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New Old Book Club

A Message from Ed Miliband

Dear Wearside Young Labour

We hope the Left Book Club site will become a place where people can share ideas and discuss books in the tradition of the original Left Book Club of the 1930s and 1940s. We won’t be publishing books just yet but the site will feature interviews and debates with authors, book reviews, book guides but the most important thing is the site will be what you want it to be. We want you to submit reviews, ideas, features and join the debate.

There are some features up at the moment, including a look back at Anthony Crosland’s The Future of Socialism, published 50 years ago.

The features are being added at regular intervals. We will add more thanks to your comments including a ‘book of the month’ section. Users can send in book reviews and features and also modify comment on some sections thanks to a wiki facility.

The site isn’t finished yet and we want to know what you think. Which books do you want to discuss? Which authors do you want featured? Do you want to be able to create book clubs in your area? Do you want us to organise events?

Please take part in the development of the site at www.leftbookclubonline.org

Best wishes

Ed Miliband

Stage Performance

If 10 or more people are interested, we have the opportunity of purchasing discount tickets for the following shows at Sunderland Empire Theatre:

Starlight Express Thursday 12th April

River Dance Thursday 31^st May

High Society Thursday 19th July

Please get in touch HERE if you are interested in going!

Land of the Brave

Does anyone have the bravery to do the Boxing Day Dip this year? We are looking for people to take part in the annual fancy dress Boxing Day Dip at Seaburn. If you are interested, you can get a sponsorship form by emailing a request HERE or text in a request for a sponsorship form.

Young Fabians in Wearside

Young Fabians have committed to holding more events outside London, with the North East being a target venue. The Young Fabians are the under-31s section of the Fabian Society, Britain's senior centre-left think tank. Set up in 1960, we remain the only think tank run by and for young people. We are affiliated to the Labour Party and have formal representation on the Young Labour National Committee.

The Young Fabians develop policy ideas through seminars, conferences and pamphlets. We produce a quarterly magazine, Anticipations, and organise regular political and social events. Recent speakers include Polly Toynbee, Lord Layard, Brendan Barber, David Miliband MP and Lord Sainsbury.

We seek to encourage debate and political education amongst members and within the wider Labour movement though campaigning and by actively involved, such as our new citizenship in schools project and Young Fabian's Candidate Network.

Labour Students

Students at Sunderland Uni now have the opportunity of joining Labour Students at the university. Michael Mordey used his many charms to get permission to organise the group. When you join Labour Students you can join the Labour party for a massively discounted rate (more spending money for the Student Uni bar). So if you’re a Student and want to join Labour Students and get that membership discount, drop

Michael a line at:

michael.mordey (at) sunderland.ac.uk

(I'm putting it in like that to prevent Michael being swamped with spam bots!)

More Money for Young People

Sunderland City Council has been given an extra £30,000 specifically for young peoples services.What would you like the money spent on?