Timetable: Saturday 5 July
This is the final timetable. We expect to run these meetings.
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| 10.00-11.15am | 11.45-1pm | 2-3.15pm | 3.45-5pm | 7-8.30pm | |||
| IE Logan | Resisting war crimes is not a crime: the case of the Raytheon 9 Eamonn McCann |
Why you should be a socialist John Rees |
The Black Panther Party David Hilliard |
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| IE Jeffery Hall | What do we do about gun & knife crime? Winston Silcott, Jackie Ranger, & Gary McFarlane Alienation in Brown’s Britain |
The unions, resistance & the rank & file Alex Kenny, Laura Miles, Caroline Johnson & Mark Serwotka The British working class |
Pay cuts, recession & resistance Charlie Kimber The British working class |
You can’t be neutral on a moving train: my life in the struggle
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| SOAS Brunei | Workers’ struggles in the 21st century Chris Harman Workers of the world |
Migrant workers & the new working class Bridget Anderson, Billy Hayes & Nick Clark Race & class in Britain |
Revolution 1968 – politics & culture united Leo Burley and David Edgar 1968 anniversary |
Resisting Islamophobia Moazzam Begg, David Edgar & Nahella Ashraf Racism & Islamophobia |
Music & the movement – RAR to LMHR Jon McClure, Lowkey, Roger Huddle, Lee Billingham, Paul Holborow & others Music |
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| RNH C | Is America moving to the left? Jonathan Neale Politics in the US |
Do we need a Bolshevik Party in the 21st century? Judith Orr Lenin |
Race, Class & exclusion David Okoro, David Gillborn, Julie Hall & Gargi Bhattacharyya Education |
Permanent revolution in the Middle East Alex Callinicos Middle East |
Theatre and the state of the nation Michael Billington, Sam West, Michael Kustow & others Theatre |
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Lindsey German, Sally Hunt & Melissa Benn Women’s liberation |
Theorising the capitalist state Alex Callinicos |
Explaining the credit crunch Costas Lapavitsas Explaining the crisis |
Imperialism & resistance in Iraq Sami Ramadani & Anne Alexander The world at war |
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| IE Elvin | Marxism, history & revolution Mike Haynes Marxism & the modern world |
Course: The Marxist Method for Beginners |
Why are people unhappy? Iain Ferguson Alienation in Brown’s Britain |
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| The dialectic from Hegel to Marx John Rees The Marxist method for beginners |
Historical materialism Suzie Wylie The Marxist method for beginners |
Labour & alienation Jess Edwards The Marxist method for beginners |
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| Birkbeck 34 | The science & politics of reproduction John Parrington & Goretti Horgan Science |
What could our city look like? Paul Brandon, Kambiz Boomla, Glyn Robbins & Stirling Howieson Our cities |
Literature as resistance Ahdaf Soueif & Jacqueline Rose Literature |
Greece: a rising strike wave Maria Styllou The left in Europe |
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| Birkbeck 33 | Theories of neoliberalism Jacob Middleton Explaining the crisis |
Walter Benjamin: culture and conformism – a debate Chris Nineham & Esther Leslie Marxism & culture |
Italy: what went wrong? Alberto Toscano, Phil Rushton and Cinzia Arruzza The left in Europe |
Edward Said & Orientalism Colin Wilson Radical thought today |
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| SOAS G2 | Eyewitness to the struggle in Pakistan Riaz Ahmed |
Gordon Childe, GEM de Ste Croix & the making of the ancient Greek world Neil Faulkner Our history from below |
Towards a critical relational art John Molyneux & D. Rosier Visual arts |
How not to bore the pants off your kids Elly Barnes, Paul Vernell & Alan Gibbons Education |
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Roddy Slorach |
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| Birkbeck 35 | Engels & The Origin of the Family, Private Property & the State Candy Udwin Marxist classics |
The politics of Islamism today Talat Ahmed Islam |
The National Question Neil Davidson The National Question |
Africa, imperialist rivalries & the war on terror Ken Olende Africa |
Is fat a socialist issue? Jackie Turner |
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| Birkbeck 36 | Proxy wars in Africa Explo Nani-Kofi |
Trade unions and the struggle for democracy in Nigeria Abiodun Olamosu Africa |
The Olympics in London John McLoughlin & Panos Garganas Our Cities |
Britain & the Spanish Civil War Andy Durgan |
A rebel’s guide to Vygotsky Shirley Franklin | ||
| Birkbeck 04 | School students course |
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| Can ordinary people change the world? Estelle Cooch School students course |
Can we save the planet from big business? Sam Fairbairn School students course |
What is racism? Alys Zaerin School students course |
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| << Friday 4 July | |||||||
Arts and Entertainment
Music and the Movement: RAR to LMHR,
7pm, forum - SOAS Brunei
9pm, gig - Jeffery Hall
In the wake of the fantastic 100,000 strong LMHR carnival this year marking the 30th anniversary of RAR, we host a round table discussion of activists and musicians from then and now to discuss the role of music in creating a political movement against racism and fascism.
Spoken word with Lemn Sissay, Adrian Mitchell & John Hegley
8.45pm
Three very different poets come together for a night of spoken word: The shadow poet laureate Adrian Mitchell who first came to prominence during protests against the Vietnam War and earned his recent title for poems written and performed in the wake of the war on Iraq. Lemn Sissay, currently artist in residence at South Bank Centre and known for his deeply moving, adrenaline-fuelled performances. And John Hegley - “fabulously funny” (Time Out) with “a beat poet’s style and a philosopher’s grace” (The Independent). Don’t miss out!
Poems, stories and songs at tea time
5pm, JCR, SOAS
With Liz Bentley and Rachel Pantechnicon. Kids welcome.