At last year’s Labour Party Conference, 82-year-old Walter Wolfgang was violently expelled for shouting “Nonsense!” at Jack Straw, who was trying to defend New Labour’s support for the brutal invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Thomas House

It would be hard to find an incident that stands in greater contrast to what will take place at ISR and Socialist Students’ conference! Our event will be a democratic discussion among students and young people about how we can stop war, terror and racism, how we can replace the unjust capitalist system, how to fight for our rights to education and at work and much more besides. Those prepared to challenge Blair will not be a retired minority of one, but hundreds of young trade unionists and students!

There will be an opening rally, with the opportunity to contribute and ask questions, followed by group discussions, and finally the business section of moving, amending and voting on motions. These will set the policy of ISR and Socialist Students for the next year. Throughout the day debate will be encouraged and differences of opinion treated respectfully.

All Socialist Student societies should start organising their delegations, in particular trying to get money from their student union so that every member who wants to come is able to. ISR members who can get money from their trade union branch should try to do so.

We have tried to keep the cost as low as possible (£5waged/£3 unwaged) because we want our conference to be open to all.

Saturday 4 March 10am-5pm, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1 (near Holborn tube)