The Leftfield
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The Leftfield is a travelling stage and bar which forms part of a number of British festivals. The event is organised by Geoff Martin, organiser of the Battersea and Wandsworth TUC, and sponsored by Cooperative Insurance, the GMB union, the Amicus union, Clause IV, Ethical Threads and the Workers Beer Company. The leftfield was first designed to tackle apathy and promote left-wing politics and trade unionism in young festival goers at the Glastonbury Festival in 2000, and has since trebbled in size and is now a regular fixture at Guilfest, Homelands and Glastonbury festivals.
The leftfield features left-wing musicians, such as perennial Billy Bragg and Asian Dub Foundation, political comedians such as Mark Thomas and comentators including Tony Benn, with a number of speaches and debates taking place at each festival. The leftfield also runs many films, for example exposing the violence in Colombia. The leftfield also promotes campaigns and charities, such as No Sweat and War On Want.