Public meeting · Wednesday 2 September 2026
Local Struggles and the Need for Mass Action: How to Bridge the Gap?
Open to all — members, supporters, and anyone who wants to find out what we’re about.
Play video: Local Struggles and the Need for Mass Action: How to Bridge the Gap? (plays via YouTube) Who spoke
- Sean Frank — Communist organiser, Bristol
- Stewart McGill — Community Defence Alliance
- Sam Strudwick — Saving Dorset's fire stations
- Talóra Leigh — Organising in Merseyside
- Louis Loveless — Socialist Federation supporter, Essex
- John Urquhart — The left's digital infrastructure
- Raz O'Connor — Developments in the Socialist Federation
- Siobhán Ovey — North Devon and Torridge Socialists
- Tom Bolton — Bristol NEU
- John Whitcher — Mobilise Everywhere
Chapters
- Welcome, and how the evening works
- Sean Frank
- Stewart McGill — Community Defence Alliance
- Sam Strudwick — saving Dorset's fire stations
- Talóra Leigh — organising in Merseyside
- Questions and discussion
- Louis Loveless
- John Urquhart — the left's digital infrastructure
- Steve Crozier
- Raz O'Connor — developments in the Socialist Federation
- Siobhán Ovey — North Devon and Torridge Socialists
- Tom Bolton — Bristol NEU
- John Whitcher — Mobilise Everywhere
- Questions and discussion
- Speakers respond
- Closing remarks
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