A webinar with Jeremy Corbyn and guest exploring why the government’s hike in the military budget won’t result in real security for the UK

In the midst of the Covid crisis and a time when most of us are facing an uncertain future, Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposes to increase military spending by £16 billion over the next 4 years.

At a time when Covid19 should be the government’s top priority, spending on grandiose projects including space wars won’t provide security for the majority. We’l be discussing why the Labour Party leadership should speak out against this increase.

About our speakers:

The former leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn is a long-time peace campaigner, a Vice President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and a former Chair of Stop the War Coalition.

Richard Burgon is Labour MP for Leeds East and Secretary of the Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Richard is an outspoken opponent of war and nuclear weapons.

International security specialist Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. He is a Senior Fellow of the Oxford Research Group and Open Democracy’s international security adviser. Paul is the author of several books, including Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century, and a regular broadcaster on radio and TV networks worldwide.

Emma Dent-Coad was the first Labour MP for Kensington, 2017-19, and best known as a campaigner for justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Nowadays she is a Kensington and Chelsea Councillor and Vice President of London Region CND.

Nadia Jama is a newly-elected member of Labour’s National Executive Committee. She is an active member of Orgreave Truth and Justice, Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise and ACORN, a community-based organisation campaigning for the rights of tenants, residents and workers.

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For further information visit: https://www.labourcnd.org.uk/ and https://www.arise-festival.com/