MARXISM2010 - 5-day Political festival in central London
[Bristol] Dave | 21.06.2010 20:22
1-5 July
Visit www.marxismfestival.org.uk/ and follow the links for FULL TIMETABLE of 100s of workshops and other political and cultural events.
Marxism is the largest left wing gathering in Britain-and one of the largest in the world.
Thousands of participants - trade unionists, students, activists and academics, and those simply interested in how the world can be changed - converge on London to discuss the ideas that have inspired the struggles of the exploited and dispossessed.
But this year's event has a special urgency. For three years capitalism has been in crisis. Now, in Britain and beyond, we face an assault on our livelihoods, our public services and our right to work on a scale unseen for generations.
This assault comes at a moment of political weakness for our rulers as old ideological certainties melt into air and as the mainstream parties struggle to connect with ordinary voters.
This will frame the debates and discussions at Marxism 2010, where the best speakers on the left will introduce over 200 workshops, panels, film showings and rallies. There will be opportunities to meet activists from every continent and from every arena of struggle. If you wish to be there, book your ticket now.
Latest speakers include:
- Gaza freedom flotilla survivor, Kevin Ovenden, on "Palestine's fight for freedom"
- Eamonn McCann on "The Bloody Sunday Enquiry"
Other highlights include:
- Slavoj Zizek joins a panel on the idea of communism
- Sheila Rowbotham on her new book, Dreamers of a New Day: Women who invented the 20th Century
- Gerry Conlon, Moazzam Begg & Gareth Peirce join a panel discussion on civil liberties
- John Holloway discusses his new book Crack Capitalism
- Gary Younge looks at Obama's record and the US right
- Hester Eisenstein speaks on her book Feminism Seduced
- Panos Garganas brings news from the struggle in Greece
- Michael Rosen hosts an evening of poetry
- Matt Wrack & Jeremy Dear join discussions with other trade unionists
- Gilbert Achcar speaks on his new book The Arabs and the Holocaust
- Hannah Dee speaks on the struggle for LGBT liberation
- Jeremy Corbyn joins a series of meetings on Latin America
- Joseph Choonara, Andrew Kliman & Alfredo Saad-Filho discuss Marxist theory and capitalist crisis
- Tony Benn speaks on democracy
- Alex Callinicos asks where next for the left after the election
- Die Linke German MP Christine Buchholz talks on Afghanistan and joins a panel on the radical left
- Martin Smith & Weyman Bennett on the fight against fascism
- István Mészáros discusses alternatives to parliamentarism
- Judith Orr asks what makes you working class
- Steven Rose discusses the future of the brain
- Haifa Zangana, Sami Ramadani, Riaz Ahmed & others discuss Iraq & Afghanistan
- Ghada Karmi speaks on Palestine's fight for freedom
- Tariq Ali speaks on the perils of Islamophobia
- Costas Lapavitsas speaks on the crisis in the Eurozone
- China Mièville examines how we judge art
Hosted by the SWP.
Visit www.marxismfestival.org.uk/ and follow the links for FULL TIMETABLE of 100s of workshops and other political and cultural events.
Marxism is the largest left wing gathering in Britain-and one of the largest in the world.
Thousands of participants - trade unionists, students, activists and academics, and those simply interested in how the world can be changed - converge on London to discuss the ideas that have inspired the struggles of the exploited and dispossessed.
But this year's event has a special urgency. For three years capitalism has been in crisis. Now, in Britain and beyond, we face an assault on our livelihoods, our public services and our right to work on a scale unseen for generations.
This assault comes at a moment of political weakness for our rulers as old ideological certainties melt into air and as the mainstream parties struggle to connect with ordinary voters.
This will frame the debates and discussions at Marxism 2010, where the best speakers on the left will introduce over 200 workshops, panels, film showings and rallies. There will be opportunities to meet activists from every continent and from every arena of struggle. If you wish to be there, book your ticket now.
Latest speakers include:
- Gaza freedom flotilla survivor, Kevin Ovenden, on "Palestine's fight for freedom"
- Eamonn McCann on "The Bloody Sunday Enquiry"
Other highlights include:
- Slavoj Zizek joins a panel on the idea of communism
- Sheila Rowbotham on her new book, Dreamers of a New Day: Women who invented the 20th Century
- Gerry Conlon, Moazzam Begg & Gareth Peirce join a panel discussion on civil liberties
- John Holloway discusses his new book Crack Capitalism
- Gary Younge looks at Obama's record and the US right
- Hester Eisenstein speaks on her book Feminism Seduced
- Panos Garganas brings news from the struggle in Greece
- Michael Rosen hosts an evening of poetry
- Matt Wrack & Jeremy Dear join discussions with other trade unionists
- Gilbert Achcar speaks on his new book The Arabs and the Holocaust
- Hannah Dee speaks on the struggle for LGBT liberation
- Jeremy Corbyn joins a series of meetings on Latin America
- Joseph Choonara, Andrew Kliman & Alfredo Saad-Filho discuss Marxist theory and capitalist crisis
- Tony Benn speaks on democracy
- Alex Callinicos asks where next for the left after the election
- Die Linke German MP Christine Buchholz talks on Afghanistan and joins a panel on the radical left
- Martin Smith & Weyman Bennett on the fight against fascism
- István Mészáros discusses alternatives to parliamentarism
- Judith Orr asks what makes you working class
- Steven Rose discusses the future of the brain
- Haifa Zangana, Sami Ramadani, Riaz Ahmed & others discuss Iraq & Afghanistan
- Ghada Karmi speaks on Palestine's fight for freedom
- Tariq Ali speaks on the perils of Islamophobia
- Costas Lapavitsas speaks on the crisis in the Eurozone
- China Mièville examines how we judge art
Hosted by the SWP.
[Bristol] Dave
Original article on IMC Bristol:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/692634