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REGISTRATION FROM 9.30-10.30AM MORNING WORKSHOPS 10.30am-11.45am RESPONDING TO THE RISE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FAR RIGHT The Light Cornelia 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 Fascism Chair: Sabby Dhalu Stand Up To Racism REFUGEES WELCOME HERE - ENACT DUBS NOW! George Fox Room Maurice Wren Refugee Council, chief executive Fay Lockett human rights campaigner Clare Moseley Care4Calais, founder Nas Popalzai Nas Must Stay campaign Chair: Mandy Brown UCU NEC GRENFELL, AUSTERITY AND THE RISE OF RACISM Waldo Williams Suite Ricardo La Torre Eastern FBU, regional secretary Yannis Gourtsoyannis Momentum NCG and BMA junior doctor Shabbir Lakha People’s Assembly Shen Batmaz Bakers Union organiser and ex-McStriker Chair: Moyra Samuels Justice 4 Grenfell BREXIT: DEFENDING E.U. NATIONALS’ RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT Hilda Clarke Suite Tommy Tomescu Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian Discrimination Denis Fernando Rainbow Coalition Against Racism Abeline McShane spokesperson for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community Chair: Julie Sherry Stand Up To Racism STUDENT AND YOUTH STAND UP TO RACISM Ada Salter Suite Myriam Kane NUS NEC & Black Students Committee Artin Giles London Young Labour, chair Naima Omar Stand Up To Racism Nadia Ibrahim Student Stand Up To Racism Chair: Faisa Hassan London Young Labour U19s officer FOOTBALL FOR ALL: UNITE AGAINST THE RACIST DFLA William Penn Suite Ged Grebby Show Racism the Red Card, chief executive Stephanie Fuller and Emma Wright Proud and Palace, founder & co-chair Michael Bradley Stand Up To Racism Chair: Nike Johnson Islington Stand Up To Racism PLENARY 12-1 pm UNITING AGAINST THE RESURGENT FAR RIGHT: STAND UP TO RACISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA & ANTISEMITISM The Light Catherine 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 spokesperson Chairs: 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 ENVIRONMENT Waldo Williams Suite Diane Abbott MP Patrick Vernon social commentator and Windrush campaigner Smokey Joe Notting Hill Carnival Brian Richardson Stand Up To Racism Chair: Moyra Samuels HOW DO WE DEFEAT FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT IN BRITAIN? The Light Liane Groves Unite Community, head Eddie Dempsey RMT NEC Amarjite Singh CWU Wales Alexander Norton Morning Star Gerry Gable Searchlight Magazine Weyman Bennett Stand Up To Racism Chair: Sabby Dhalu FROM HATE CRIMES TO PREVENT: CHALLENGING THE RISE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA Hilda Clarke Suite Mohammed Kozbar Finsbury Park Mosque, chairman Nahella Ashraf Stand Up To Racism Rakhia Ismail Labour councillor Amanda Morris Advancing Voices of Women Against Islamophobia Dina Nur Muslim Association of Britain Chair: Naima Omar Stand Up To Racism LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM: MUSIC AND THE MASSES Ada Salter Suite Ellie Giles Music Managers Forum Dave Randall author of Sound system, the power of political music Zara Sykes musician Juliette Ashby musician Roger Huddle Rock Against Racism, co-founder Chair: Lois Browne Love Music Hate Racism AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT George Fox Room Nara 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 Republic Chair: Ulrike Schmidt Amnesty International PLENARY 3 .15-4.30pm BUILDING A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT AND RACISM The Light Diane 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 Racism Chairs: 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 Photo: Geoff Dexter Photo: Guy Smallman Photo: Joe Piette Photo: Alasdair Hickson

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Page 1: AGENDA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: HOW DO WE DEFEAT … · BUILDING A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT AND RACISM ... Weyman Bennett Stand Up To Racism Chairs: Claudia Webbe Labour councillor

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

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National unity demonstration against fascism and racism#N17 Saturday 17 November,

Central London