May 2025 events
Some Socialist Party meetings/talks/discussions are online via Jitsi, and some are in-person. Certain branch and committee meetings are held on Discord. Please contact spgb.discord@worldsocialism.org for instructions on how to join Discord.
Our general discussion meetings are held on Zoom. To connect to a Zoom meeting, click https://zoom.us/j/7421974305 (or type the address into your browser address field). Then wait to be admitted to the meeting.
Details of EC and branch business meetings can be found here
WORLD SOCIALIST MOVEMENT ONLINE MEETINGS
MAY DAY MEETING
Friday 9 May 19.30 (GMT + 1)
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MARKET? FOOD CONTROL IN WW1 BRITAIN
Speaker: Bill Martin
DEMOCRACY AND THE SOCIAL REPUBLIC
Speaker: Darren Poynton
Some thoughts on the transformation of the state
Friday 23 May 19.30 (GMT + 1)
WHO IS WORKING CLASS?
Speaker: Kevin Cronin
Focussing on the USA and its history in terms of how sections of the working class there become divided from other elements on the basis of ‘identity politics’ and are then used to promote the interests of capitalism there.
HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?
Discussion of recent events
SOCIALIST PARTY IN-PERSON MEETINGS
Thursday 1 May 12.30-4pm
MAY DAY 2025
Assemble 12.30 Clerkenwell Green (nearest tube and station: Farringdon). March to Trafalgar Square 1pm for Rally at 2.30 pm.
The Socialist Party will have a presence at both places.
BURNLEY
Monday 5 May 11am onwards
BURNLEY MAY DAY FESTIVAL
Towneley Park
The Socialist Party will have a stall at this event.
Satuday 17 May 10.30-16.30
LEVELLERS DAY
The Socialist Party will have a stall at this event
Warwick Hall, Burford OX18 4RY
LONDON
Sunday 25 May 3pm
LABOUR IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH
Speaker: Anto West
Head Office, 52 Clapham Hign Street, London SW4 7UN
Saturday 31 May 2pm
POPULISM
This talk will look at the main ideas behind populism, such as the supposed distinction between an elite and ‘the people’. How close is this to the Socialist class analysis of capitalism? We will also look at the policies of Reform UK, and ask if it is a populist party. And can populist policies really make a difference to the lives of most people?
Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester city centre
CARDIFF
Street Stall Every Saturday 1pm-3pm (weather permitting)
Capitol Shopping Centre, Queen Street (Newport Road end).
A short series of meetings to discuss Marx on the causes of capitalist crises. Starts Wednesday 21 May, at 7.30pm. For details, contact spgb.ed@worldsocialism.org.