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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speakers line up 2024 (So FAR)

Marianne Brown
Empowering communities - how community energy brings active hope in dark times
Karim Mussilhy
The Fight for Truth, Justice and Change Following the Grenfell Tower Fire
Killah Jules
Killah Joules Karaoke
David Taylor
The Beginnings of Green Politics - Discover Your Roots
Mike Harris
Don't Hate the Media: Love Indymedia!
Zoe Broughton
Zoe Broughton: 30 Years of Undercurrents + Action Shorts.
Jon Biggar / Shane Little
Anarchist Politics for the 21st Century
Nigel Griffiths
Retrofit - Getting Beyond Energy & Carbon
Phoenix
Climate Emergency Centres
Fergal McEntee
The Windy, Perilous Road to Net Zero - The Greatest Engineering Challenge in Human History
Ed Barsley
Flood Resilient Environments and Communicating Consequences
Sarah Lunnon / Shane Collins
Sarah Lunnon - Co-founder Just Stop Oil
Rupert Read / Manda Scott
Transformative Adaptation and Thrutopias
Fliss Pemru
Trade Unions MeTU campaign
Zoe Broughton
How to film on your phone to support your campaign
Clive Lewis
TBC
Willie Sullivan
The Power to Adapt
Sarah Wooley
Bakers Union - Right to Food Campaign
Molly Hickey
Behind the Magic in Mushrooms
Mike Berry
The Gaza War: Media Reporting, Public Understanding and the Potential for Activism.
Tom Fowler
Revelations from the Spycops Inquiry
Cllr Indra Francesco
Navigating Conspiracy fiction as a Glastonbury Green
Cathy Ashley
Universal Credit and the Self Employed
Nick Rosen
How to go Off-Grid - legally - save money, free yourself
Seed Sistas
Herbalism is Rebellion
Patrick Greenfield
Carbon Pirates: Offsets and the Net-Zero Backlash
Laurie Laybourn
The Climate Blind Spot: What Government Risk Assessments Miss
The Green Gathering charity
Meet the Trustees
Seize the Day
Every Struggle Writes a Song

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Radical cinema with reel news

Film evenings in the Speakers' Forum start from 7pm

See this year's programme here
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Brixton Tea Party serves tea, coffee and flapjack throughout the day and evening,
beside the Speakers' Forum tent

A big thank you to all our speakers, film makers, cinema curators and backstage crew
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OUR 2023 LINE UP - FILMED LIVE

In 2023 our Speakers' Forum talks were recorded, live. 

Head to YouTube to hear insights from Dale Vince, Satish Kumar, Just Stop Oil's Indigo Rumbelow, Glastonbury mayor Indra Donfrancesco, Jane Davidson of Wales Net Zero, and more.

Thanks to the Forum team including Shane, Bex, and videographer Zoe Broughton, and to our GG charity which provided the funding.