Something to do on Sundays

A series of Sunday meetings at Head Office, 52 Clapham High St.

Sunday, 19th January at 3.00pm - 'Rosa Luxemburg'

"When WW1 is the focus of attention it is as well to draw attention to those like Rosa Luxemburg who not only opposed the war but who also opposed the system that gives rise to war. An outspoken socialist writer and activist her uncompromising views on nationalism, on the common interests of the international proletariat – victory or defeat in war the result was the same for the proletariat - led her to oppose war - at a time of war.  While Social Democratic Parties set aside all the fine resolutions passed at Congresses of the Second International and succumbed to supporting their respective national interests.  In the background to her story we can also see the damage done by socialists to the cause of Socialism."

Speaker:  Pat Deutz

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/rosa-luxemburg-clapham-300pm

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Sunday, 16th February at 6.00pm - 'Spirit of '45' - FILM"Spirit of '45 directed by Ken Loach is an impressive but sentimental documentary about the Attlee Labour government of 1945-51,  which is nostalgic for 'Old Labour' and the 'cradle to grave' welfare state. Loach looks at the nationalisation programme of the Attlee government particularly the railways and the mines, the welfare state and the NHS. Sam Watts, an 87-year-old working class Liverpudlian makes some accurate and pithy statements towards the end of the film such as 'the profit system is rotten and corrupt and the quicker it goes the better' and 'the working class can change the whole of history but it has not grasped that it has this power.’"

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/spirit-45-film-south-london-600pm

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Sunday, 2nd March at 6.00pm - 'The Miners' Campaign Tapes' - FILM
"The 30th anniversary of start of 1984-85 Miners' Strike: the strike began on 1st March, 1984, in the little South Yorkshire mining town of Wath-upon-Dearne when the local NCB director announced plan to shut down at the earliest possible date the Cortonwood pit. In 1984 a group of independent film and video makers decided to show their support for the Miners' strike using the tools they had available: their cameras. On the picket lines, at the marches and in the soup kitchens, they recorded the testimonies of the striking miners, their wives and supporters, in a fight against anti-strike propaganda dominating the mainstream media. A testament to solidarity and activism, the tapes tackle issues such as the right to demonstrate, police tactics, political double-speak, and the role of the media."

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/1984-miners-strike-film-south-london-600pm

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Sunday, 16th March at 6.00pm - 'Gasland' - FILM"Gasland, nominated for Best Documentary OSCAR 2011, publicised the methane contamination of water wells due to ‘fracking’ in 2009 in Dimock, Pennsylvania, where one well exploded.  Cabot Oil & Gas were required to financially compensate residents. ' Fracking’ is the pumping of a pressurised mix of millions of gallons of water, millions of pounds of sand and thousands of gallons of chemicals including toxins and carcinogens into deep wells to break up layers of shale rock to release the natural gas inside.  The Oil and Gas Journal President of the Natural Gas Supply Association wrote 'Gasland' is well done. It holds people’s attention. And it could block our industry."

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/gasland-film-south-london-600pm

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Sunday, 30th March at 3.00pm - "What's wrong with Utopia?"

Speaker: Glenn Morris

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/be-announced-south-london-300pm

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Talks start at 3.00pm; films at 6.00pm.

Free admission and refreshments