speakers' forum & radical cinema

The Speakers’ Forum is a platform for radical thinkers, activists and academics, a place to learn, enjoy a debate, and find inspiration to take action. In the evenings it transforms into a cinema curated by Reel News.
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First 2025 announcements are here - with more to follow soon!

Lowkey: musician, activist and patron of Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Ellie Chowns: MP for North Herefordshire - one of four Green MP's - focusing on water, river pollution and Gaza.

Tom Fowler: Spycops revelations: as the public inquiry into undercover policing inches into its tenth year, and with a cloak of secrecy protecting the identity of officers involved, will justice ever be served?

Tyrone Scott: Roots, Rebellion, Resistance - Tyrone explores how culture, music and community traditions shape radical climate action, and how we build a culture of resistance rooted in joy, memory and collective care.

Professor Tim Lenton: Tim will talk about the dangerous tipping points in the climate that we are approaching, and the positive tipping points in society that we need to trigger to avoid climate breakdown.

Clive Lewis MP: Clive is pushing a private members bill on nationalising the water industry.

Karim Mussilhy: The Fight for Truth, Justice and Change following the Grenfell Fire

Clare Farrell (XR), Sarah Lunnon (JSO, Insulate Britain), Mel Kee (Green New Deal Rising): Youth Climate Action - where now, what next?

George Marshall: Overcoming climate denial, delusion and group think.

Dr Rayyan Zafar: Before the drugs were banned in 1971, there were clinical trials into the potential for LSD, psilocybin and MDMA to treat mental health conditions, including addiction, PTSD and anxiety. Learn about the past, present and future of psychedelic medicine.
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More coming soon - watch this space.