LMHR DEBATE & GIG @ ‘MARXISM 2004′
- When: Sunday, July 11th, 2004
- London
LMHR is providing two nights’ entertainment at the week-long political festival ‘Marxism 2004′ which starts this Friday (9th July) in central London.
The festival/conference consists of hundreds of debates and guest speakers from all over the world discussing every hot political issue from the war on Iraq to fighting women’s oppression to name but two. In the evenings there’s music, film, theatre etc. See the bottom of this page for ticket information.
On the SUNDAY night (11th July), there is both a debate AND gig involving LMHR. These take place in Room 101 of the ULU building, Malet Street, London WC1 (nearest tubes Goodge Street / Warren Street / Russell Sq / Tottenham Court Rd - see www.marxism2004.net for details).
From 8.30pm, there’ll be performances from some of the best artists currently working in UK hip-hop and garage music, including:-
ASHER D
D DOUBLE E with FOOTSIE
SKINNYMAN
SKEME and BIG P
COREY JOHNSON & BLADE, with NAYDEAN
TAZ (producer, DIZZEE RASCAL)
STREET DREAMS
PASE & FAITH SFX (Bigga Fish)
Compered by RODNEY P
The debate before the gig starting at 7pm sharp, is titled ‘RAP, GUNS, AND RACISM’, and will be discussing politicians and the media’s obession with blaming the black community and ‘black music’ for the alleged rise in gun & drug crime, and related violence. The debate will ask is gun crime a problem only for the black community, what exactly is ‘black on black crime’, and is black or ‘urban’ music like garage and hip-hop responsible for fuelling crime and violence, merely reflecting reality, or something else?
Panel speakers will include:-
ASHER D from So Solid Crew. Asher, an acclaimed actor and rapper, was jailed for possession of a firearm two years ago. He’ll be bringing his experience of the British criminal justice system and music industry to bear on the debate.
WEYMAN BENNETT, joint secretary of Unite Against Fascism and national organiser of the Anti Nazi League. Weyman, who has also stood for parliament as a Socialist Alliance candidate, has been a political activist and anti-racism campaigner for over 20 years. He was the national organiser of the campaign against the Criminal Justice Bill in 1994-95.
COREY JOHNSON. Promoter, producer and artist in his own right, Corey is heavily involved in contemporary black music thru his Defenders LOS label and agency. Corey has been highly active within the Love Music Hate Racism campaign this year.
SKEME. Skeme is a highly-respected artist within the UK hip-hop scene. His music alongside partner Big P fuses classy flows with inventive beats, informed by a highly-tuned political consciousness. Skeme has also recently got involved in LMHR, performing at the recent Liverpool event with The Music and Badly Drawn Boy.
The debate is open to everyone and questions and points from the audience will be very much encouraged.
There are also a good number of other meetings during Marxism 2004 on racism and fascism:-
Sat 10th July, 10-11.15am ‘Is Racism on The Rise?’ - introduced by Weyman
Bennett (Unite Against Fascism joint scretary)
Sat 11.45-1pm ‘Should the Left Reclaim Englishness?’
Sat 7pm-8.30pm ‘Is fascism a threat today?’ with Chris Bambery & Roger Griffin
Sun 11th July, 11.45am-1pm ‘Italy & the birth of fascism’ with Matthew Cookson.
Sun 2pm-3.15pm ‘France 1934: popular front, fascist coup’
Sun 3.45-5pm ‘Malcolm X: by any means necessary’ Donna Guthrie of Unite
Sun 7pm-8.30pm ‘Rap, Guns, and Racism’ - Asher D (So Solid Crew), Weyman
Bennett (Unite), Corey Johnson, and Skeme (hip-hop artists)
Mon 12th July, 10-11.15am ‘How has fascism changed since the 1930s?’
- Jim Wolfreys
Tues 13th July, 10-11.15am ‘Could Hitler have been stopped?’ - Michael Bradley
Tues 10-11.15am ‘The roots of racism’ - Yunus Bakhsh
Tues 7-8.30pm ‘Why do black boys underachieve in education?’ - Dean Ryan
Thurs 14th July, 10-11.15am ‘How real is multiculturalism?’ - Kevin Ovenden
Thurs 7-8.30pm ‘Marvin Gaye: what was going on?’ - Martin Smith
TICKETS for the entire festival are priced as follows:-
Week ticket ?55 (?46 unwaged/HE student)
Weekend ticket ?46 (?32 unwaged/HE student)
School/FE/Under 18: Week ?22/Weekend ?16
Alternatively, you can book a morning/afternoon/evening session ticket. An evening session ticket includes the last debate of that evening as well as that night’s entertainment. Session tickets cost ?9 or ?5 for students/school/unemployed.
