Progressive London Conference

Progressive London Conference
Saturday 30 January
10am-5.30pm Registration from 9am
Congress House, Great Russell St
London WC1 (nearest tube Tottenham Court Road)


£10 waged; £6 unwaged

The conference aims build a progressive alliance to stop the advance of right-wing ideas and parties and looks at ways we can work across communities, parties, and campaigns to promote social progress for the capital in 2010.

Speakers include:

Ken Livingstone · Sadiq Khan MP · Speech Debelle · Johann Hari, writer · Jean Lambert MEP - Green Party · Frances O'Grady, Deputy Gen Sec TUC · Jon Cruddas MP · Lembit Opik MP · George Galloway MP · Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for London · Mike Tuffrey AM - Liberal Democrats · Doreen Lawrence · Mehdi Hasan - New Statesman · Richard Gott - writer · Jenny Jones AM - Green Party · Serge Lourie - Lib Dem Leader of LB Richmond Upon Thames · Kate Hudson - Chair, CND · Sam Tarry - Chair, Young Labour · Linda Perks - Regional Secretary, Unison · Nizam Uddin - President of ULU · Noel Hatch - Chair, Compass Youth · Jon Trickett MP · Megan Dobney - Regional Secretary, SERTUC · Len Duvall AM - Labour · Matty Mitford - Director, Boris Keep Your Promise · Steve Hart - Unite Regional Secretary · Professor Avi Shlaim · Professor Tariq Ramadan · Ann Pettifor · Bruce Kent · Neal Lawson - Compass · Kevin Maguire - The Mirror · Daf Adley - NUS LGBT Officer · Karen Stalbow - Shelter · Anas Altikriti - British Muslim Initiative · Claude Moraes MEP · Richard Ascough - GMB Southern Region Secretary · Simon Weller - ASLEF · Edie Friedman - JCORE · Samuel Moncada - Venezuelan Ambassador · Professor Danny Dorling · Eugenie Harvey - Director of 10:10 · Jon McClure - Reverend and the Makers · Diane Abbott MP

Discussions include:

· Investment not cuts
· Why the Tories are not progressive
· Stopping the BNP - no concessions to the far right
· After Copenhagen - turning the tide on climate change
· No to Boris Johnson's fare increases
· Lessons from Latin America
· Young people and the economic crisis
· Gaza one year on
· PR - progress through electoral reform?
· Trident, Afghanistan, Iraq - the cost of war
· One society, many cultures
· Capitalwoman
· Sessions on a progressive agenda for London - affordable housing, transport, culture and many more

For enquiries email: info@progressivelondon.org.uk

www.progressivelondon.org..uk