Timetable - Saturday 4 July

This is the final timetable.

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	10-11.15am	11.45-1pm	2-3.15pm	3.45-5pm	7-8.30pm
IE Logan Hall		The enigma of Capital David Harvey	40 years since the Battle of the Bogside Eamonn McCann	The American Empire in crisis – Obama at home & abroad Tariq Ali Imperialism today	What does it mean to be a revolutionary today? Alex Callinicos & Slavoj Žižek
IE Jeffery Hall		War, the crisis & imperialism today Lindsey German, Hassan Juma’a, Haifa Zangana Imperialism today	Where next for the left? Judith Orr	Marx & ecology John Bellamy Foster Climate change	Visteon, Linamar, Lindsey… where next for the class struggle? Michael Bradley & a Visteon worker Recession & resistance in Britain
SOAS Brunei	Are the white working class racist? Martin Smith Debates inside the working class		The Nouveau Parti Anti-capitaliste – a new party for new struggles Fred Borras	Why Marx was right – capitalism in the 21st century Book launch Chris Harman	The Battle for Haditha Q&A and screening with Nick Broomfield
RNH A	Torture, secrecy & the British state Gareth Peirce Imperialism today	Migration, citizenship & class Bernadette McAliskey & Phil Marfleet	Marx v the Keynesians Esme Choonara The economic crisis	Remembering Blair Peach – anti-fascism then & now Jo Lang, Kevin Courtney, Balwinder Rana & Paul Holborow The fight against fascism	Social work after Baby P Michael Lavalette & Chris Jones British society today
RNH B	Recession and resistance in Ireland Richard Boyd Barrett & Barbara Muldoon	Latin America – left governments & the struggles from below Mike Gonzalez Latin America	What is fascism? Weyman Bennett The fight against fascism	Can Labour get out of its crisis? Martin Smith	Could Hitler have won? Chris Bambery & Adam Tooze The fight against fascism
RNH C	Anti-capitalism ten years after Seattle Chris Nineham	The politics of monsters China Miéville	Georg Lukács on Lenin John Rees	Marxism & anarchism Paul Blackledge	Pakistan – imperialism’s front line Yuri Prasad Imperialism today
RNH Edward VII	The Marxist Method			The festival of the oppressed – what would a revolution look like? Sheila McGregor Revolution & beyond	Campaign for the book Alan Gibbons & Michael Rosen
RNH Edward VII	Historical materialism Viv Smith	Labour & alienation Hannah Dee	The dialectic Jonny Jones		Campaign for the book Alan Gibbons & Michael Rosen
RNH Ellis	Zionism & anti-Semitism John Rose Palestine’s fight for freedom	Trotsky & permanent revolution Esme Choonara Trotsky		Poland’s New Capitalism book launch Jane Hardy Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall	Che Guevara – the life of a revolutionary Mario Nain Latin America
SOAS KLT	Gramsci – from factory occupations to proletarian hegemony Rob Jackson	Gun & knife crime – why black boys aren’t the problem Gary McFarlane Racism & multiculturalism	Do we need to smash the state to change the world? Colin Smith Lenin & Leninism	Why ending SATs is an issue for all socialists Warwick Mansell, Alan Gibbons, Rosa Kincaid & Jon Berry Education	The collapse of the Soviet bloc Gareth Dale Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
SOAS G2	State capitalism in Eastern Europe Mike Haynes Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall	The 1970s & worker occupations Dave Sherry Recession & resistance in Britain	Thailand’s crisis – distorted class struggle Giles Ji Ungpakorn	Is China immune from the crisis? Charlie Hore China from Mao to markets	From feudalism to capitalism Neil Davidson Marxist history
RNH Gallery 1		The Origin of Species – a revolutionary breakthrough John Baxter Darwin & Marx	Alexandra Kollontai – women & revolution Beccy Reese Women’s liberation		Disability, capitalism & oppression Sasha Callaghan & Rob Murthwaite
RNH Alex B	School Students Course			What’s happening in the Congo? Makola Mayambika Africa
RNH Alex B	Where does racism come from? Suki Sangha	Will there ever be a revolution in Britain? Phemie Matheson	How can we challenge homophobia? Tom Brook	What’s happening in the Congo? Makola Mayambika Africa
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Culture

Palestinian Cultural Resistance

All over the world the fight of the Palestinian people is finding new supporters and inspiring solidarity. Part of this is the role that music has played and at Marxism 2009 celebrated Palestinian hip hop group Ramallah Underground will headline a night of Palestinian cultural resistance accompanied by a very special visual show.
9pm, Jeffery Hall (IE)

A night of Latin American film

Resistance movements and political developments across Latin America have captured the imagination of socialists worldwide. We will be screening two new documentaries from Venezuela introduced by the filmmakers. Marianella Yanes will present her film on resistance to the ruling class offensive, Venezuela: How the Bosses’ Strike was Defeated. Mike Wayne and Deirdre O’Neill will present their feature length documentary Listen to Venezuela.
9pm, Logan Hall (IE)