red and green political speakers announced for Leftfield

The red and green political speakers for the Leftfield Stage at next week's Glastonbury Festival have been announced.


The line-up of speakers joining this year's Stage curator Billy Bragg includes veteran Glastonbury regular Tony Benn, Asian Network DJ Bobby Friction, former professional footballer Leroy Rosenior, War on Want campaigner Nadia Idle, and the Green Party's first MP Caroline Lucas.

Friday's debates:
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FIGHT FOR GREEN JOBS
Bob Crow – General Secretary RMT
Caroline Lucas MP – Green Party
John Sauvens – Chief Executive, Greenpeace
Sian Jones – TUC climate change campaign

GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
John Drake – Justice for Colombia
Oxfam (national campaigns officer – waiting for name)
Yasmin Khan – Senior Campaigns Officer, War on Want
Alice Dawnay - UNISON

Saturday's debates:
BEATING THE BNP
John Cruddas MP for Dagenham and Rainham
Leroy Rosenior – Show Racism the Red Card
Billy Bragg
Tony Kearns – Deputy General Secretary CWU

THIS IS A BANKERS CRISIS
Nick Dearden – Drop the Debt
Tim Lezard – South West TUC
Nadia Idle – Love Fashion – Hate Sweatshops

Sunday's debates:
STOP THE CUTS – BBC SIX MUSIC AND ASIAN NETWORK
Bobby Friction – Asian Network DJ
Jeremy Dear – NUJ

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
Tony Benn
Mark Serwotka - PCS General Secretary
Billy Bragg
Voting reform speaker

There's still a few more names to be added into the mix. The line-up announced for Leftfield is as follows:

LEFTFIELD

Friday 25th June
Carl Barat
Reverend & The Makers
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
Comedy Hour
Bill's Big Round-up
Debate: Global Solidarity
Debate: Climate Change and the Fight for Green Jobs

Saturday 26th June
Billy Bragg
Frank Turner
Thea Gilmore
Comedy Hour
Bill's Big Round-upv Debate: This is a Banker's Crisis
Debate: Beating the BNP

Sunday 27th June
Paul Heaton
The King Blues
Lucky Soul
Comedy Hour
Bill's Big Round-up
Debate: Another World Is Possible
Debate: Stop the Cuts - 6 Music/Asian network

Gorillaz, Muse, and Stevie Wonder headline a bill which also includes Dizzee Rascal, Vampire Weekend, Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson, Orbital, Shakira, Pet Shop Boys, Scissor Sisters, Seasick Steve, Jackson Browne, Faithless, Jack Johnson, Ray Davies, Slash, The Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, Florence And The Machine, and many, many more.

To see the line-up in full, along with the latest rumours for some of the other stages, click here >> or to view it on as a list click here.

The SOLD OUT event will mark the 40th anniversary of the Music and Arts Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, where Michael Eavis first opened his gates for business in September 1970. Glastonbury Festival runs for five full days from Wednesday 23rd until Sunday 27th June 2010 across over a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside.

eFestivals' Glastonbury World Cup 2010 in support of WaterAid

Once again this summer players, mainly members of the eFestivals forums, are coming together to be part of the England vs The Rest Of The World football match, which will be raising funds for WaterAid on Thursday 24th June at the Festival.

Michael Eavis has challenged us to raise £6000 for WaterAid and thus provide enough money to provide the cost of building three water wells. You'll be drinking loads of water at the festival, so why not treat someone else less fortunate than yourself, to the the chance to drink clean water as well.

The event on Thursday 24th June begins at 1pm at the Pyramid Stage field with prematch entertainment from Hobo Jones & the Junkyard Dogs who will be doing a 40 minute set with the World Cup match starting after that. The game will then finish around 3 o'clock when once again Michael Eavis will present the trophy to the winning team.

In conjunction with eFestivals, the Endorse it in Dorset Festival will be providing the half time entertainment for the WaterAid World Cup. Endorse it is already supports several charities and is proud to be able to help out in this Water Aid fundraiser.

To this end they are forming The Endorse it supergroup Wronghorn, featuring members of the following bands - top punk band P.N.U.K., ska supergroup Guns of Navarone, mighty hoedowners The The Boot Hill All Stars & kings of cowpunk Pronghorn. There may even be a certain punk poet/musician joining the throng...

Post match entertainment will be provided by The Supernovas.

You can help us raise money for WaterAid by making a donation at http://www.justgiving.com/glastoworldcup2010.

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