Labour’s Resistance

Saturday 19th November 2011
10:00am to 4:30pm

ULU, Malet Street, London (see map)

The conference will set LRC campaigning priorities for the year ahead, elect a new National Committee and officers, and debate the issues set by our members and affiliates. To make a nomination for the National Committee or officers, download the nomination form.

Only members or delegates from affiliated organisations will be able to vote at conference, so if you need to: join or renew online.

Speakers so far confirmed include: Symeon Brown (Haringey community and youth worker), Katy Clark MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Dot Gibson (NPC), John McDonnell MP, Matt Wrack (FBU)

Register online for the conference. Or to register by post, download the individual member’s form or the affiliate delegate form.

A free creche will be provided, but please email info@l-r-c.org.uk to register

Featuring - Billy Bragg: The King Blues: Akala: Sound of Rum

Since taking over the running of the Left Field at Glastonbury Festival in 2010, Billy Bragg has made an effort to showcase young artists who are mixing pop and politics.

The Left Field in Motion Tour will take that concept on the road, with a ticket price pegged lower than usual in an attempt to connect a new generation to the power of music with something to say.

Writing in the NME recently, Bragg recognised that the English riots had created a unique moment for young artists to step up and offer their perspective:

“The disturbances of the past weeks have stirred up a shit storm of opinion in the mainstream media, much of it from people who have no real experience of the pressures faced by this generation, the first in a century that are likely to grow up worse off than their parents. Though this situation has been building for some years, the disturbances have created an opportunity for young people to provide an alternative commentary.”

Bragg follows that call to arms by bringing together a brace of contemporary artists whose songs are full of social comment on the Left Field In Motion Tour: ska/punk radicals The King Blues will be joining him for selected dates bringing their acclaimed righteous sense of ire and fervour, frustration and celebration.

For the remaining dates and in recognition of what is currently the most political music scene in the UK, MOBO Award winning hip hop artist and founder of The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company Akala will also be joining the tour.

Support for all the shows will be from the astounding genre defying hip hop poetry of Sound of Rum as they continue to attract endless superlatives in their unshakeable quest to make everyone "hear what we are doing".

Bragg says “Music helped me to make connections when I was growing up – between the situation I found myself in and the powerful people who put me there. Artists need to start engaging in this debate again and The King Blues, Akala and Sound of Rum are inspiring examples of those prepared to push against the power.”

Read Billy Bragg’s NME article ‘Why Music Needs To Get Political Again’ here: http://www.billybragg.co.uk/blog/?p=192

All tickets will go on sale from Tuesday 13^th September from usual outlets and venues.
Tickets for all shows will also be available at www.musicglue.com/billybragg
For further tour information and full show details see www.billybragg.co.uk