We record some of the lead-offs (and summations) at our public meetings. See some of them below. Some are uploaded to our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEulxSbkgXokYEl5gEYbHXw/

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Public meetings

Introductory speeches in a meeting of the same name by Janine Booth and Dinah Murray, August 2020. Sadly, Dinah recently died (July 2021). Many autistic activists have noted the great contribution she made and legacy she leaves as an autistic academic-activist.

Can Marxism help us to understand autistic experience in modern capitalism?

Janine Booth lead a discussion on this subject, asking can Marxism help us to understand autistic experience in modern capitalism? And how might Marxism inform our struggles for equality and liberation?

Dinah Murray talks about the impact of capitalism on autistic people, attempts of bosses to specifically exploit autistic people, and more..

See this article and video here: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-03-29/marxism-and-autism-article-and-video

Marxism and autism | Janine Booth and Dinah Murray | Workers' Liberty

A discussion of what modern slavery is and how it is used by conservative (and other) politicians to further and justify their anti-migrant policies

Video: https://youtu.be/uVabDXy6Qyg

Solidarity

The Tories, Immigration and Modern Slavery — with George Wheeler

Geoengineering and carbon drawdown: thinking through climate futures, with Holly Jean Buck, author of "After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration", and Zack Muddle, Workers' Liberty. Introductory and concluding speeches from a discussion by the same name at Ideas for Freedom 2021. 

More on this topic: https://workersliberty.org/geoengineering-readings

Video of this: https://youtu.be/QneXgpw_A-U

Holly Jean Buck and Zack Muddle — Geoengineering & carbon drawdown: thinking through climate futures

No To War - Solidarity with Ukraine

Intro and summation speeches from a meeting of the same name, Monday 1 March, 2022. Speakers:
• Denys Pilash from the Socialist group Sotsialny Rukh in Ukraine.
• Chris Ford from Ukraine Solidarity Campaign.
• Dale Street from Workers Liberty.

Putins invasion of Ukraine is to force Ukraine to be part of Russia sphere of influence at the very least and may even be about snuffing out Ukraine as an independent nation full stop. This is a naked example of brutal imperialism.

Socialists, the trade union movement and Democrats need to oppose this war and support the Ukrainian peoples right to self determination and self defence.

We will also be discussing the practical way we can support the Ukrainian community here in Britain.

https://workersliberty.org/ukraine

This is the link for people to signup and keep in touch with Workers Liberty: 
http://www.workersliberty.org/signup
Sotsialniy Rukh on fb https://www.facebook.com/social.ruh
Taras Bilous' letter https://commons.com.ua/ru/letter-western-left-kyiv/

Денис Пілаш:	Here is a list of different organizations and charities which work to help Ukrainians in their anti-imperial war against Russia:
The Social Movement — The Social Movement is a left-wing public organization. The money donated to them will go to support refugees, civilians and also Ukrainian trade unions.
Their requisites:
For UAH
4246001000888754
Longo-Maï coop — this coop in Zakarpatia oblast is evacuating children from Vrubivka village in Luhansk oblast. They helped them for a long time and they even made a summer theater camp for them last year. Last week Vrubivka school was shelled by russian forces, so they are helping children to get to safety. They are ready to take in more refugees, considering the latest development in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Their requisites:
For UAH
4441114451067639 (Кошан В’ячеслав Антонійович, Монобанк)
For EUR:
Beneficiary
IBAN
UA 20 322001 00000 2620 6306 3111 62
Account No
26206306311162
Receiver
KOSHAN VIACHESLAV, 90440, Ukraine, reg. Zakarpatska, district. Khustskyi, to
01:25:13	Денис Пілаш:	Khustskyi, town. Nyzhnie Selyshche, st. Tsentralna, build. 53
Account with Institution 
Bank
JSC UNIVERSAL BANK
City
KYIV, UKRAINE
Swift code 
UNJSUAUKXXX
@solidarnistinua — this is a newly created anarchist mutual aid org. Their mission statement is following: 
"Hello! We are supporters of horizontal society, solidarity and cooperation from different cities of Ukraine. Today we have united in the volunteer project "Operation Solidarity" in order to jointly help all healthy forces of society to counteract imperialist aggression against our country. We plan to collect humanitarian aid and fundraising in favor of territorial defense fighters and in support of all grassroots initiatives that unite people in confronting a common threat. We also plan to help refugees, host social events and spread the practices of equal decision-making and direct democracy."
Their requisites:
UAH 5375 4141 1919 7571
EUR 5375 4199 0742 1968
USD 5375 4188 1104 6176
@solidarnistinua — their Telegram channel

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Message to share from Labour Campaign for Free Movement in response to the situation - open the borders & welcome refugees https://www.labourfreemovement.org/russia-ukraine-welcome-refugees/

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No To War: Solidarity w/Ukraine | Sotsialny Rukh, Ukraine | Ukraine Solidarity Campaign | AWL

Solidarity 531/Workers' Liberty 70 — Automation and the working class. Lead article, Automation and the working class, by Martin Thomas.
Article at: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-01-14/automation-and-working-class

See also:
https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-2-the-future-and-robots-hipster-reformism-and-the-technological-fix
https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-4-marxs-telescope
https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-5-the-great-foundation-stone-of-wealth

Full pamphlet at: https://workersliberty.org/WL70
Browse and subscribe to all audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Automation

Automation 1 — Automation and the working class — lead article

How did the Corbyn surge of the last few years end up with Sir Kier Starmer as Labour Leader? And what should socialists be doing within Labour now? Duncan, an education worker from South London introduces the situation at a discussion group in April 2020. 

Upcoming meetings and more at https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Video: https://youtu.be/gDV92V1NpHs

Starmer and the Labour Left — intro

Intro speeches from 15 December on "After the US election, which way for the left?" by Ruth Cashman; Thomas Harrison, New Politics Editorial Board (personal capacity); and Robert Cuffy, Guyanese socialist based in New York, member of DSA and the Socialist Workers Alliance of Guyana. 

From a meeting of the same name, future meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/meetings
All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio
Video of this meeting: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-11-21/video-after-us-election-which-way-left-ruth-cashman-robert-cuffy-and-tom-harrison

A discussion on the results of the US election and tasks facing class struggle socialists.

Trump and the Republican Party continue to resist the result of the US election; what impact will they have?

We heard about what the left and social movement activists are doing to defend US democracy and develop class struggle responses to the pandemic, jobs and social crisis.

What does the left say about Biden, as the "lesser evil" in the election. What are the longer-term tasks and prospects for the left?

After the US election, which way for the left? With Ruth Cashman, Robert Cuffy, and Tom Harrison

Tubeworker and Off The Rails - two rank-and-file bulletins published by Workers' Liberty - hosted an online meeting on 19 November 2020. These are the two opening speeches, from TWU Local 100 Fightback's John Ferretti and Vermont socialist Traven Leyshon. 

Videos: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-12-10/video-us-rail-workers-struggles-wake-presidential-election
Future meetings: https://www.workersliberty.org/meetings
Tubeworker: https://workersliberty.org/tubeworker
Off The Rails: https://workersliberty.org/rails
All audio: https://workersliberty.org/rails

US rail workers' struggles in the wake of the Presidential election — Intro speeches

At the end of May 2020, a group of casualised workers at Goldsmiths College, London announced they would be withdrawing their labour by taking part in a marking boycott, in response to a wave of redundancies, nonpayment for hours worked during lockdown and the management’s decision not to furlough staff. 

This conversation, recorded over Zoom, brings together five organisers of the wildcat strike to reflect on what made the action necessary, what its implications are for labour struggles in academia and beyond, and what its potential fallout- and future- will be.

Edited by Ash Reid.
Follow Justice for Workers [Goldsmiths] @ CleanersFor on Twitter
https://precariousatgold.wordpress.com/2020/09/23/goldsmiths-dispute-autumn-update/

The fee for this event was donated to Sistah Space.

Goldsmiths Wildcats in conversation

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After the US election, which way for the left? With Ruth Cashman, Robert Cuffy, and Tom Harrison

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