Ken Livingstone invites you to Progressive London conference:
A progressive agenda to stop the right in 2010
Progressive Agenda to Stop the Right in 2010 is a conference that will bring together leading figures in London and beyond to discuss the most important issues for progressive politics in 2010, nationally, internationally and in London. The ideas, alliances and policies we need to move forward, and how we stop the right from winning. Join the debate.
Progressive London was initiated by Ken Livingstone in 2008 as a cross-party, multi-community forum involving politicians, artists, trade unionists, bloggers, community activists and campaigners to promote social progress in the capital.
Registration:
£12 waged £6 unwaged
Advance registration is now closed. Registration is available on the day at the venue from 9am.
Agenda
10am – 11.30am Sessions
ONE SOCIETY, MANY CULTURES
• Edie Friedman, Director, Jewish Council for Racial Equality
• Professor Tariq Ramadan
• Bruce Kent, Vice President, Pax Christi
• Mike Barnard, Uprise
• Wilf Sullivan, TUC Race Equality Officer
• CHAIR: Murziline Parchment
THE COST OF WAR – AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, TRIDENT
• George Galloway MP
• Kate Hudson, Chair, CND
• Anas Altikriti, Spokesperson, British Muslim Initiative
• Andrew Murray, Chair, Stop the War Coalition
• CHAIR: John Haylett, Political Editor, Morning Star
DEFENDING FRONT LINE SERVICES
• Cllr Lutfur Rahman, Labour, Leader of Tower Hamlets Council
• Cllr Paul Dimoldenberg, Labour, Westminster City Council
• Linda Perks, UNISON Regional secretary
• Mick Shaw, FBU President
• Alasdair Smith, National Secretary, Anti-Academies Alliance
• CHAIR: Richard Ascough, GMB Regional secretary
BORIS JOHNSON MID-TERM – AND HOLDING THE MAYOR TO ACCOUNT
• Len Duvall AM, Leader, Labour Group, London Assembly
• Mike Tuffrey AM, Leader, Liberal Democrat Group, London Assembly
• Martin Hoscik, MayorWatch
• Cllr Romayne Phoenix, Green Party, Lewisham Council
• Dave Hill, Guardian's London blogger and commentator
• CHAIR: Kamaljeet Jandu, GMB National Equalities Officer
11.45am – 1.15pm Sessions
THERE IS NO PROGRESSIVE IMPERIALISM
• Bairbre de Brún MEP, Sinn Féin
• Samuel Moncada, Venezuelan Ambassador
• Richard Gott, author
• Azad Ali, IFE
• Mark Weisbrot, Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
• CHAIR: Seumas Milne, Guardian columnist
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
• Speech Debelle, Mercury Prize Winner 2009
• Sam Tarry, National Chair, Young Labour
• Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy, NUS Black Students’ Officer
• Nizam Uddin, University of London Union President
• Rowenna Davis, journalist
• CHAIR: Noel Hatch, Chair, Compass Youth
STOPPING THE BNP – NO CONCESSIONS TO THE FAR RIGHT
• Steve Hart, Unite Regional Secretary
• Jon McClure, Reverend and the Makers
• Professor Danny Dorling
• Martin Smith, Love Music Hate Racism
• Faisal Hanjra, President, Federation of Student Islamic Societies
• CHAIR: Sabby Dhalu, Joint Secretary, Unite Against Fascism
WINNING THE ARGUMENT – NEW MEDIA AND THE ELECTION
• Clifford Singer, mydavidcameron.com
• Helen Gardner, Boriswatch.co.uk
• Andy Newman, Socialist Unity
• Sunny Hundal, Liberal Conspiracy
• Alex Smith, Labourlist
• CHAIR: Kevin Maguire, Associate Editor, The Mirror
WHY THE TORIES ARE NOT PROGRESSIVE
• Lembit Opik MP
• Claude Moraes MEP
• Jean Lambert MEP
• Adam Bienkov, political blogger
• CHAIR: Steve Bell, Head of Policy, CWU
CAPITALWOMAN
• Anni Marjoram, Former adviser to the Mayor of London on women's issues
• Matty Mitford, Director, Boris Keep Your Promise
• Lorna Campbell, National Equality Officer, PCS
• Finn Mackay, Founder, London Feminist Network
• CHAIR: Anne Kane, Abortion Rights Executive
HOMES AND PLANNING FOR LONDON’S FUTURE
• Karen Buck MP
• Nicky Gavron AM, Labour spokesperson on Planning and Housing in London Assembly and former Deputy Mayor
• Cllr Stephen Cowan, Leader of Labour Group, Hammersmith and Fulham Council
• Eileen Short, Chair, Defend Council Housing
• CHAIR: Megan Dobney, SERTUC Regional Secretary
2pm – 2.20pm
PLENARY SPEECH
Congress Hall, Ground Floor
• Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the House of Commons,
• CHAIR: Ken Livingstone
2.20pm – 3.15pm
A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA TO STOP THE RIGHT IN 2010
Congress Hall, Ground Floor
• Ken Livingstone
• Frances O’Grady, TUC Deputy General Secretary
• Bonnie Greer, writer and broadcaster
• Johann Hari, writer and broadcaster
• CHAIR: Jon Trickett MP
3.30pm – 4.45pm
CONFRONTING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS – INVESTMENT NOT CUTS
• Jon Cruddas MP
• Diane Abbott MP
• Megan Dobney, SERTUC Regional Secretary
• John Ross, Socialist Economic Bulletin
• Ann Pettifor, Fellow of the New Economics Foundation
• CHAIR: Chris McLaughlin, Editor, Tribune
KEEP LONDON MOVING – CUT FARES NOT INVESTMENT
• Val Shawcross AM, Deputy Chair of Transport Committee, London Assembly
• Steve Hart, Unite Regional Secretary
• Tom Barry, Boriswatch.co.uk
• Simon Birkett, Founder, Campaign for Clean Air in London
• CHAIR: James McGowan, Head of Policy, ASLEF
TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AFTER COPENHAGEN
• Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• Eugenie Harvey, Director, 10:10
• Cllr Serge Lourie, Liberal Democrats, Leader of Richmond-upon-Thames Council
• Darren Johnson AM, Chair of the London Assembly
• Joss Garman, climate change campaigner
• CHAIR: Ken Livingstone
PR – PROGRESS THROUGH ELECTORAL REFORM?
• Jenny Jones AM, Leader, Green Group, London Assembly
• Mike Tuffrey AM, Leader, Liberal Democrat Group, London Assembly
• Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass
• Sunder Katwala, General Secretary, Fabian Society
• CHAIR: Michael Calderbank, Electoral Reform Society
GAZA – 1 YEAR ON
• Hugh Lanning, Chair, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
• Professor Avi Shlaim, Oxford University
• Anas Altikriti, Spokesperson, British Muslim Initiative
• Dr Karma Nabulsi, Former PLO representative
• Kevin Ovenden, Organiser of the latest convoy to Gaza
• CHAIR: Kate Hudson, Chair CND
PROUD LONDON – STOPPING HOMOPHOBIC HATE CRIME
• Kirsten Hearn, LGBT Consortium and independent member of Metropolitan Police Authority
• Daf Adley, NUS LGBT Officer
• Mark Healey, Organiser, Hope and Remembrance Vigil Trafalgar Square 2009
• Pav Akhtar, Chair, Imaan – Muslim LGBT support group
• CHAIR: Deirdre Costigan, Co-Chair, UNISON LGBT Committee
4.45pm – 5.30pm
THE WAY FORWARD
Congress Hall, Ground Floor
• Ken Livingstone
• Len McCluskey, Unite Assistant General Secretary
• Jenny Jones AM, Leader, Green Group, London Assembly
• Mehdi Hasan, Senior Editor (politics), New Statesman
• Cllr Serge Lourie, Liberal Democrats, Leader of Richmond-upon-Thames council.
• CHAIR: Jon Cruddas MP
