Timetable: Saturday 8 July
This is the final timetable. We expect to run all these meetings. You can pick up a printed version at Marxism.
| << Friday 7 July | |||||
| 10-11.15am | 11.45-1pm | 2-3.15pm | 3.45-5pm | 7-8.30pm | |
| IE: Logan Hall |
Tell It Like It Is – How Our Schools Fail Black Children Doreen Lawrence, David Gilborn, Paul Mackney & Brian Richardson |
Book launch: Imperialism and Resistance John Rees Debating imperialism |
Is the empire invincible? Tariq Ali |
Bonfire of the liberties – our civil rights under attack Winston Silcott, Moazzam Begg and Gareth Peirce |
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| IE: Jeffery Hall |
Venezuela – the revolution within the revolution Roland Denis Latin America’s revolution |
The struggle against British rule in Ireland Bernadette McAliskey |
The fight for abortion rights Wendy Savage and Jan Nielsen Women’s liberation |
Forum: Is realignment of the left possible in Europe? Francisco Louca, Christine Buchholz and Chris Bambery |
Mozart – overture to revolution talk by Paul McGarr with live music by Jane Trainer Music |
| IE: Clarke Hall |
The rise and fall of genetic determinism Penny Howard |
Socialists and gay liberation – a history Noel Halifax Gay and lesbian liberation |
Should we trust scientists? Angela McCormack Science |
Charlie Parker – the high life and hard times Dave Sherry Music |
Book launch: Another School is Possible Terry Wrigley |
| IE: Nunn Hall |
Political rank and filism in the 1930s Matt Perry |
Can we get rid of oppression? Sitara Amin Tilly School students |
Is Britain a democracy? Estelle Cooch School students |
What would a revolution look like? Huw Jones School students |
The Paris Commune Chanie Rosenberg Revolution and democracy |
| LSH: Goldsmith's |
Debate: British architecture – what is the real legacy of modernism? Stirling Howieson & Owen Hathaway Art and culture |
The struggle for democracy in the Middle East Ghassan Makarem, Salah Ayyad and Egyptian activist The Middle East |
Globalisation and the Global South Walden Bello Globalisation and its discontents |
Good Night and Good Luck – McCarthyism in 1950s America Martin Smith |
Talk and film: The Battle of Algiers Saffron Burrows (film showing at 8.00) Film |
| ULU: Upper Hall |
Capital and Marx’s method Alex Callinicos Marx’s Capital – how capitalism works |
A rebel’s guide to Marx Mike Gonzalez A rebel’s guide |
The Gate Keeper – a memoir Terry Eagleton |
Alienation and contemporary capitalism Istvan Meszaros Marxism and philosophy |
Do socialists have to be atheists? Alex Callinicos |
| ULU: Room 101 |
Islamophobia and the rise of the new racism Kevin Ovenden Racism in Britain today |
Muslims and the left today Lindsey German Anas Al-tikriti Nahella Ashraf and Abdurahman Jafar Islam and the left |
How do we stop climate change? Jonathan Neale and Elaine Graham-Leigh The environment |
Forum: Theatre in revolt Sam West, John Arden, Alistair Beaton and Charlotte Westenra Theatre |
The Bloody Sunday Inquiry Eamonn McCann |
| ULU: 3C & D |
Will China overtake the US as world superpower? Charlie Hore China |
A history of Jewish radicals John Rose |
The Black radical tradition in Britain Gary McFarlane Black liberation |
Is there a Britishness to reclaim? Michael Bradley |
China since Mao John Gittings China |
| ULU: 3E |
The 1970s – when workers fought back Yunus Bakhsh |
Work, value and exploitation Grace Lally Marx’s Capital – how capitalism works |
Capital, competition and profit Julie Waterson Marx’s Capital – how capitalism works |
Is Capital relevant today? Rob Hoveman Marx’s Capital – how capitalism works |
Imagining the future – science fiction and historical materialism Ken MacLeod |
| Birkbeck: B34 |
Life in a Moscow factory Kevin Murphy The Russian Revolution |
Marx’s critique of politics Stathis Kouvelakis Marxism and philosophy |
Tony Cliff – the making of a revolutionary Ian Birchall Did Lenin lead to Stalin? |
Did Lenin lead to Stalin? Colin Smith The Russian Revolution |
Why does the US hate Iran? Elaheh Rostami Povey and Andrew Murray Debating imperialism |
| << Friday 7 July | |||||
In focus ...
Mozart – overture to revolution,
7.00, Jeffery Hall
Classical music is often treated as if it
exists outside of history and society. Paul
McGarr puts Mozart in the musical and
political context of late 18th century
Europe. Plus a thrilling live performance
of Mozart music by pianist Jane Trainer.
Music and spoken word: Pete Seeger – the man and his music, with Jimmy
Ross and Alistair Hulett, 9.00, Room 101
Seeger met Woody Guthrie in 1940 at a
Grapes of Wrath benefit concert for
migrant workers – a date which the
folklorist Allan Lomax described as the
beginning of modern folk music.
An evening for the Iraqi oil workers,
9.00, Jeffery Hall, £3
A performance of Iraqi music and poetry
with oud-player and composer Ahmed
Mukhtar whose music offers a window
onto Iraq’s rich cultural heritage. His
recent projects include a production of
The Soldier’s Tale.
Theatre in revolt, 3.45, Room 101
Leading directors and playwrights
discuss the radicalisation of theatre,
featuring Sam West, artistic director of
the Sheffield Crucible, which put on the
controversial The Romans in Britain, and
John Arden, writer of the anti-war play
Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance.