Description
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from Jeremy Corbyn as he reflects on his historic speech at the UN’s headquarters in Geneva in 2017.
In his powerful and wide-ranging speech, the former Labour Party leader outlined the challenges facing the world and how a Labour government under his leadership would tackle them. He highlighted four main threats faced by humanity: the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a small corporate elite, exacerbated by tax avoidance; climate change; the refugee crisis, and what he called a “bomb first, and think and talk later” approach to conflict resolution.
Six years on, these issues have become even more pressing. Can we really overcome these threats and create a world of mutual benefit and support? Join Jeremy as he discusses the challenges facing humanity and how we can overcome them.
About the Speaker
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn was first elected to parliament in 1983 and continues to represent Islington North, and served as Leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition from September 2015 to April 2020. Corbyn spends a great deal of time and energy focussed on anti-racism, anti imperialism, LGBT+ rights, transport, the environment, opposition to nuclear weapons and military intervention, Trade Union policies, Miscarriages of Justice and more. In parliament he served on the Social Security Committee (1992-2007), the London Regional Select Committee (2009-2010) and the Justice Committee (2011-2015) and was awarded the 2017 Sean McBride Peace Prize and before that (2013) the Gandhi International Peace Award. He is currently a member of the Parliamentary Assembly for the Council of Europe, the UK Socialist Campaign Group, and a regular participant at the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva), Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Vice President), and Chagos Islands All Party Parliamentary Group (Honorary President), and a Vice president of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Please note Jeremy Corbyn will not be attending the festival this year due to the elections.
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