RedFest 2025: fight the right, build the left

Schedule

Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 09 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Queen Margaret Union - QMU | Glasgow, SC

Advertisement
🎟️ tickets and more info: https://red.scot/
🔥Scotlands largest annual anti-capitalist event, RedFest is a forum for the left and activists across Scotland to discuss our collective response to the crises affecting working class people and the planet.
Donald Trump is presiding over a decomposing world order. The genocide in Palestine continues, while the flames of war spread across the Middle East. Tariff wars threaten economic turmoil, and greater power competition with China.
Trump's servile lackey, Keir Starmer has surpassed everyone's worst expectations with his attacks on workers, disabled people, Palestine activists, trans+ people and others. The SNP offers no alternative with its own brand of austerity, militarism and deference to the British state. Only the racist leaders of Reform UK seem to have any momentum.
And meanwhile, the world continues to hurtle towards climate catastrophe, with record-breaking high temperatures and extreme weather events becoming normalised.
Can we stop the right, their racism and attacks on women's and LGBT+ rights? Can workers go on the offensive against Starmer? Can we build more resistance and a bigger left to lead it? Are we doomed by capitalism - or is a socialist future possible?
Initial speakers and themes:
- Phil Marfleet launches new book Palestine, Imperialism and the Struggle for Freedom
- Raquel Varela launches new book on the Portuguese revolution of 1974-75
- Geoff Brown launches new book A People's History of the Anti-Nazi League
- Trump, the global system, war and crisis
- The next PM? Understanding Reform UK and the new far-right
- Holyrood 2026: can there be a radical alternative?
- Marxism, class and revolution in the age of catastrophe
🎨👶Free childcare: we run a free crèche with qualified carers during sessions. Advance registration is essential. To book a place, email [email protected] before October 20th.
🚌 Advice and support with transport & accommodation: you can find a cheap accommodation guide at red.scot
You can also email [email protected] to be put in touch with local organisers who can provide advice.
Advertisement

Where is it happening?

Queen Margaret Union - QMU, 22 University Gardens,Glasgow, United Kingdom

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Icon
Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.
Marxism in Scotland festival

Host or Publisher Marxism in Scotland festival

Ask AI if this event suits you:

Discover More Events in Glasgow

Voices and Choices of Young People in Training in the Informal Sector
Fri, 07 Nov at 02:00 pm Voices and Choices of Young People in Training in the Informal Sector

Meeting Room 163, Byres Community Hub/Clarice Pears Building

WORKSHOPS MEETUPS
Psychedelics in Recovery Meeting
Fri, 07 Nov at 03:00 pm Psychedelics in Recovery Meeting

G41 5DF

MEETUPS
Glasgow Kizomba Festival 4.0
Fri, 07 Nov at 05:00 pm Glasgow Kizomba Festival 4.0

Campus Glasgow

FESTIVALS PARTIES
Market Stalls - Womens Wellbeing Week - SMHAF
Fri, 07 Nov at 05:00 pm Market Stalls - Womens Wellbeing Week - SMHAF

Glasgow Collective

MUSIC LIVE-MUSIC
Small Fakers and The Kinks Experience Live
Fri, 07 Nov at 06:30 pm Small Fakers and The Kinks Experience Live

The Classic Grand

ART
Jim Jefferies Glasgow Tickets
Fri, 07 Nov at 06:30 pm Jim Jefferies Glasgow Tickets

SEC Armadillo

TRIPS-ADVENTURES
Small Fakers plus support from The Kinks Experience
Fri, 07 Nov at 06:30 pm Small Fakers plus support from The Kinks Experience

The Classic Grand

Jim Jefferies at SEC Armadillo
Fri, 07 Nov Jim Jefferies at SEC Armadillo

SEC Armadillo

Clutch Glasgow
Fri, 27 Dec Clutch Glasgow

O2 Academy Glasgow

4 Day PMP Program In-Person Training | Glasgow, SCT
Tue, 19 Aug at 09:00 am 4 Day PMP Program In-Person Training | Glasgow, SCT

Ascenti Physio Glasgow

WORKSHOPS NONPROFIT
The Deep Blue
Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm The Deep Blue

The Poetry Club

Scottish \u2018Pause Summit
Sat, 25 Oct at 09:15 am Scottish ‘Pause Summit

Glasgow, Scotland

BUSINESS
Scottish 'Pause Summit - the biggest menopause event in Glasgow
Sat, 25 Oct at 09:15 am Scottish 'Pause Summit - the biggest menopause event in Glasgow

thestudio...

BUSINESS WORKSHOPS
Grounded Networking Conference: Glasgow
Sat, 25 Oct at 10:00 am Grounded Networking Conference: Glasgow

University of Strathclyde

BUSINESS CONFERENCES
The Quest  Scotland Oct 25
Sat, 25 Oct at 10:00 am The Quest Scotland Oct 25

Scotland

TRIPS-ADVENTURES BUSINESS
UNITE Digital Health Scottish Matchmaking Event
Mon, 27 Oct at 10:00 am UNITE Digital Health Scottish Matchmaking Event

The Collaboration Space

HEALTH-WELLNESS SPEED-DATING
Free Speaker Event! The Power of Storytelling!
Mon, 27 Oct at 01:30 pm Free Speaker Event! The Power of Storytelling!

The Wee Retreat CIC

STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS
Tue, 28 Oct at 06:30 pm Rankine Memorial Lecture - Carnot Batteries - in person event

Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow

BUSINESS CONFERENCES
Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Glasgow
Tue, 28 Oct at 07:00 pm Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Glasgow

Unison

ART LITERARY-ART

What's Happening Next in Glasgow?

Discover Glasgow Events