14 January 2016

Wapping Lies: Media Democracy 30 Years On

Saturday, 23 January 2016 - 13:30 to 16:30
Friends Meeting House
Ship Street BN1 1AF Brighton

Sussex LRC has organised an afternoon of politics, laughs, poems and song to mark the printworkers' fight for jobs and justice during the 1986/87 Wapping Dispute and examine how ownership of the media stifles press and broadcasting freedom in the UK, discuss the impact of social media, and have some fun!

Hear from
  • Paul King – Father Of Chapel (union rep) at The Sun Machine Chapel,
  • local performance poet Attila the Stockbroker,
  • John Bailey – FOC for the NGA at The Sun,
  • Mike Simons – Executive Producer of Still The Enemy Within and a journalist during Wapping,
  • comedian Kate Smurthwaite,
  • Morning Star Editor Ben Chacko,
  • singer/songwriter Robb Johnson,
  • Independent journalist Liam Young, and others. 
Refreshments will be available.

£4 waged, £2 concessions with donations from the event being made to the News International Dispute Archive and the Campaign For Press and Broadcasting Freedom

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