“Future of the Left”: London events

Best matches first

Fri 12 Feb · 19:00

Future of the Left (Curses 20th Anniversary)

Dingwalls · Camden

Mon 23 Nov · 19:15 · +10 dates

Paul Foot: The Future

Soho Theatre Downstairs · Soho

£19.20–29

Fri 20 Nov · 22:00

To The Left

ELECTROWERKZ · Old Street

£10–20

Thu 5 Nov · 19:00

How Can Socialism Work in the Real World?

Housmans Bookshop · Islington

Free–£18.99

Monday · 17:00

Mexico’s Left Turn: What’s right and what’s left?

SOAS University of London · Bloomsbury

Tue 3 Nov · 18:00

US midterm elections 2026: what happens next?

Chatham House · St James's

Wed 4 Nov · 18:10 · +6 dates

We, the Hated

7 cinemas · across London

IMDb 8.2

Mon 9 Nov · 18:30

Making Sense of the Mid-Term Elections

British Library · Camden

Free

Sat 14 Nov · 10:30

The Future of Religion

The Meditatio Centre · Clerkenwell

£20–40

Tue 8 Dec · 17:30

Trigger points: inequality and political polarisation in contemporary society

LSE campus (room to be confirmed) · Holborn

Free

Tue 10 Nov · 9:30

The Future of Knowledge 2026

British Library · Camden

£36–216

Tue 10 Nov · 17:30

After the US Midterms: What the Results Mean for America and the World

Houses of Parliament · Westminster

Tue 24 Nov · 19:30

Paul Mason: The History and Future of Global Communism

The Salon, Town Hall by Bottaccio · King's Cross

£36.95

Thu 3 Dec · 18:30

Gregory Sholette: The Radical Unpresent

The Showroom Gallery · St John's Wood

Free

Wed 11 Nov · 18:30

Book Launch + Talk: The Future is Not Lost by Matt Bluemink

ICA Studio · St James's

Tue 1 Dec · 18:30

British progress and the centre-right

LSE campus (room to be confirmed) · Holborn

Tue 17 Nov · 18:30

Hope or despair: transatlantic relations at the crossroads

LSE campus (room to be confirmed) · Holborn

Tue 1 Dec · 19:00

The Guardian’s Year In Review 2026

Soho Theatre Walthamstow · Walthamstow

£35.50–49

Thu 5 Nov · 9:30

Just Transitions to a Carbon-Neutral Economy: Employment Challenges Over the Next 25 Years

Senate House · Bloomsbury

Wednesday · 18:15

Expanding the Community of Fate by Expanding the Community of Care

King's Building (River Room) · Strand

Monday · 18:00

Elections in Brazil Roundtable

Bush House South East Wing · Strand

Today · 14:30 · +36 dates

Transformative Futures

Camden Art Centre · Hampstead

Thu 26 Nov · 19:30

Electoral Dysfunction Live

Cadogan Hall · Knightsbridge

£34.50

Wed 11 Nov · 18:30

The Higher Education Delusion - Book Launch

Institute of Economic Affairs · Westminster

Free

Thu 3 Dec · 18:30

Planet Israel + Q&A

The Castle Cinema · Hackney Wick

IMDb 7.5

Tomorrow · 13:30

John Sweeney & Peter Chappell

Wimbledon High School · Wimbledon

£10–32.50

Sun 1 Nov · 16:00 · +9 dates

LST New Comedian of the Year 2026: Quarter Finals

Museum of Comedy · Bloomsbury

Tue 24 Nov · 19:00

Anti-fascist economics

Old Theatre, LSE · Holborn

Wednesday · 16:00

Racial Capitalism and the Urban: The Living Archive of Urban Struggle

Online

Free

Tue 3 Nov · 18:45

Lord Blunkett Lecture

RSA House · Charing Cross

Wed 11 Nov · 18:30

How social media changed politics globally

LSE campus (room to be confirmed) · Holborn

Wednesday · 18:00

Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2026 – The UN in Afghanistan: from state building to survival, rethinking the UN's role

Russell Square: College Buildings · Russell Square

Thursday · 9:00

Pleasing people and satisfying markets

Resolution Foundation · Westminster

Tue 12 Jan · 18:00

The Director’s Annual Lecture 2027

Chatham House · St James's

Thu 19 Nov · 19:30

Special LJF Show TBA

Green Note (The Basement Bar) · Camden

£15

Wed 4 Nov · 19:15

American Midterm Election Update

Resolution Foundation · Westminster

Tue 24 Nov · 9:00

The Long War Conference 2026

RUSI · Westminster

Mon 18 Jan · 19:00

A New History of Our Future with Peter Frankopan

Barbican Hall · Barbican

Tonight · 22:45 · +2 dates

Backrooms

2 cinemas · across London

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