UAF national conference 21 February

Unite against  fascism and racism NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Saturday 21 February Congress Centre, TUC, Great Russell Street, London

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AGENDA: 9am onwards: Registration 10.20–11.30am: Choice of the following four sessions a) Mobilising against the far right and fascist street movements across Europe Chair: Weyman Bennett Joint National Secretary UAF; Christine Bucholz MP Die Linke (Germany); Martin Lynch Black Country UAF; Petros Constantinou KEERFA; Sabby Dhalu UAF b) War, Torture and Islamophobia – Defend Civil Liberties Chair: Judith Orr Officer, Stop the War; Speakers: Lindsey GermanConvenor Stop the War; Mohammed Kozbar VP Muslim Association of Britain; Victoria Brittain Writer and journalist; Hamja Ahsan Free Talha Ahsan Campaign; Louise Christian Human Rights Lawyer c) Opposing Austerity, racism and scapegoating immigrants Chair: Aaron Kiely NUS NEC; Speakers: Sam Fairbairn People’s Assembly Against Austerity; Mick Burke Economist; Eileen ShortDefend Council Housing d) Never again – 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Chair: Weyman Bennett UAF; Speakers: Gerry Gable EditorSearchlight; Collette Levi Hidden child refugee from Vichy France 11.30–11.45am: Break

11.45am–1pm: Plenary After Paris attacks: Uniting Against Islamophobia,  anti-Semitism & Fascism in Europe Chair: Sabby Dhalu UAF Speakers: Nasos Iliopoulos Syriza Central Committee (Greece);Marwan Muhammed OSCE; Christine Bucholz Parliamentary Member Die Linke (Germany); Owen Jones award winning journalist;Claude Moraes MEP; Dr. Shuja Shafi MCB General Secretary;Billy Hayes CWU General Secretary; Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary; Weyman Bennett UAF

1–2pm: Lunch 2–3.30pm: Choice of the following four sessions e) Black lives matter: campaigning against institutional racism Chair: Brian Richardson UAF; Janet Alder Justice for Christopher Alder; Marcia Rigg Sean Rigg Justice and Change Campaign; Maz Saleem Justice for Mohammed Saleem f) Keep racism out of the general election – no scapegoating immigrants Chair: Wilf Sullivan TUC; Zita Holbourne PCS NEC & BARAC; Saira Grant Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Don Flynn Migrant Rights Network; Sabby Dhalu Stand up to Racism g) Stand up to UKIP Chair: Denis Fernando Rainbow Coalition Against Racism; Steve HartUnite the Union; Representative of Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian Discrimination; Jo Cardwell Stand up to UKIP h) Je ne suis pas Charlie: incitement of hatred is not freedom of speech Chair: Alan Gibson NUJ; N’Della Paye (France); Azad Ali MEND;Jude Woodward UAF

3.30-4.45pm: Plenary Celebrate diversity: stand up to racism Chair: Jude Woodward Assistant Secretary UAF Diane Abbott MP; Emily Thornberry MP; Ken Livingstone;Sharar Ali Deputy Leader Green Party; Lutfur Rahman Mayor of Tower Hamlets; Petros Constintinou KEERFA (Greece); Simon Woolley OBV; Lee Jasper BARAC

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