Festival of the Oppressed 2026
SKILL-SHARES • INTERGENERATIONAL WORKSHOPS • FREE CHILDCARE • STRATEGY • INVESTIGATION • COLLECTIVE FUN
Venue: London South Bank University, LSBU Hub, 100-116 London Rd, London SE1 6LN
Join us for the second-ever Festival of the Oppressed in London on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June 2026!
Lenin described revolutions as ‘festivals of the oppressed and exploited’, and to transform this unequal, undemocratic world, in the face of climate catastrophe, we need nothing short of a revolution. We want to reignite popular agency, build new solidarities, and imagine alternative futures.
But we need to work out how we get there. Join our weekend of discussion, investigation and collective fun. Last year, we came together to explore how oppression, in its racialised, gendered, sexual, colonial and classed forms, is structured and reproduced today. This year will focus on how we resist and transcend this oppressive social world.
We welcome anyone interested in these questions to join us and enrich these conversations. There will be several workshops, panel discussions and more over the weekend.
SPEAKER PREVIEW
- Richard Seymour
- Ira Hybris
- Adam Elliot Cooper
- Joy James
- Shanice McBean
- Jonas Marvin
- Sophie Lewis
- Beatrice Adler-Bolton
More information and programme coming soon! You can see last year’s programme at revsoc21.uk/festival2025/