Timetable: Sunday 6 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 | Capitalism in crisis – how can the left respond? Tony Benn |
What are the prospects for change in the US? Gary Younge Politics in the US |
Strategies for changing the world John Holloway & Alex Callinicos |
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| IE Jeffery Hall | Where next for the left in Europe? Alain Krivine & Alex Callinicos The left in Europe |
1968 – the year the world caught fire Chris Harman & Alain Krivine 1968 anniversary |
A short history of the working class Lindsey German |
Building resistance in the Middle East Moufid Cotaiche, Farah Koubaissy & Bassem Chit Middle East |
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| SOAS Brunei | After the whitewash – who are the real working class? Martin Smith Race & class in Britain |
A history of Black Britain Paul Gilroy Race & class in Britain |
The strike wave in Egypt Hossam el- Hamalawy Middle East |
Is Britain moving to the right? Chris Bambery |
Making a theatre of resistance possible Workshop led by Rikki Beadle Blair & various actors Theatre |
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| RNH C | What’s happening in South Africa? Trevor Ngwane and Zodwa Madiba Africa |
Strategy & tactics John Rees |
Why socialists defend multi-culturalism Weyman Bennett Racism & Islamophobia | ||||
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John Bellamy Foster The environment |
Could Hitler have been stopped? Chris Bambery Fascism |
Resistance movements, democracy & revolution Chris Nineham The world at war |
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| IE Elvin | Course: Introduction to Marxist Economics |
The history of imperialism in Afghanistan Simon Basketter The world at war |
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| Under-standing exploitation – the labour theory of value Amy Leather Introduction to Marxist economics |
Prices, profits & competition Alison Smith Introduction to Marxist economics |
Why capitalism goes into crisis Joseph Choonara Introduction to Marxist economics |
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| Birkbeck 34 | Burma – dictatorship, disaster and the West Giles Ungpakorn |
Abortion – fighting for the right to control our bodies Wendy Savage, Elane Heffernan & Farah Reza Women’s liberation |
Public sector work – a job worth fighting for? Roger Kline, Karen Reissmann & Michael Lavalette The British working class |
What is the war doing to the media? |
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| Birkbeck 33 | What’s the market doing to our education system? Frances Beckett, Warwick Mansell, Sally Kincaid & Sean Vernell Education |
The Mass Strike Viv Smith Marxist classics |
Crossing the river of fire: the socialism of William Morris Hassan Mahamdallie |
Ireland after the referendum Richard Boyd Barrett The left in Europe |
Gandhi & the fight for Indian independence Yuri Prasad |
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| SOAS G2 | What would a sustainable society look like? Martin Empson The environment |
Bolivia – the first revolution of the 21st century? Andy Brown Latin America |
Islam & the myth of Christian superiority Maxine Bowler Islam |
Imperialism & the struggle for LGBT liberation in the Middle East Jinan Coulter LGBT |
George Orwell John Newsinger Literature |
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| Birkbeck 35 | Is a new left emerging in Eastern Europe? |
Can Marxists explain the Holocaust? Donny Gluckstein Fascism | The socialist tradition & the Balkans Vlad Unkovski- Korica & Panos Garganas The National Question |
Karl Marx, Abram Leon: the Jewish Question – a reappraisal John Rose |
The Battle of Chile film showing with introduction Mario Nain Latin America |
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| Birkbeck 36 | The Invergordon Mutiny – recession & resistance in the hungry ’30s Dave Sherry |
US labour in trouble & transition Kim Moody Workers of the world |
The streets are our palettes – 1917 & the art of the revolution Margot Hill Art and revolution |
Marxism & ethics Paul Blackledge Marxism and the modern world |
Miles Davis Pete Segal Music |
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| Birkbeck 04 | Syndicalism & revolution-ary unionism – a re-assessment Ralph Darlington |
A secret history: disability, reform, resistance, revolution Sasha Callaghan & Paul Brown
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1919-1926 when Britain came to the brink of revolution Beccy Rees | Terry Eagleton & literary theory Shaun Doherty Literature |
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Arts and Entertainment
Jazz and the civil rights movement
with Omar Puente and Martin Smith
9pm, Jeffery Hall
Described in the music press as an "exhilarating electric violinist", Omar Puente is also a member of Courtney Pine’s Jazz Warriors who are enjoying rave reviews for their new album Afropeans. Hailed as "tumultuous, celebratory and defiant", it was made to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade. He will join up with Martin Smith, author of John Coltrane – Jazz, Racism and Resistance, to celebrate jazz and the civil rights movement. An evening of spoken word and live music.
Theatre of resistance
SOAS Brunei, 7-8.30pm
Rikki Beadle Blair introduces his forum with a troupe of actors from Team Angelica.
An actor, playwright and screenwriter, Rikki’s recent plays include Bashment, a witty take on how homophobia among some people in hip-hop music gets challenged and changed, and Stonewall, an uplifting and moving account of the Stonewall riots.