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Robbie Segal |
Robbie Segal, who recently gained 40.6% of the vote in an election for the general secretary of shopworkers’ union Usdaw, was the opening speaker
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Janice Godrich, president of the Public and Commercial Services union
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Tony Mulhearn, the president of Liverpool Labour Party during its battle with the Thatcher government in the 1980s
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Tony Mulhearn, speaking at Socialism 2008, photo Paul Mattsson |
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Natalie Powell-Davies, 14, elected deputy youth mayor of Lewisham in London
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Onay Kasab at Socialism 2008, photo Paul Mattsson |
Onay Kasab, secretary of Greenwich Unison and one of the four Unison members being witch-hunted by their own union
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Nicos Anastasiadis, from Xekinima in Greece
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Peter Taaffe at Socialism 2008, photo Paul Mattsson |
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party
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David Redelberger, a German school student and member of SAV, the sister party of the Socialist Party in Germany, described the German school strikes sweeping the country.
>>View video of David Redelberger’s speech (9:52 mins)
Christel Dicembre from the group ‘Lotta’ in Italy also spoke of a huge movement against education cuts.
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Videos of Socialism 2008 Sunday discussion forum
Go to videos of Dave Nellist, Mark Steel, Kevin Ovenden, Hannah Sell, address the question of the need for a new workers party