Rule changes look set to play a prominent role at Party Conference. See Momentum’s persuader briefing on rule changes here.
See also Grassroots NEC Member Gemma Bolton’s report which has more details on the rule changes being voted on at conference.
Left delegates guide – If you are a delegate check out the Momentum-CLPD Delegates Guide here.
CLPD have an online briefing tonight, Thursday at 6.30pm with Gemma Bolton (NEC), Billy Hayes (CAC), Jake Rubin & Rachel Garnham (CLPD) – sign up here.
Essential daily briefings for left delegates
Daily briefings will be available for all votes on rule changes and policy debates – if you haven’t already, make sure you’ve signed up to get CLPD’s daily ‘yellow pages’ here.
Volunteers leafletting outside conference – 11.30am-2.30pm each day
Can you help hand out flyers opposing the ratification of David Evans and the Electoral college? Fill in this Momentum form to help out. https://airtable.com/shr2yNmznWQbmMEbC
Labour Left at Conference – Fringe Events
As well as the The World Transformed there are lots of really great virtual and in-person events taking place.
Thursday 23 September
6.30pm CLPD online briefing with Gemma Bolton (NEC), Billy Hayes (CAC), Jake Rubin & Rachel Garnham (CLPD) – sign up here.
6.30pm Zero COVID Campaign online meeting – why we need a Zero COVID policy. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-virtual-fringe-meeting-why-policy-must-change-in-favour-of-zero-covid-tickets-169995231313
Saturday 25 September
10.00 am Not the Andrew Marr Show – Brekkie on the beach. With John McDonnell, Howard Beckett, Matt Wrack, Pamela Fitzpatrick, Ian Hodson, Sonali Bhattacharya, Mish Rahman, Luke Smith, Andrea Gilbert
Hove Lawns, BN3 2WN
3pm Momentum@TWT: Solidarity is Power: Racial Justice. Friends Meeting House https://theworldtransformed.org/twt21/calendar/solidarity-power-racial-justice/
6pm TWT: Bernie Sanders in conversation with John McDonnell, Brighthelm Centre, Auditorium
https://theworldtransformed.org/twt21/calendar/bernie-sanders-conversation-john-mcdonnell/
6pm CLPD: For a transformative Labour government and democratic party! Queen’s Hotel Brighton, 1-3 King’s Road, BN1 1NS
Entry: £3/£1
Sunday 26 September
5.30pm Labour Assembly & Arise: Take the fight to the Tories – Socialist solutions to the crisis. Charlotte Room, Grand Hotel,
BN1 2FW
6.30pm CND: How can we fight the UK’s nuclear arsenal increase?
Saint Paul’s Parish Church, West St BN1https://cnduk.org/events/lpfringe/
7.30pm Campaign for Council Housing: Build Back Better – build council housing. Consort Room, Grand Hotel, BN1 2FW
Monday 27 September
12.45pm Zero COVID UK online No one is safe until everyone is safe https://zerocovid.uk/event/labour-conference-fringe-no-one-is-safe-until-everyone-is-safe/
5.30pm, Cuba Solidarity Campaign: ‘Cuba’s fight against COVID and the Blockade’Charlotte Room, The Grand Hotel, 97-99 Kings Rd, BN1 2FW https://twitter.com/CubaSolidarity/status/1439563248488038401
Tuesday 28 September
12.30pm Stop the War: Labour Conference Fringe Meeting: Afghanistan, Biden & Imperialism. Charlotte Room, The Grand Hotel, 97-99 Kings Rd, BN1 2FW https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/labour-conference-fringe-meeting-afghanistan-biden-imperialism/
2pm NEF Online: Upgrading homes for a Green New Deal https://neweconomics.org/2021/09/upgrading-our-homes-for-a-green-new-deal
5.30pm Labour and Palestine: Speak up for Palestine. Grand Hotel, Empress Room, BN1 2FW https://labourandpalestine.org.uk/2021/07/21/labour-fringe-2021-speaking-up-for-palestine-a-litmus-test-for-labour/
6pm CLPD: Conference Review. The Old Ship, King’s Road, BN1 1NR Entry £2/£1
Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs Rally
7pm–8:30pm Old Steine Gardens – Big Tent with Diane Abbott MP, John McDonnell MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP and more.
Many thanks to the Convenor of the London Left Network who compiled many of these events
Image: Keir Starmer. Author: Rwendland, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
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