UNITE AGAINST RACISM ISLAMOPHOBIA ANTI-SEMITISM AND FASCISM UAF NATIONAL CONFERENCE

UNITE AGAINST RACISM ISLAMOPHOBIA ANTI-SEMITISM AND FASCISM UAF NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Saturday 21 February Congress Centre, TUC, Great Russell Street, London

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AGENDA: 9am onwards: Registration 10.20–11.30am: Choice of the following four sessions a) Mobilising against the far right and fascist street movements across Europe Chair: Weyman Bennett UAF; Christine Bucholz MP Die Linke (Germany); Martin Lynch Black Country UAF; Petros ConstantinouKEERFA; Sabby Dhalu UAF b) War, Torture and Islamophobia – Defend Civil Liberties Chair: Judith Orr Officer, Stop The War; Speakers: Shahrar Ali Deputy Leader Green Party; Lindsey German Convenor Stop the War;Mohammed Kozbar VP Muslim Association of Britain; Hamja AhsanFree Talha Ahsan Campaign; Louise Christian Human Rights Lawyer c) Opposing Austerity, racism and scapegoating immigrants Chair: Aaron Kiely NUS NEC; Speakers: Jeremy Corbyn MP; Sam Fairbairn People’s Assembly Against Austerity; Mick Burke Economist;Eileen Short Defend Council Housing d) Never again – 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Chair: Margaret Woods UAF Auschwitz Delegation; Speakers: Gerry Gable Editor Searchlight; Colette Levy Hidden child refugee from Vichy France 11.30–11.45am: Break

11.45am–1pm: Plenary After Copenhagen, Chapel Hill and Paris attacks: Uniting Against Islamophobia, anti-Semitism & Fascism in Europe Chair: Sabby Dhalu UAF Speakers: Nasos Iliopoulos Syriza Central Committee (Greece);Marwan Muhammed OSCE; Christine Bucholz Parliamentary Member Die Linke (Germany); Colette Levy Hidden child refugee from Vichy France; Owen Jones Award-winning journalist; Claude Moraes MEP; Victoria Brittain Writer and journalist;Billy HayesCWU General Secretary; Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary;Weyman Bennett UAF

1–2pm: Lunch 2–3.30pm: Choice of the following four sessions e) Black lives matter: campaigning against institutional racism Chair: Brian Richardson UAF; Janet Alder Justice for Christopher Alder; Marcia Rigg Sean Rigg Justice and Change Campaign; Maz Saleem Justice for Mohammed Saleem f) Keep racism out of the general election – no scapegoating immigrants Chair: Wilf Sullivan TUC; Zita Holbourne PCS NEC & BARAC; Saira Grant Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Don Flynn Migrant Rights Network; Sabby Dhalu Stand up to Racism g) Stand up to UKIP Chair: Denis Fernando Rainbow Coalition Against Racism; Steve HartUnite the Union; Laurentiu Dumitru Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian Discrimination; Jo Cardwell Stand up to UKIP h) Je ne suis pas Charlie: incitement of hatred and Islamophobia is not freedom of speech Chair: Phil Turner NUJ; Nadia Henni-Moulai Journalist, author andHuffington Post columnist (France); Azad Ali MEND; Jude WoodwardUAF

3.30-4.45pm: Plenary Celebrate diversity: stand up to racism Chair: Jude Woodward Assistant Secretary UAF Diane Abbott MP; Emily Thornberry MP; Ken Livingstone;Talha Ahmad National Council member, Muslim Council of Britain;Lutfur Rahman Mayor of Tower Hamlets; Petros ConstantinouKEERFA (Greece); Francis Duku Show Racism The Red Card;Simon Woolley OBV; Lee Jasper BARAC

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