Solidarity Film Fundraiser - cancelled
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Description
Due to the coronavirus outbreak , we have cancelled this event.This will be a disappointment to those who have planned to come and we will be emailing all those that have bought advance tickets.
We are hoping that we will be able to re-schedule the showing of this amazing film later in the year.
West Ham Labour Party invites you to the screening of Solidarity, a film about the secretive methods used against UK activists and trade unionists. In the film blacklisted construction workers and activists spied on by the police share their ongoing struggles.
Blacklisting in the UK construction industry impacted thousands of workers who were labelled 'troublemakers' for speaking out and secretively denied employment. Activists uncovered alarming links between workplace blacklisting and undercover policing. Solidarity attentively follows meetings between activists and law students, brought together for the film, revealing the determination of a community working together to find a route to justice.
The debut feature length film by artist filmmaker Lucy Parker it has been made alongside and features members of Blacklist Support Group, core participants in Undercover Policing Inquiry (SpyCops) and members of other campaigning groups.
Doors at 7
Film starts at 7.30pm sharp and is 76 mins
After film there will be a Q&A with an activist from the construction industry and a participant in the undercover policing enquiry
Tickets £8 in advance
£10 on the door
£5 concessions
The venue has a bar and is fully accessible.
There is also free parking
Organiser West Ham Labour Party
Organiser of Solidarity Film Fundraiser - cancelled