Sussex LRC TV
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Forward to a Labour Government
LRC Fringe for Labour Party Conference 2017
Panel: John McDonnell MP, Mark Serwotka (PCS), Laura Pidcock MP, Sarah Walker (English Collective of Prostitutes), Matt Wrack (FBU), Dave Ward (CWU), Ian Hodson (BFAWU), Cllr Emina Ibrahim (London Regional Board & Labour NCC), Chris Williamson MP, Liz Davies (Labour Women Leading), Neil Findlay MSP, Seema Chandwani (Tottenham & Haringay CLP & Labour CAC), Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi (JVL) and Claudia Webbe (Labour NEC). Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr. Recorded Tuesday 26 September 2017
Tories Out! Unite our Movement to Defeat Austerity
LRC fringe for TUC Congress 2017
Panel: George Atwell (BFAWU Regional Organising Secretary), Maria Exall (CWU Executive), Mark Serwotka (PCS General Secretary), Niki Adams (English Collective of Prostitutes), Matt Wrack (FBU General Secretary), and Debbie Reay (ASLEF Women’s Committee). Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr. Recorded Tuesday 12 September 2017.
Vote Labour to Save our Public Services
LRC fringe for PCS Conference 2017
Panel: Ellen Clifford (DPAC activist), Niki Adams (English Collective of Prostitutes spokeswoman), Zita Holbourne (BARAC co-Chair), Mark Serwotka (PCS General Secretary), Matt Wrack (FBU General Secretary) and Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown). Chair: Jon Rogers. Recorded Monday 22 May 2017. NB: Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP was elected by voters to represent Brighton Kemptown on 8 June 2017.
Let’s Get Corbyn Back In to Get the Tories Out!
LRC fringe for TUC Congress 2016
Panel: Tosh McDonald (ASLEF President), Steve Shaw (RMT Executive), Matt Wrack (FBU General Secretary), Andy Furey (CWU National Officer), Ronnie Draper (BFAWU General Secretary), Jackie Walker (Momentum vice-Chair), John McDonnell MP, Sarah Walker (English Collective of Prostitutes), Jon Rogers (Lambeth UNISON). Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr. Recorded Monday 12 September 2016.
Brighton rally during the 2016 Labour Party leadership campaign
Panel: local commuter, Brighton Labour activists Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Councillor Kevin Allen and Poppy Burt, campaign organiser Councillor Sam Tarry, and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn MP. Chair: Sarah Pickett, Momentum Brighton & Hove. Recorded Tuesday 2 August 2016
How do we bring Corbyn’s new politics into UNISON?
Sussex LRC event for UNISON conference 2016
Panel: Dan Sartin (UNISON West Sussex), George Binette (Hackney Momentum & Camden UNISON), Ruth Cashman (Save Our Libraries) and Jon Rogers (Lambeth UNISON). Chair: Claire Wadey. Recorded Wednesday 22 June 2016.
Stand-up to Racism – Stop the Witch-hunts
Sussex LRC meeting co-hosted with Momentum Brighton & Hove; recorded Wednesday 1 June 2016.
Panel: Louise Purbrick (StopMfE), Ian Saville (Jewish Socialists’ Group) and Jackie Walker (Momentum). Chair: Jon Rogers.
Sussex LRC fringe event for PCS conference 2016, co-hosted with Momentum Brighton & Hove, and following Momentum’s briefing for PCS delegates – some footage of which is also available.
Panel: Matt Wrack (FBU), Mark Serwotka (PCS), Zita Holbourne (BARAC UK & PCS), Mark Leopard (TUC Disabled Workers Committee & PCS) and Clara Paillard (PCS). Chairs: Delia Mattis and Sarah Pickett.
Recorded Tuesday 24 May 2016
Sussex LRC fringe meeting for UNISON Health conference 2016, co-hosted with Momentum Brighton & Hove
Panel: Carl Walker – Brighton Citizens Health Services Survey, Katrina Miller – Sussex Defend the NHS, Simon May – student nurse campaigning with Sussex and Brighton Students Save The NHS, Alison Brown – Momentum NHS and UNISON Yorkshire Ambulance Branch, and Dr Todd Leckie – BMA representative of junior doctors at BSUH NHS Trust. Chair: Claire Wadey.
Recorded Monday 25 April 2016
Is Labour Learning its Lessons?
Sussex LRC fringe meeting for NUT conference 2016, co-hosted with Momentum Brighton & Hove
Panel: Kevin Courtney (NUT Deputy General Secretary), Talullah Gunputh (local student & Brighton & Hove Young Labour), Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Chair, Brighton, Hove & District Labour Party) and Phil Clarke (NUT Executive member for Brighton & Hove, East Sussex & Kent). Chair: Sarah Pickett.
Recorded Saturday 26 March 2016
Wapping Lies: Media Democracy 30 Years On
An afternoon of politics, poems, laughs and song to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1986/87 Wapping Dispute. Presented by Sussex LRC with the support of Brighton, Hove & District Trades Council, with all monies raised being donated to the News International Dispute Archive and the Campaign For Press and Broadcasting Freedom.
Speakers & performers: Attila the Stockbroker, Paul King, Ben Chacko, Kate Smurthwaite, Mike Simons, Ivy Smith, Robb Johnson and Ann Field. Chairs: Claire Wadey and Andy Richards. Photos available via Flickr.
Recorded Saturday 23 January 2016
Standing Together To Fight Austerity
LRC Fringe for Labour Party Conference 2015
Panel: Katy Clark, Matt Wrack (FBU), Laura Watkins (English Collective of Prostitutes), Richard Burgon MP, Ian Hodson (BFAWU), Neil Findlay MSP, John McDonnell MP, Rachel Mullen (BFAWU Young Members), Mick Lynch (RMT), Rhea Wolfsen (Labour Young Socialists), Maria Exall (CWU) and Cat Smith MP. Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr
Recorded Monday 28 September 2015
Resist Austerity – Defend Trade Union Rights
LRC Fringe for TUC Congress 2015
Panel: Ian Hodson (BFAWU), Nick Rudikoff (SEIU), Ajay Thomas (Detroit Fight for $15), Mya Hill (Black Lives Matter), Janine Booth (RMT), Dave Green (FBU), Mark Serwotka (PCS), Maria Exall (CWU), Manuel Cortes (TSSA), Sarah Walker (English Collective of Prostitutes) and Ian Lavery MP. Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr
Recorded Tuesday 15 September 2015
Let’s Build the Houses – Quick!
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2015
Panel: Michael Meacher MP and Focus E15 representative, Ben. Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr
Recorded Saturday 30 May 2015
How Labour Can Make Our Votes Count
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2015
Panel: Jeremy Corbyn MP and Nancy Platts. Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr.
Recorded Saturday 23 May 2015
Do Public Services Have A Future?
Sussex LRC event for PCS conference & Brighton Fringe 2015
Panel: John McDonnell MP, Mark Serwotka (PCS), Laura Watson (English Collective of Prostitutes), and Candy Udwin (PCS). Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr.
Recorded Tuesday 19 May 2015
Hastings & Rother LRC public meeting
Panel: John McDonnell MP, Jay Kramer – Chair of Hastings & Rye Labour Party, and Simeon Elliott (Labour CND). Chair: Claire Wadey. Photos available via Flickr.
Recorded Saturday 14 March 2015
War, Peace and Internationalism
Sussex LRC meeting; recorded Saturday 13 September 2014
Panel: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Harry Leslie Smith – author of Harry’s Last Stand, Purna Sen – Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion, and Joy Hurcombe (Labour CND). Chairs: Claire Wadey and Jon Rogers. Photos available via Flickr
Also don’t miss Harry Leslie Smith speaking at Labour Party conference on Wednesday 24 September 2014.
Public Services Not Private Profits!
Sussex LRC event for UNISON conference 2014
Panel: Ian Lawrence (NAPO), Gordon McKay (UNISON Scotland Health), Sian Carey (Brighton school student) and Jon Rogers (Lambeth UNISON), starting with a special contribution about the Battle of Orgreave by Bev Trounce. Chair: Claire Wadey
Recorded Wednesday 18 June 2014; photos available via Flickr
Benn & Crow’s Radical Alternative To Austerity
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2014
Panel: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Nancy Platts – Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemp Town & Peacehaven, Steve Yandell (International Transport Workers’ Federation), Sussex’s favourite protest singer/songwriter Robb Johnson and Jon Rogers (Chair)
Recorded Saturday 31 May 2014; photos available via Flickr
Is It Time To Re-Nationalise UK PLC?
Sussex LRC event for PCS conference & Brighton Fringe 2014
Panel: John McDonnell MP, Maria Exall (CWU), Andrew Fisher (PCS), Janine Booth (RMT) and Jon Rogers (Chair)
Recorded Tuesday 20 May 2014; photos available via Flickr
Fracking the Downs – Failing Our Future
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2014
Panel: Michael Meacher MP, Professor Steve Thomas, Brenda Pollack (Friends of the Earth), Charles Metcalfe (Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association) and Richard Hanford (Chair)
Recorded Saturday 17 May 2014; photos available via Flickr
How Can Labour Re-Build Trust With Teachers?
Sussex LRC fringe meeting for NUT conference 2014
Panel: Kevin Courtney (NUT Deputy General Secretary), Carly-Anne Baxter (GMB representative of local teaching assistants), Paul Shellard (local teacher and Brighton & Hove NUT), Sian Carey (Brighton school student), Nancy Platts (Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemp Town & Peacehaven) and Jon Rogers (Chair)
Recorded Saturday 19 April 2014; photos available via Flickr
Sussex LRC fringe meeting for UNISON Healthcare conference 2014
Panel: Gordon McKay (UNISON Scotland Health), Ian Evans (Unite’s Health National Industrial Sector Committee), Andy Prendergast (GMB), local healthworker Mick Foote and Nancy Platts – Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemp Town and Peacehaven. Chair: Claire Wadey
Recorded Tuesday 15 April 2014; photos available via Flickr
Celebrate the Struggle – Fight for Justice
An afternoon of music, politics, memories and laughs to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike. Jointly presented by Sussex LRC and Brighton, Hove & District Trades Council with all monies raised being donated to the Kent Miners’ Festival and the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign.
Speakers & performers: Bob Crow (RMT), Simon Weller (ASLEF), Robb Johnson, the Malthouse Duo with Charlie Anderson, Terry Harrison (Betteshanger NUM), Liz French (Betteshanger Women Against Pit Closures), Joy Hurcombe (Labour CND), Gary Cox (Kent Miners’ Festival), Adriano Merola Marotta (Sussex 5), Kate Smurthwaite. Chairs: Claire Wadey and Andy Richards.
Recorded Saturday 8 March 2014; photos available via Flickr
Defend the Labour Party – Trade Union Link
Sussex LRC event as part of the Defend the Link campaign
Panel: Ian Hodson, National President of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU)
Recorded Tuesday 3 December 2013
Labour Councillors: Resist the Cuts!
Councillors Against Cuts fringe meeting for Labour Party conference 2013
Panel: Councillors Gill Kennett & Dean Kirk (Hull), Councillor Kevin Bennett (Warrington), Jon Rogers (UNISON), MarshaJane Thompson (Chair)
Recorded Tuesday 24 September 2013; photos available via Flickr
Alternatives to Austerity – Defend the Union Link!
National LRC fringe meeting for Labour Party conference 2013
Panel: Katy Clark MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, John McDonnell MP (Chair), Neil Findlay MSP, Nancy Platts (PPC Brighton Kemptown), Owen Jones, Mark Serwotka (PCS), Maria Exall (CWU), Manuel Cortes (TSSA), Ian Lawrence (NAPO), Ian Hodson (BFAWU)
Recorded Monday 23 September 2013; photos available via Flickr
40 Years On: What Can We Learn From Chile and Latin America?
Sussex LRC event as part of Chile 40 Years On
Panel: Maria Vasquez-Aguilar, Jeremy Corbyn MP
Recorded Saturday 14 September 2013; photos available via Flickr
Defend Free State Education For All!
Sussex LRC event for UCU conference & Brighton Fringe 2013
Panel: Warren Davies, Maia Pal, Michael Segalov, Veronica Killen
Recorded Wednesday 29 May 2013; photos available via Flickr
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2013
Panel: Chris Ford, Dr Lee Salter
Recorded Saturday 25 May 2013
Are Tax Dodgers the Real Scroungers?
Sussex LRC event for PCS conference & Brighton Fringe 2013
Panel: Mark Serwotka, Richard Murphy, Katy Clark MP
Recorded Wednesday 22 May 2013; photos available via Flickr
2013 Conversations with Tony Benn
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2013
Panel: Rab McKenna, Christine Robinson, Ellie Mae O’Hagan, Tony Benn
Recorded Saturday 11 May 2013; photos available via Flickr
How Trade Unions can Shift Labour left
Sussex LRC fringe meeting for TUC conference 2012
Panel: Len McCluskey, Simon Weller, Maria Exall, Marsha-Jane Thompson, Owen Jones, John McDonnell MP
Recorded Tuesday 11 September 2012; photos available via Flickr
Sussex LRC fringe meeting for GMB Congress 2012
Panel: Thierry Schaffauser, Ellen Clifford, Dot Gibson, John McDonnell MP
Recorded Tuesday 12 June 2012; photos available via Flickr
United We Stand: Tackling Racism
Sussex LRC event for PCS conference & Brighton Fringe 2012
Panel: Mark Serwotka, Zita Holbourne, Michael Abatan, Nic Eadie, Chris Whitwell
Recorded Tuesday 22 May 2012; photos available via Flickr
We Can Afford Housing and Welfare
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2012
Panel: Teresa Pearce MP, Kevin Maguire, Andy Winter, Andrew Fisher
Recorded Saturday 19 May 2012; photos available via Flickr
In Conversation with Tony Benn
Sussex LRC event for Brighton Fringe 2012
Panel: Tony Benn, Owen Jones, John McDonnell MP
Recorded Saturday 12 May 2012; photos available via Flickr
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