The latest line up

With a month and a half to go, arrangements for the social forum are beginning to be finalised. This means we have times, venues and even a logo.




Monday - Poverty

12.30 - Peanut Gallery - Students Vs Corporate Power - People and Planet
14.00 - Peanut Gallery - What is a social centre and how do we build one - Dr Paul Chatterton
15.00 - Peanut Gallery - The Corporation - Film Showing
17.30 - Intro Tent - Western finance: creating poverty or solving it - Nick Dearden Jubilee Debt Campaign, James O'nions World Development Movement and David Hall-Matthews
19.30 - Intro Tent - Open Mic Night

Tuesday - Climate Change

11.00 - Peanut Gallery - Aviation, climate change and challenging airport expansion - No Leeds Bradford Airport Expansion
12.00 - Peanut Gallery - How to use the media - Jess Worth New Internationalist Editor
13.00 - Peanut Gallery - Why we need direct action to tackle climate change - Student Climate Project
15.00 - Peanut Gallery - The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil - Peak Oil film double bill part 1.
17.30 - Intro Tent - What should we do about climate change? - Asad Rehman Friends of the Earth, Paul Chatterton
20.00 - Peanut Gallery - Rob Newman: History of Oil - Peak Oil film double bill part 2.

Wednesday - Student Action

11.00 - Peanut Gallery - What to do about shit landlords - Landlord Action Network
12.00 - Riley Smith Hall - Fees: Your course could cost £10,000 - Aaron Porter NUS and Danny Adilypour
14.30 - Everywhere - Afternoon of Mass Action!
19.30 - Peanut Gallery - Camden 28

Thursday - Democracy

11.00 - Peanut Gallery - NO2ID Leeds presents: Taking Liberties
13.00 - Peanut Gallery - What's the Point in Voting? Debate hosted by Democ Soc & Green Action
14.30 - Peanut Gallery - John Pilger: The War on Democracy - Film Showing
17.00 - Intro Tent - Is Democracy Dead - Stephen Coleman, Ruth Kinna and Saul Newman
19.00 - Old Bar - Political Pub Quiz

Friday - Human Rights

12.00 - Peanut Gallery - No Borders: Justice for Asylum Seekers - John Ward
13.00 - Intro Tent - Iraq: who's profiting and how can you stop them? Nadia Idle War on Want, Ewa Jasiewicz Hands Off Iraqi Oil and Matthew Waddington
14.30 - Peanut Gallery - The Truth isn't sexy presents: Lilya 4 ever - Film Showing
15.00 - Intro Tent - Creative Campaigning - Dan Jones Amnesty International
20.30 - Intro Tent - Party - Throw Parties Not Punches