A CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST COUNCILLORS
A CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST COUNCILLORS
Contributions from:
Salma Yaqoob Andrew Murray Lindsey German
Session one: 10.30-12.30:
Welcome: Andrew Burgin introducing Hana Safiya, reading a poem for the children of Palestine
Chairs: Cllr Russell Whiting and Cllr Dr Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini
Gaza – no Ceasefire, No Vote: Labour’s policy – immoral and illegal
Cuts and the neoliberal agenda – we won’t destroy local services, we won’t impose minimum service levels
Party democracy and accountability – an end to the silencing
Racism and Islamophobia – where’s the action on the Forde Report?
Abandoning climate commitments
With: Cllr Sophie Wilson from Sheffield, Cllr Mary Mason from Haringey, Cllr Jo Lawson from Kirklees, and Solma Ahmed, former Momentum National Committee and former Labour Women’s Committee, Paul Barnett from Hastings Independents
LUNCH 12.30 – 1.30 including:
Session two: 1.30-3.15
Chairs: Cllr Zoe Goodman and Cllr Afrasiab Anwar
How to construct a campaign and build local alliances – Cllr Alan Gibbons
Lessons from our experiences including Salma Yaqoob (former chair of Respect); building a mass base: the experience of the Corbyn movement – Andrew Murray; Liverpool 47 surcharged Councillor – Felicity Dowling.
Recent wins: Cllr Sophia Naqvi in Newham
TEA 3.15 – 3.45
Session three: 3.45 – 5.15
Chairs: Cllr Lotte Collett and Cllr Mehmood Mirza
A message from Ken Loach
A video message from Yanis Varoufakis
Supporting each other as independents – councillors and parliamentary candidates: Cllr Emma Dent Coad, Mayor Jamie Driscoll, Cllr Ammar Anwar
Ideas and experience exchange and support
Joint campaigning – the Gaza movement with Cllr Jabu Nala-Hartley, Claudia Webbe MP, former South African MP Andrew Feinstein, Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi from Jewish Voice for Labour, and Lindsey German (Stop the War)
Round up and farewells: 5.30 to 6pm
Looking towards Blackburn with Cllr Suleman Khonat introduced by Adrian Weir
