BACKGROUND
The Leeds annual Olof Palme Memorial Peace Lecture was first established in 1987
by then MEP for Leeds, and former Leeds councillor, Michael McGowan, in memory
of Olof Palme, a peace campaigner and outspoken opponent of apartheid in South
Africa. Olof Palme attended as a student activist a conference in Leeds University in
the 1950s. These lectures have been held to remember his work for promoting
peace and security in the world. Olof Palme became Prime Minister of Sweden in
1969. He was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986.

TOPIC
The Peace and Justice Project brings people together for social and economic
justice, peace and human rights in Britain and across the world and was founded by
Jeremy Corbyn in 2021.
Since its launch, the Peace and Justice Project has grown local, national and
international campaigns. We connect people, communities and organisations
through events and discussions on vital issues such as climate action, new
economics and refugee protection.
With more campaigns to be launched in future, the Peace and Justice Project will
continue to work with labour and social movements and provide platforms to those
campaigning towards a future that works for the many, not the few.

ADMISSION
Free but tickets essential.