"They Live" - Radical Film Series When Sunday, February 13, 2011 18:00 - All Ages Where (map) Other InfoWith introduction by Stair "Part science fiction thriller and part dark comedy the film echoed contemporary fears of a declining economy, within a culture of greed and conspicuous consumption common among Americans in the 1980s. In They Live, the ruling class within the moneyed elite are in fact aliens managing human social affairs through the use of a signal on top of the TV broadcast that is concealing their appearance and subliminal messages in mass media." All welcome. Entry is free....
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West London Branch Meeting When Tuesday, February 1, 2011 20:00 - All Ages Where Chiswick Town Hall (map) Chiswick, London Other InfoRegular branch meeting of the West London branch of the Socialist Party. Join us to discuss socialism and organise to promote a world of production for use not profit. A world of common ownership and democratic control without the state, leaders, nations, war or money. All welcome. « Back to the calendar
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Lancaster Branch Public Meeting When Monday, January 31, 2011 20:30 - All Ages Where The Gregson Centre (map) 33-35 Moorgate Lancaster , UK LA1 3PY Other InfoRegular public meeting of the Lancaster branch of the Socialist Party. Join us to discuss socialism and organise to promote a world of production for use not profit. A world of common ownership and democratic control without the state, classes, leaders, nations, war or money. All welcome. « Back to the calendar
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"The Battle of Orgreave" - Radical Film Series When Sunday, January 30, 2011 18:00 - All Ages Where SPGB Home Office (map) 52 Clapham High St London, UK SW4 Other InfoWith introduction by Adam Buick "The Battle of Orgreave is a re-enactment of one of the most violent confrontations of the 1984/5 miners strike, when police mounted a cavalry charge through the mining village of Orgreave in South Yorkshire. It was conceived by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller and produced by Artangel in 2001. The event was documented by acclaimed film-maker Mike Figgis. Figgis's film include footage of...
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Manchester Branch Celebrate the Winter Solstice When Friday, December 17, 2010 20:00 - All Ages Where Unicorn (map) Church Street, City Centre Manchester, UK « Back to the calendar
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The Year of the Sex Olympics When Sunday, December 12, 2010 18:00 - All Ages Where SPGB Home Office (map) 52 Clapham High St London, UK SW4 Other InfoWith introduction by Mike Foster "This eerily prescient drama is set in a future when the world is dominated and run by television, where language has become almost redundant and all 'tensions' - love, war, hate and loyalty - have been removed. Overpopulation is a problem, so there are gluttony programmes to put people off food and pornography to put them off sex. There is artsex and sportsex, and now this...
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What's Wrong With Using Parliament? When Saturday, November 20, 2010 17:00 - All Ages Where Housmans Bookshop (map) 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross London, UK N1 9DX Other InfoOfficial launch of The Socialist Party's latest publication: "What's Wrong With Using Parliament?" with an introduction by Stair. "Stair has had a long interest and involvement with what he may have described at one time as "anti-authoritarian politics". Housmans was one of the destinations he had on his agenda pre-internet on numerous trips to London when further exploring these ideas. His employment meant he did his "time" in the "retail and...
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When Wednesday, November 17, 2010 20:30 - All Ages Where Community Central Halls (map) 304 Maryhill Road Glasgow Other InfoSpeaker - John Cumming Join us to discuss socialism and organise to promote a world of production for use not profit. A world of common ownership and democratic control without the state, leaders, nations, war or money. All welcome. Free admission. Free discussion. « Back to the calendar
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Winstanley (Film) When Sunday, November 14, 2010 18:00 - All Ages Where SPGB Home Office (map) 52 Clapham High St London, UK SW4 Other Info"1649. With poverty and unrest sweeping England, a group of impoverished men and women, known as the Diggers, form a settlement on St.George's Hill, Surrey. Inspired by the visionary leadership of Gerrard Winstanley, the commune's tireless, yet peaceful attempts to assert their right to cultivate and share the wealth of the common land, are met with crushing hostility from local landowners and government troops." With introduction by Adam Buick All welcome Entry is free. There...
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Argh! The Movie
Well, I just had to do it: go see this movie everyone was talking about. Let’s just say that Argo has more in common with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream than with Jason and the Argonauts searching for the golden fleece. The film features a fake movie (“Argo”) “produced” by the Central Intelligence Agency to rescue six U.S. nationals from the Canadian embassy in Teheran when the overthrown Shah of Iran, himself devilishly imposed on the Iranians by the U.S., was granted asylum in the United States. Hollywood producers were enlisted in an effort to make the pseudo-film “look...
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