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Venue

Panel
6:30 p.m. Fri 10
What does an economic programme for popular power look like?
With James Meadway, Susan Newman, Ross Cathcart
MAV Hulme Hall (not the student accomodation!) (4 Jarvis Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS)
Panel
6:30 p.m. Fri 10
What Does Winning Look Like? A Strategy for Radical Abundance
With Kai Heron, Keir Milburn, Iker Eizagirre, Joana Kusiak, Catalina Ortiz
Ascension Church Hall (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Debate
6:30 p.m. Fri 10
Who’s Got the Power? - ‘Your Party’ Democracy
With Fiona Lali, Mish Rahman, Max Shanly, Alan Gibbons, Andrew Dolan
Windrush Lounge (Windrush Millenium Centre, 70 Alexandra Rd, Manchester, M16 7WD)
Arts
7:00 p.m. Fri 10
Jazz Loft in a Garden Centre
With Siapiau, Gary Washington, Bint Mbareh
Hulme Garden Centre - Class Room (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Discussion
7:00 p.m. Fri 10
People Resisting Racism, Policing and State Violence in Manchester
With Kids of Colour, Northern Police Monitoring Project (NPMP), Not Guily by Association (NGbA), Free The Manchester 10, Manchester Womens Justice Collective (MWJC), Zara Manoehoetoe, Roxy Legane, Gargi Bhattacharyya
Ascension Church Main Space (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Arts
7:30 p.m. Fri 10
Block the Block (Evening show)
With Nathaniel McBride, Debbie Beeks, Joe Gilmour, Gareth Fearn
Theatre 53Two (Arch 19 Watson St, Manchester M3 4LP)
Entertainment
7:30 p.m. Fri 10
TWT Pub Quiz with... Zack Polanksi!
The Niamos (Chichester Road, Manchester, M15 5EU)
8:00 p.m. Fri 10
Samrai, Chande & Nuradin @ Kim's
With Chande, Samrai
Kim's Kitchen (49 Old Birley St, Hulme, Manchester M15.)
Entertainment
9:30 p.m. Fri 10
Billionaires & Guillotines: Live Game Show Edition!
With Max Haiven
The Niamos (Chichester Road, Manchester, M15 5EU)
Exhibition
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
760 Days of Sanctuary exhibition (Saturday)
Ascension Church Foyer (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester, M15 5TQ)
Workshop
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Childhood Transformed: Free Play and Transformation Stations
Garden Centre - Peach Tunnel (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Panel
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Gentrification Is Class War: Demolitions, rent gaps and the real estate state
With Joe Penny, Andrew Roche, Abi O'Connor, Caitlin Colquhoun, Cáit Ní Ghliasáin
Kath Locke - Valerie (Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5DD)
Workshop
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
How do Local Transformed Groups change communities?
With Hugo Beyon, Brighton and Hove Transformed, Jane Worsdale, Norwich Transformed, Penny Grennan, Tynedale Transformed, Rosie Huzzard, Sheffield Transformed, Mark Seddon, Sheffield Transformed
Windrush Conference (Windrush Millenium Centre, 70 Alexandra Rd, Manchester, M16 7WD)
Exhibition
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Kath Locke Heritage exhibition (Saturday)
Kath Locke - Café (Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5DD)
Exhibition
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Legacy of Colonialism exhibition (Saturday)
Windrush Foyer (Windrush Millenium Centre, 70 Alexandra Rd, Manchester, M16 7WD)
Workshop
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Manchester Women's Justice Collective - Redefining Justice for Women
With Becky Clarke, Sandhya Sharma, Pavia Ward, Zara Manoehoetoe
MAV Hulme Hall (not the student accomodation!) (4 Jarvis Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS)
Discussion
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
National Security and International Solidarity: Resisting the criminalisation of internationalism
With Brogan Devlin, Elif Sarican, Iida Käyhkö, Azfar Shafi, Paul O'Connor, Tasnima (European Legal Support Centre)
Ascension Church Hall (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Panel
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
NATO and the EU; The Drive for War and Ireland's Place Within it
With Eoghan McNeill, Niamh Ní Bhriain, Adam Fagan, Stephen Cassidy
Windrush Lounge (Windrush Millenium Centre, 70 Alexandra Rd, Manchester, M16 7WD)
Arts
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Qu Alternative Art School Presents: Pocket Altruism (Saturday)
With Tvguy, Qu Alternative Art School
Garden Centre - Shed (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Workshop
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
The Art World Transformed: Political Organising in the Culture Industry
With Maddy Pledge, Artists’ Union England, Dante Philip, Notes from Below, Allan Struthers, Artists and Culture Workers LDN
Kath Locke - Birley (Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5DD)
Panel
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
The Year in Strikes
With Emma Runswick, Zara Dinnen, Helio Santos, Tony Wilson, Steeven Biset, Rhys Harmer
The Niamos (Chichester Road, Manchester, M15 5EU)
Panel
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Time (Still) Running Out: Renewing Socialist Climate Strategy
With Chris Saltmarsh, Harry Holmes, James Meadway, Millie Kent, Gaby Jeliazkov
Space for Change (a.k.a. The Yard) (41 Old Birley St, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5RF)
Panel
10:00 a.m. Sat 11
Uniting to Win: Red/Green Alliances & New Popular Fronts
With Zack Polanksi, Hilary Schan, Abubaker Nanawaba, Andrew Dolan, Zarah Sultana MP
Ascension Church Main Space (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Workshop
10:30 a.m. Sat 11
Childhood Transformed: Mini Citizens Assembly
Garden Centre - Peach Tunnel (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Workshop
11:00 a.m. Sat 11
Childhood Transformed: Kids' Manifesto
Garden Centre - Peach Tunnel (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Discussion
11:00 a.m. Sat 11
(Students and Academics Only) ST: Aims, Goals and Purpose of a New Student Organisation
SU Theatre (None)
Entertainment
11:30 a.m. Sat 11
Chanukah Lewinksy's Liberation Sukkah
Garden Centre - Bandstand (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Panel
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
Building Communities that Regenerate the Earth's Life Giving Eco-systems: The Peoples Network for Land and Liberation
With Jonathan F
Windrush Lounge (Windrush Millenium Centre, 70 Alexandra Rd, Manchester, M16 7WD)
Workshop
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
Free the Filton 24: Workshop and Drop in
With Free the Filton 24
Hulme Garden Centre - Class Room (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Panel
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
Green Jobs? What Jobs! Transition and Struggle in Industry today
With Tahir Latif, Rosie Hampton, Chris Saltmarsh, Toby Mckenzie-Barnes
Space for Change (a.k.a. The Yard) (41 Old Birley St, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5RF)
Panel
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
Houses of the People: How Social Centres Strengthen Our Movement
With Ben Beach, Fabio Gianfranceso, Amari Butler, Andrew McIntyre, Julia Simpkins
MAV Hulme Hall (not the student accomodation!) (4 Jarvis Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS)
Panel
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
Unfinished business: Eighty Years on from the Fifth Pan African Congress
With Njuki Githethwa, Amma Fosuah Poku, Penny Wangari-Jones, Boucka Stephane Koffi, Kofi Jerry Genya
Ascension Church Main Space (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Discussion
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
What does Solidarity Feel Like?
With Keir Milburn, Jeremy Gilbert
Kath Locke - Valerie (Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5DD)
Panel
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
What Should the Party Do? w/ Prometheus
With Taisie Tsikas, Sylvia McCheyne, Kim De Witte, Vik Chechi-Ribeiro
Ascension Church Hall (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Panel
12:00 p.m. Sat 11
Zionism as Imperialism in the region
With Nihal El Aasar, Tara Alami, Amal Saad, Kimia Talebi, Yara Shoufani
The Niamos (Chichester Road, Manchester, M15 5EU)
Arts
1:00 p.m. Sat 11
Play Reading: Returning to Haifa
With Palestinian Youth Movement
Kath Locke - Birley (Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5DD)
Panel
1:00 p.m. Sat 11
(Students and Academics Only) ST: Zack Polanski Q/A
With Zack Polanksi
SU Theatre (Manchester Students Union, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PR)
Workshop
2:00 p.m. Sat 11
Childhood Transformed: Sukkah Decorating with Chanukah Lewinsky
Garden Centre - Peach Tunnel (28 Old Birley Street, Manchester, M15 5RG)
Discussion
2:00 p.m. Sat 11
(Students and Academics Only) ST: Structures, Democratic Processes and Membership of a New Student Organisation
SU Theatre (None)
Discussion
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Apartheid Free Zones Drop in Space
With Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone, Sheffield Apartheid Free Zone, Palestine Solidarity Zone West London
Kath Locke - Birley (Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5DD)
Panel
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Organising social care - Notes from Below Issue Pre Launch
With Nandi Mwansa, Thomas Baylis, Alison Treacher
Ascension Church Hall (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Panel
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Pan-Africanism as an ongoing promise
With Angeli Sweeney, Jay Hall, Kwesi Ochosi, Daniel Kofi
Kath Locke - Valerie (Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5DD)
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Prospects for the European left
With Peter Mertens, Danièle Obono
MAV Hulme Hall (not the student accomodation!) (4 Jarvis Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS)
Panel
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Understanding the new far right
With Jonathan F, Kojo Kyerewaa, Elle O'Rourke, Rosie Hampton, Dan Evans
Space for Change (a.k.a. The Yard) (41 Old Birley St, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5RF)
Panel
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Waging struggle from exile: the role of the Palestinian diaspora in Europe
With International Forum Denmark, Palestinian Youth Movement, Beitna, Urgence Palestine, Giovani Palestinesi Italia, Nadya Tannous
The Niamos (Chichester Road, Manchester, M15 5EU)
Panel
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Whose energy system?
With Zoe Cohen, Ruth London, Sam Bright, Vicky Marsh, Ellen Robottom
Windrush Conference (Windrush Millenium Centre, 70 Alexandra Rd, Manchester, M16 7WD)
Panel
2:30 p.m. Sat 11
Winning Rent Controls: Lessons, Victories & Fight Ahead
With Siobhan Donnachie, Sindicat de Llogeteres, Eilidh Keay, Zack Polanksi
Ascension Church Main Space (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Assembly
4:30 p.m. Sat 11
Assembly 2: Strategy
With Jeanine Hourani, Ash Sarkar
Ascension Church Main Space (282 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5TQ)
Workshop
4:30 p.m. Sat 11
Defending our Communities from Fascism
With Amardeep Singh Dhillon
MAV Hulme Hall (not the student accomodation!) (4 Jarvis Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS)
Lecture
4:30 p.m. Sat 11
Jeremy Deller on British National Identity
With Jeremy Deller
Space for Change (a.k.a. The Yard) (41 Old Birley St, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5RF)
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