Saturday
15:00-16:30
Black-E
Theatre
An Internationalist Labour Party?
New Internationalist
Corbyn’s foreign policy is a huge source of his support, especially among younger members who grew up in the ‘war on terror’. However, it’s also his greatest departure from the consensus – not simply within the British state but also the Labour Party, which has often been supportive of destructive foreign military interventions. How can we make the party into a genuinely internationalist organisation? Come and discuss the history of Labour’s relationship to empire and interventionism and hear concrete proposals for how Labour deals with colonial injustices and supports oppressed people around the world.
Press coverage
Write-ups and recordings
Speakers
Richard Seymour
Author
Writer, broadcaster & activist and author of several books, including ‘Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics’. He blogs at Lenin’s Tomb.
Karma Nabulsi
Author
Professor Karma Nabulsi teaches at the Oxford, and works on revolutionary and republican thought. She recently launched the digital teaching resource ‘The Palestinian Revolution’ http://learnpalestine.politics.ox.ac.uk. Karma is UCU equalities officer at the university, and co-founder of the Hoping Foundation, which sponsors emergency assistance, art, and scholarships for young Palestinians in refugee camps across the ME. She won the Guardian’s Higher Education ‘Inspiring Leader Award’ in 2017, and Arab Woman of the Year, 2018.
Dr Kehinde Andrews
Dr Kehinde Andrews is Associate Professor of Sociology, and has been leading the development of the Black Studies Degree at Birmingham City University. His new book Back to Black: Retelling the Story of Black Radicalism for the 21st Century is published by Zed Books. Kehinde is director of the Centre for Critical Social Research; founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity; and co-chair of the Black Studies Association.
Charlotte Riley
Charlotte Lydia Riley is a lecturer in twentieth century British history at the University of Southampton. She works on the history of the Labour Party, the end of the British Empire, overseas development, aid and humanitarianism.
