May 2026 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
THE 1926 GENERAL STRIKE
Speaker: Bill Martin
Friday 8 May 7.30pm
HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?
General discussion on what’s been in the news.
Host: Doug McClellan
SOUL AND SOCIALISM (hybrid)
Speaker: Johnny Mercer
See London physical meeting. Note earlier starting time.
Friday 22 May 7.30pm
THE POST OFFICE SCANDAL
Speaker: Andy Thomas
BEYOND POLITICS: RETHINKING THE SYSTEM ITSELF
Guest speaker: Harald Sandø, Author of Waking Up
SOCIALIST PARTY IN-PERSON MEETINGS
Burford Levellers Day
Saturday 9 May 2026 10.30 to 4.30
The Socialist Party will have a stall at this event.
Warwick Hall, Burford OX18 4RY, from 10.30
LONDON
Friday 15 May 7pm
SOUL AND SOCIALISM
Speaker: Johnny Mercer
A working class history from Wigan to Detroit. Talk followed by an evening of rare Northern Soul, funk and RnB, all on original vinyl.
Socialist Party premises, 52 Clapham High St, London SW4 7UN. Also via Zoom.
Saturday 16 May 2 pm
THE CASE FOR A CLASSLESS SOCIETY
Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester city centre
MIDDLESBROUGH
Saturday 23 May 12 to 5pm
Teeside Radical Bookfair
The Socialist Party will have a stall at this event.
The Auxiliary, Station Road, Middlesbrough TS1 1SR
Cardiff Street Stall
Every Saturday 1 – 3pm
Capitol Shopping Centre
Queen Street (Newport Road end)
Weather permitting