Catalonia)Memet Uludağ United Against Racism (Ireland)Plus speakers from Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and the Czech RepublicChair: Ulrike Schmidt Amnesty International
PLENARY
3 .15-4.30pm
BUILDING A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT AND RACISMThe LightDiane Abbott MP • John McDonnell MP • Emma Dent Coad MP • Alex Kenny NEU education union • Unmesh Desai London AM • Colette Levi former hidden child from Vichy France • Lindsey German Stop the War Coalition • Jim Kelly Unite London & Eastern, chair Rashidat Hassan Muslim Council of Britain, assistant general secretary • Myriam Kane NUS NEC & Black Students Committee • Weyman Bennett Stand Up To RacismChairs: Claudia Webbe Labour councillor • Sabby Dhalu Stand Up To Racism co-convenor
AGENDA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: HOW DO WE DEFEAT THE RISE OF FASCISM AND RACISM? #NoRacismNoFascism
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National unity demonstration against fascism and racism#N17 Saturday 17 November,
Central London