Meetings: course directory
Many meetings at Marxism are part of courses. You might find that you get more out of the meetings if you go to all the ones in a particular course. But it's completely up to you.
Rallies
- Opening rally
Lindsey German, Roland Denis and others to be announced, Thu 7.00 - Closing rally
Martin Smith and others, Mon 3.45
Africa
- Why is Africa poor?
Ken Olende, Thu 2.00 - Rwanda – who’s responsible for the genocide?
Charlie Kimber, Sun 3.45 - Can Africa be liberated?
Briggs Bomba, Mon 10.00
The Environment
- Neo-liberalism and the environment
Suzanne Jeffrey, Thu 2.00 - The rise of Walmart and global food production
Amy Leather, Fri 3.45 - How do we stop climate change?
Jonathan Neale and Elaine Graham-Leigh, Sat 2.00 - Why we should oppose nuclear power
Martin Empson, Sun 2.00
Latin America's Revolution
- Bolivia – can workers
seize power?
Joseph Choonara, Thu 3.45 - Cuba – the lessons for
Bolivia and Venezuela
Chris Harman, Fri 10.00 - Venezuela – the
revolution within the
revolution
Roland Denis, Sat 10.00 - Who was Simon
Bolivar?
Andy Brown, Sun 10.00 - Chile – workers’ power
or people’s power?
Mario Nairn, Sun 11.45
Rosa Luxemburg
- 1905 – a new kind of
revolution
Pete Glatter, Fri 10.00 - Reform or revolution in
the age of globalisation
Sally Campbell, Fri 11.45 - Was Rosa Luxemburg
right to criticise the
Bolsheviks?
Mark Thomas, Fri 2.00
Neo-Liberalism and its Effects
- What lies behind the
neo-liberal agenda?
Chris Nineham, Fri 10.00 - The crisis of capitalist
democracy
John Rees, Sun 10.00 - The changing world of
work
Mike Haynes, Sun 2.00 - What’s the alternative
to a market society?
Gill Hubbard, Sun 3.45 - Globalisation and
revolution in Latin
America
Jeremy Corbyn, Mon 11.45
Debating Imperialism
- Theories of imperialism
Alex Callinicos, Fri 10.00 - Book launch: 21st
Century Imperialism
John Rees, Sat 2.00 - Why does the US hate
Iran?
Elaheh Rostami Povey and Andrew Murray, Sat 7.00 - Lenin and Bukharin on
imperialism
Jonny Jones, Sun 11.45 - Iraq – occupation and
resistance
Hassan Jumah and Sami Ramadani, Sun 3.45
A Rebel's Guide
- Lenin
Ian Birchall, Fri 10.00 - Gramsci
Chris Bambery, Fri 7.00 - Marx
Mike Gonzalez, Sat 11.45 - Trotsky
Esme Choonara, Sun 10.00
Women's Liberation
- The origins of
women’s oppression
Candy Udwin, Fri 10.00 - The rise and fall of the
women’s liberation
movement
Lindsey German, Sat 11.45 - The fight for abortion
rights
Wendy Savage and Jan Nielsen, Sat 2.00 - Sex and the system – the rise of raunch culture
Judith Orr, Sun 3.45
The Marxist Method
- An introduction to the
Marxist method
John Molyneux, Fri 10.00 - The dialectic
Andy Lawson, Fri 11.45 - Historical materialism
Rob Owen, Fri 2.00 - Alienation and
liberation
Hannah Dee, Fri 3.45
Revolution and Democracy
- Democratic revolutions
John Rees, Fri 11.45 - Marxism and
democracy
Lindsey German, Fri 2.00 - The Paris Commune
Chanie Rosenberg, Sat 7.00 - Can we change the
world without taking
power?
Helen Salmon, Mon 2.00
Class and Inequality in Britain Today
- What is class?
Dave Weltman, Fri 11.45 - Who runs this place?
Candy Udwin, Fri 2.00 - The cost of inequality
Richard Wilkinson, Sun 11.45 - Who are the working
class in Britain today?
Martin Smith, Sun 3.45
Resistance in a Neoliberal World
- South Africa and the
township revolts
Trevor Ngwane, Fri 11.45 - Latin America in revolt
Mike Gonzalez, Fri 7.00 - Education in a neoliberal
world
Melissa Benn, Kevin Courtney and Alex Callinicos, Sun 11.45 - Book launch:
Theorising Resistance
Alex Callinicos, Sun 2.00 - France – a decade of
revolt
Jim Wolfreys, Mon 2.00
Black Liberation
- Where does racism
come from?
Dean Ryan, Fri 11.45 - Malcolm X and Martin
Luther King – were their
eyes on the same prize?
Kerri Parke, Fri 3.45 - The Black radical
tradition in Britain
Gary McFarlane, Sat 2.00 - Riots, conflict and
change
Weyman Bennett, Sun 11.45
Film
- Latin America – a
revolution in film
Mike Wayne, Fri 2.00 - Talk and film: The
Spanish Civil War – Land
and Freedom
Ken Loach and Andy Durgan, Fri 7.00 (film showing at 8.00) - Talk and film: The
Battle of Algiers and
radical cinema
Gillo Pontecorvo, Sat 7.00 (film showing at 8.00) - Is Hollywood
becoming more radical?
Ben Dickenson, Sun 2.00 - Talk and film: Winter
Soldier
Chris Nineham & Rose Gentle, Sun 7.00 (film showing at 8.00)
A People's History
- A people’s history of
the British Empire
John Newsinger, Fri 2.00 - A people’s history of
the Enlightenment
Neil Davidson, Fri 7.00 - A people’s history of
the Second World War
Chris Bambery, Sun 11.45
Literature
- James Baldwin – voice of the voiceless
Moira Nolan, Fri 2.00 - Science fiction
Ken MacLeod, Sat 7.00 - Jon Dos Passos
Jane Hardy, Sun 7.00
The Middle East
- What a carve up – how the map of the
Middle East was drawn
Michael Bradley, Fri 2.00 - 1948, the Nakhbah and
the creation of Israel
Ghada Karmi, Fri 3.45 - The struggle for
democracy in the
Middle East
Egyptian activist, Sat 11.45 - Nasser, nationalism
and the end of empire
Anne Alexander, Sun 2.00 - Can Hamas liberate
Palestine?
Simon Assaf, Sun 7.00
Gay and Lesbian Liberation
- The origins of gay
oppression
Colin Wilson, Fri 3.45 - Socialists and gay
liberation – a history
Noel Halifax, Sat 11.45 - Civil partnerships – are we all equal now?
Viv Smith, Sun 10.00 - The fight for gay
liberation in the
Middle East
Ghassan Makarem, Sun 11.45
Art and Culture
- In defence of
modernism
John Molyneux, Fri 3.45 - Debate: British
architecture – what is
the real legacy of
modernism?
Owen Hathaway and Stirling Howieson, Sat 10.00 - Privatising culture
Julian Stallabrass, Mon 10.00 - Because you’re worth it
– creative resistance to a
commodified world
Noel Douglas, Mon 11.45 - Photomontage as a
weapon of mass
instruction
Peter Kennard and Cat Picton Phillips, Mon 2.00
Racism in Britain Today
- Is Britain becoming
more segregated?
Danny Dorling, Fri 2.00 - Why is multiculturalism
under attack?
Paul Gilroy and Weyman Bennett, Fri 3.45 - Islamophobia and the
rise of the new racism
Kevin Ovenden, Sat 10.00
Marxism and Philosophy
- Reflections on the
Marxist theory of history
Paul Blackledge, Fri 3.45 - Marx’s critique of
politics
Stathis Kouvelakis, Sat 11.45 - Alienation and
contemporary capitalism
Istvan Meszaros, Sat 3.45
China
- Will China overtake the
US as world superpower?
Charlie Hore, Sat 10.00 - China since Mao
John Gittings, Sat 7.00
The Russian Revolution
- Is the Russian
Revolution relevant
today?
Dan Berry, Fri 3.45 - Life in a Moscow factory
Kevin Murphy, Sat 10.00 - Did Lenin lead to
Stalin?
Colin Smith, Sat 3.45 - State capitalism – Russia under Stalin
Sean Vernell, Sun 10.00
Music
- LMHR forum: Can
music change the world?
Skinny Man and others, followed by gig, Fri 7.00 - Charlie Parker – the
high life and hard times
Dave Sherry, Sat 3.45 - Mozart – overture to
revolution
Paul McGarr followed by music with Jane Trainer, Sat 7.00 - Billie Holiday – why
the lady sang the blues
Martin Smith, Sun 11.45
Marx’s Capital – How Capitalism Works
- Capital and Marx’s
method
Alex Callinicos, Sat 10.00 - Work, value and
exploitation
Grace Lally, Sat 11.45 - Capital, competition
and profit
Julie Waterson, Sat 2.00 - Is Capital relevant
today?
Rob Hoveman, Sat 3.45
School Students Course
- Can we get rid of
oppression?
Sitara Amin Tilly, Sat 11.45 - Is Britain a democracy?
Estelle Cooch, Sat 2.00 - What would a
revolution look like?
Huw Jones, Sat 3.45
Science
- Should we trust
scientists?
Angela McCormack, Sat 2.00 - Evolution – the legacy
of Darwin
Viren Swami, Sun 11.45
Globalisation and its Discontents
- Globalisation and the
global south
Walden Bello, Sat 2.00 - Book launch:
Refugees in a Global Era
Phil Marfleet, Sun 2.00 - The anti-capitalist
movement today
Walden Bello and Chris Nineham, Mon 10.00
Theatre
- Forum: Theatre in
revolt
Sam West, John Arden, Alistair Beaton and Charlotte Westenra, Sat 3.45 - Brecht
Stephen Unwin, Sun 2.00
Islam and the Left
- Muslims and the left
today
Lindsey German, Anas Al-tikriti and others, Sun 2.00 - Islam and Islamic
civilisations
Chris Harman, Mon 10.00 - The Bolsheviks and
religion
Dave Crouch, Mon 11.45 - Islam and Islamism
today
Talat Ahmed, Mon 2.00
Fighting Fascism Today
- The anatomy of
fascism
Anindya Bhattacharyya, Sun 2.00 - Fighting fascism
Weyman Bennett, Billy Hayes and Dominique Walker, Sun 3.45
Additional Meetings
- What’s wrong with
America?
Jonathan Neale, Thu 2.00 - Nepal on the brink of
revolution?
Yuri Prasad, Thu 3.45 - Guantanamo –
America’s gulag
Victoria Brittain, Thu 3.45 - Capitalism – long term
dynamics and
contradictions
Francisco Louca, Fri 10.00 - Forum: Can the unions
fight Labour’s neo-liberal
agenda?
Mark Serwotka, Jeremy Dear, Jane Loftus, chair Sue Bond, Fri 11.45 - What’s gone wrong
with the media?
Chris Nineham, Fri 11.45 - Freud – revolutionary
or conservative?
Sabby Sagall, Fri 7.00 - Marxism and terrorism
Gareth Jenkins, Fri 7.00 - The General Strike
Paul Holborow, Fri 7.00 - Poetry: Our new word
order
Adrian Mitchell, Mahmood Jamal and Michael Rosen, Fri 7.00 - Political rank and
filism in the 1930s
Matt Perry, Sat 10.00 - Bookmarks book
launch: Tell It Like It Is – How Our Schools Fail
Black Children
Doreen Lawrence, David Gilborn, Paul Mackney, Brian Richardson and The Voice of Young People, Sat 11.45 - The struggle against
British rule in Ireland
Bernadette McAliskey, Sat 11.45 - A history of Jewish
radicals
John Rose, Sat 11.45 - The Gate Keeper – a
memoir
Terry Eagleton, Sat 2.00 - Tony Cliff – the making
of a revolutionary
Ian Birchall, Sat 2.00 - Is the empire
invincible?
Tariq Ali, Sat 3.45 - Forum: Is realignment
of the left possible in
Europe?
Francisco Louca, Christine Buchholz, Chris Bambery, Sat 3.45 - Good Night and Good
Luck – McCarthyism in
1950s America
Martin Smith, Sat 3.45 - Is there a Britishness
to reclaim?
Michael Bradley, Sat 3.45 - Book launch: Another
School is Possible
Terry Wrigley, Sat 7.00 - Do socialists have to
be atheists?
Alex Callinicos, Sat 7.00 - The Bloody Sunday
Inquiry
Eamonn McCann, Sat 7.00 - May 1968 – when we
demanded the
impossible
Suzie Wylie, Sat 7.00 - Planning for the future
Tony Benn, Sun 10.00 - Chartism after 1848
Keith Flett, Sun 10.00 - What’s wrong with
Maoism?
Simon Basketter, Sun 10.00 - Forum: What next for
Respect?
George Galloway and John Rees, Sun 11.45 - The 1960s – when the
world revolted
Bernadette McAliskey, Michael Rosen, Chris Harman and Maria Styllou, Sun 2.00 - The art of the political cartoon
Martin Rowson and Tim Sanders, Sun 3.45 - Sleeping with the
enemy – the truth about
embedding the media
Yvonne Ridley, Sun 3.45 - Poplar’s defiance
Michael Lavalette, Sun 3.45 - The British justice
system on trial
Winston Silcott and Louise Christian, Sun 7.00 - Where is capitalism
going?
Chris Harman, Sun 7.00 - The Easter Rising
Pat Stack, Sun 7.00 - The Battle of the
Somme
Neil Faulkner, Sun 7.00 - What do we mean by
political trade unionism?
Moira Nolan, Sun 7.00 - Book launch: The New
Sicilian Mafia
Tom Behan, Mon 11.45
Other Events
- LMHR gig: Music to
change the world
with Skinny Man, Pariz 1, Heartless Crew, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Mecca2Medina and others, Fri 9.00 - Music: Mozart
with Jane Trainer, Sat 9.00 - Music and spoken
word: Pete Seeger – the
man and his music
with Jimmy Ross and Alistair Hulett, Sat 9.00 - Music and spoken
word: John Coltrane and
the civil rights movement
with Gilad Atzmon and Martin Smith, Sun 9.00