Oxford Radical Forum, Wadham College, 29th Feb-2nd March
Oxford Radical forum | 22.02.2008 19:03 | Oxford
Wadham College presents the Oxford Radical Forum; a free three-day outburst of political debate, encompassing speakers, workshops, films, bookstalls and magic. Subjects will include Palestine, Marxism, women's reproductive rights, environmentalism, political theatre and queer art. Dialogue is where change begins.
Programme
Friday 29th Feb
14.00: Plane Stupid Workshop on Environmentalist Direct Action
16.00: Abortion Rights Workshop on the Threat to Women's Reproductive Rights
18:00: Yassamine Mather on the Women's Movement and Shia Islam
20.00: Panel: Socialist or Radical Feminism?
21:45: The Bogus Woman, a play by Kay Adshead
Saturday 1st March
11.00: Jerry Cohen on what Happened to the Working Classes
14.00: Paul Jakubovic on the Problem with Dialectics
16.00: Ilan Pappe on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
18:00: Ian Saville performing Socialist Magic Tricks
20.00: Panel: Where Now for the Left?
Sunday 2nd March
11.00: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Race and Playwriting in Britain today
14.00: Chris Cramer on the Relationship between Conflict and Capitalism
16.00: Bernard O'Donoghue on Poetry and Politics
18:00: Marc Mulholland on Marxism and history
20.00: Panel: Is Marxism still Necessary to Understand and Change the World?
21:45: Resisting Paradise, A Film by Barbara Hammer on the French Resistance during WWII
There will be stalls running throughout the weekend, run by groups including:
Living Wage Campaign; FELLOW; Free West Papua; Green Party; SWP; Socialist Party; Save Radley Lakes; Oxford-Ramallah Friendship Association; Jericho Community Boatyard; Corporate Watch; Grassroots Action on Food and Farming; Activists Legal Project; No CCTV on Cowley Road; Network of Women for Peace and Justice; Campaign to Close Campsfield; and others still to be confirmed!
Friday 29th Feb
14.00: Plane Stupid Workshop on Environmentalist Direct Action
16.00: Abortion Rights Workshop on the Threat to Women's Reproductive Rights
18:00: Yassamine Mather on the Women's Movement and Shia Islam
20.00: Panel: Socialist or Radical Feminism?
21:45: The Bogus Woman, a play by Kay Adshead
Saturday 1st March
11.00: Jerry Cohen on what Happened to the Working Classes
14.00: Paul Jakubovic on the Problem with Dialectics
16.00: Ilan Pappe on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
18:00: Ian Saville performing Socialist Magic Tricks
20.00: Panel: Where Now for the Left?
Sunday 2nd March
11.00: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Race and Playwriting in Britain today
14.00: Chris Cramer on the Relationship between Conflict and Capitalism
16.00: Bernard O'Donoghue on Poetry and Politics
18:00: Marc Mulholland on Marxism and history
20.00: Panel: Is Marxism still Necessary to Understand and Change the World?
21:45: Resisting Paradise, A Film by Barbara Hammer on the French Resistance during WWII
There will be stalls running throughout the weekend, run by groups including:
Living Wage Campaign; FELLOW; Free West Papua; Green Party; SWP; Socialist Party; Save Radley Lakes; Oxford-Ramallah Friendship Association; Jericho Community Boatyard; Corporate Watch; Grassroots Action on Food and Farming; Activists Legal Project; No CCTV on Cowley Road; Network of Women for Peace and Justice; Campaign to Close Campsfield; and others still to be confirmed!
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