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Meeting of the Corbyn Campaign: Where Next?

Tyneside Irish Centre

22nd September 2015

Approximately 130 in attendance.

Facilitators: iane !ones "#e$castle Central C%&'

(d )hitby "#e$castle (ast C%&'

Spea*er: +en Sellers "City o, -rham C%&'

Ta*in notes: !amie riscoll "#e$castle #orth C%&'

The meetin room $as pac*ed/ $ith approximately 130 comrades ,rom across the reion.

Approximately 50 $ere lon time labo-r party members/ $ith approximately 50 hain oined

since the eneral election. A sho$ o, hands helped people identi,y those ,rom di,,erent areas

C%&s. A sin4-p sheet $as circ-lated/ details $ill be collated to enable ,-rther comm-nications to

identi,y people $ho are members o, the same C%&.

iane !ones $elcomed people to the meetin and stressed that $hile o-r collectie aim is to

,iht the Tory oernment its policies/ and campain ,or a socialist approach to society/ the primary

immediate aim o, ed %abo-r is to oranise to promote socialism $ithin the %abo-r &arty.

+en Sellers spo*e abo-t the Corbyn campain/ riht ,rom the initial decision ,or !eremy

Corbyn to stand/ thro-h the social media campain to lobby 6&s to nominate him/ and the

campain itsel,/ and than*ed aid Stoc*dale ,or his hard $or*. +en then o-tlined ed %abo-r/ and

ho$ it had primarily been a social media campain/ b-t $as no$ ready to trans,orm into an actiist

moement. 7e read o-t the aims statement ,rom the ed %abo-r Faceboo* pae8. iane !ones

added that ed %abo-r is c-rrently deelopin a constit-tion and a deelopment plan.

(d )hitby then ,acilitated open contrib-tions. 6any/ many comrades made excellent

contrib-tions broadly coerin the ,ollo$in points:

The party $o-ld be trans,ormed by ta*in policy and political disc-ssion bac* into the party

&olicy sho-ld be made at branch leel and ,ed -p$ards/ and people sho-ld propose

resol-tions at branch and C%& leel

The role o, political ed-cation o,,icers $o-ld be a *ey part o, this stratey

In many areas the party branches are morib-nd/ b-t the in,l-x o, ne$ members s-pportin a

socialist plat,orm means this can chane.

&eople sho-ld oranise to et deleates to con,erence/ and then oranise at con,erence.

6ore comprehensie notes o, $ho said $hat are in the extended notes/ $hich r-n to seeral

tho-sand $ords.

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A,ter a brea*/ and description o, the $ard constit-ency str-ct-re o, the %abo-r party ,or

the bene,it o, ne$ members/ more contrib-tions $ere made. &oints incl-ded:

%abo-r 9o-n Socialists is no$ operational/ anyone -nder 2 can participate.

Campains aro-nd oter reistration are planned

6a*in the %abo-r &arty a campainin oranisation in the $ider comm-nity $ill contin-e

to b-ild s-pport ,or a socialist %abo-r plat,orm

;ranisation and comm-nication $ith each other $ill be essential

!-st ettin on $ith a reional campain rather than $aitin ,or national initiaties/ b-t

lin*in nationally $heneer possible

Comrades $o-ld hae s*ills to share $ith each other across a $hole rane: political

ed-cation/ social media/ and oranisational techni<-es

!amie riscoll anno-nced that a political disc-ssion ro-p $o-ld be set -p ,oc-sin on

deelopin responses to economic ar-ments abo-t neoliberalism. 6any in the room $ere

interested= achel +roadbent $o-ld co4ordinate be in to-ch.

>ol-nteers $ere re<-ested ,or a plannin ? steerin ro-p. The ,ollo$in people

ol-nteered at the meetin: (lla Thorp/ Ann Scho,ield/ !oan 7e$itt/ Carolyn 6oran/ Fiona anson/

!on &roctor/ 6iete* &ado$ic@/ onan odds/ !ohn (d$ards/ +en (c*,ord/ Crai a$son/ (ric

Scarboro/ %iam Forsyth/ ain Thompson/ S-e 6athieson/ (d )hitby / iane !ones/ +en Sellers/

!amie riscoll/ achel +roadbent/ (llen anson/ +ridet Corcoran.

Apoloies i, anyone $ho ol-nteered is missed o,,/ it all happened rather <-ic*ly. &lease et

in to-ch. #+: only %abo-r &arty members are eliible.

A complete report o, the meetin is in the extended notes.

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