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Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:13:26

No Tuition Fees Rise - Rally for Free Education!

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/11/15

In response to the recent announcement of further tuition fee rises Arise Festival hosted an online rally for Free Education! With students and young activists including: Mads Wainman, Disabled Students' Officer, Warwick SU // Elliot Briffa, University of Manchester SU City & Community Officer // Niamh Iliff, youth rep on Labour's Policy Forum // Hasan Patel, student campaigner // Fraser McGuire, Unite & TUC Young Members Forum // Coll McCail, Glasgow student.Plus special guests...John

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40:48

Labour First Budget - Does it Deliver the Change We...

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/11/07

Analysis of Labour's First Budget - Does it Deliver the Change We Need? With Richard Burgon MP; Özlem Onaran, Professor of Economics, University of Greenwich; Martin Cavanagh, PCS Union Deputy President; Mark Fairhust, National Chair of POA & more. Chaired by UCU President Maxine Looby.The second in a series of events opposing - and explaining the alternatives to - never-ending austerity.Hosted by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas. Supported by the TUCG (The Trade Union Co-ordinating Group).You

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1:08:39

No More Cuts - Pre-Autumn Budget Discussion

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/10/15

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, Economist and Author Grace Blakeley, Gawain Little of the General Federation of Trade Unions and BFAWU General Secretary

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56:51

Lenin on Ireland: The decisive blow against English...

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/10/14

"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 reviled by 'mainstream' politics 100 years since his death. Yet in today's world, riven by inequality & war, is it

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54:57

Lenin as an Economist

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/09/02

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 classic analysis "Imperialism - the Highest Stage of Capitalism" & the innovative ideas behind the New Economic

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49:38

Palestine: What should the new UK Government do?

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/07/18

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 Palestine - will the mass movement for Palestine be able to push the Government to take action? Supported by Arise - a

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55:58

Lenin Lives! The Struggle for Socialism – 100 Years On

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/07/12

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/privacy for more information.

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1:04:04

Vulture Capitalism - Grace Blakeley & Jeremy Corbyn...

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/05/20

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 exactly as planned.As Ha-Joon Chang says, 'Read this book if you want to make fundamental changes to the world.'Hosted by

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1:09:17

May Day Rally for Palestine

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/05/02

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 Solidarity Campaign & NEU), Maryam Eslamdoust (TSSA General Secretary), Gawain Little (GFTU GS), Jess Barnard (LP

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1:11:20

Clara Zetkin - Socialist fighter against fascism,...

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/04/22

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 Willgress discuss how her ideas remain relevant for those who want to take on the far-right and build movements to

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42:09

Ireland - Unity within Touching Distance

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/03/21

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 future of Ireland and why it should matter to progressives everywhere.Intro music: Which side are you on - by Sam Browse. You can

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41:06

Rising Women in the Global South

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/03/08

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 // Natalia Urban, Brasil Wire // Carole Regan, Cuba Solidarity Campaign // Clauda Turbet-Delof, Wiphalas Across the World

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56:07

Women for Palestine

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/03/07

As part of events in the run-up to International Women's Day 2024, Arise Festival supported Labour & Palestine's online rally: Women for Palestine. With live-links from Palestine, plus: Apsana Begum MP; Beth Winter MP; Louise Regan, NEU; Ryvka Barnard, Palestine Solidarity Campaign; Jess Barnard, Labour NEC member; Hilary Schan, Momentum; Siân Errington, Arise Festival; Rachel Garnham, CLPD; and Baroness Christine Blower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:22:27

The Bloody History of UK & US Imperialism in...

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/02/24

The complicity of the US & UK with Israel's war crimes in Gaza has shocked millions, whilst both countries have also started new bombings on Yemen. An in-depth forum on how this is part of a long & bloody imperial history that must be opposed. Featuring: • Bernard Regan - Palestine Solidarity Campaign EC member & author of "The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine" • Sami Ramadani - Iraqi Democrats against Occupation, Sociology lecturer &

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1:05:49

Mustafa Barghouti | Palestine in 2024 - What the...

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/01/18

A briefing and Q&A direct from Palestine, with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti.Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian physician, activist, & politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI). He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006 & is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Central Council. In 2007, he was Minister of Information in the Palestinian unity government.Hosted by Labour & Palestine. Supported by Arise - a

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1:11:36

Socialism or Barbarism? Why Rosa Luxemburg matters Today

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2024/01/14

A Labour Outlook Forum with Paul Le Blanc and Helen Scott, co-editors of the acclaimed 'Rosa Luxemburg: Socialism or Barbarism' collection of writings.Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most brilliant minds ever drawn to the socialist movement - an outstanding theorist and a political activist. This forum will look at the relevance of her ideas for transforming a world in crisis today - and how her work was broad in scope tackling capitalism and socialism; globalisation and imperialism; war and peace;

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59:23

Can Palestine Be Free?

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2023/12/14

An in-depth forum on why standing for a free Palestine is a vital question for all those committed to ending imperialism and winning a better world.With Bernard Regan, long-term campaigner for - and writer on - Palestine, member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Executive and author of The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine. He was the first recipient of the NUT’s Steve Sinnott Award (2015) in recognition of his contribution to international solidarity.Part of the

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1:02:06

Hugo Chávez, Spark for 21st Century Socialism & Latin...

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2023/11/27

December marks 25 years since Hugo Chávez's election, which sparked the first 'pink tide' in Latin America, leading to great changes in the continent & beyond, with the ideas of socialism & anti-imperialism being discussed again on a global scale.With:Alex Main, Director of International Policy, Center for Economic & Policy Research & witness to the 2002 coup attempt against Chávez & working there until 2008 / / Suize Gilbert, Co-producer of Oliver Stone's 'South of the Border'

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49:57

Why Labour should join calls for a #CeasefireNow

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2023/11/09

With...John McDonnell MP // Beth Winter MP // Richard Burgon MP // Maryam Eslamdoust, TSSA General Secretary // Nabeela Mowlana, Young Labour Chair // Mish Rahman, Labour NEC // Jess Barnard, Labour NECAn online event building the Labour movement's call for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, with pressure mounting on Labour's leadership to back a ceasefire.Hosted by Labour & Palestine. Streamed by Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:16

An interview with striking Junior Dr Andrew Meyerson

Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas ·

2023/10/01

During the week of strike action from Junior Doctors and BMA Consultants, Labour Outlook sat down with striking Junior Doctor Andrew Meyerson. Tune into for a discussion on the unprecedented levels of strike action and the policies needed to reverse 13 years of Tory austerity and back-door privatisation.Junior Doctors are back on strike from October 2-5th. An in-depth interview from Arise Festival's media partner Labour Outlook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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