Planet at the Convention of the Left
Monday 22nd september
Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester

Pollution, species extinction, de-forestation, climate change - the litany of environmental destruction can leave us feeling powerless. But should we despair? PLANET day at the Convention seeks to pose some vital questions for our age. Can we beat climate change - with or without nuclear power? Can we build the movement needed to make our rulers act? Can unions defend workers’ jobs and the planet? Do we need socialism to save the planet or must the planet come first? Can ‘eco-socialism’ successfully marry red and green? Should poorer countries clean up before being allowed to develop?

Plus "Sold Out" - a subversive photographic exhibition by David Dunnico - examining the sinister undertones of advertising.

Postal worker's protest at job and service cuts
11.30am. assembly at Castlefield (Rice St off Liverpool Rd), rally at 11.45 – 12.30, march at 12.30pm

Dangers of Globalisation: World Poverty, Food Shortages and Environmental Destruction
12.30pm, Main Hall, Friends Meeting House
with John Hilary, Executive Director, War on Want.

The Economic Crisis - how we got there and how to get out
12.30pm, meeting room, Friends Meeting House
LEAP forum with John Christensen, Raphie de Santos and Prem Sikka

When The Levees Broke - a film by Spike Lee
1.30pm, meeting room, Friends Meeting House
A four hour documentary about Hurricane Katrina and the inadequate, incompetent and racist response of the authorities.

Stopping Brown's Nuclear Madness
5.00pm, meeting room, Friends Meeting House
with Martin Empson (SWP) and Greater Manchester CND

An anti-fascist strategy for Manchester
6.00pm, meeting room, Friends Meeting House
with Chris Chilvers, Pat Walsh and Weyman Bennett (UAF)

Forum with The Link - Repeal the Anti-Trade Union Laws
6.00pm, meeting room, Friends Meeting House
with Alec McFadden, Stefan Cholewka, Derek Clarke, Rae Street & Christine Taylor

How we can build a movement to stop climate change?
6.00pm, Main Hall, Friends Meeting House
With Tony Kearns (CWU), Robbie Gillett (Plane Stupid) and Jonathan Neale (author of Stop Global Warming, Change The World?)