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Oxford Radical Forum 2010

Ben Pritchett | 04.03.2010 22:30 | Anti-racism | Gender | Social Struggles | Oxford

We are proud and excited to present to you the third Oxford Radical Forum, taking place Friday - Sunday, 5 - 7 March.

The Oxford Radical Forum is a FREE three-day event bringing people together to discuss and debate key issues for the left and critical political thought, from climate-change to women's liberation, culture, racism and resistance.

FRI

2:30 – 3:45

:: DIRECT ACTION WORKSHOP

With the ‘Seeds For Change’ collective.

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4:30 – 6:00

:: ENGLAND’S POST-IMPERIAL MELANCHOLIA

Paul Gilroy (author, There Aint no Black in the Union Jack; Anthony Giddens Prof., London School of Economics).

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6:45 – 8:15

:: THE BLACK AND THE RED: MARXISM & ANARCHISM TODAY

Paul Blackledge (author, Reflections on the Marxist Theory of History; Leeds Metropolitan University); Ruth Kinna (author, William Morris: The Art of Socialism; editor, Anarchist Studies; Loughborough University).

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8:30-…

:: FORUM DINNER

All Forum attendees welcome…

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SAT

11:00 – 12:15

:: COMMONWEALTH AND CONVIVIALITY: ANTI-CAPITALISM AND THE POLITICS OF PLEASURE

Kate Soper (author, The Politics and Pleasures of Consuming Differently; Londen Metropolitan University); Jeremy Gilbert (author, Anti-capitalism and Culture; University of East London).

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1:15 – 2:30

:: PAN-AFRICANISM IN THE 21st CENTURY

Patricia Daley (author, Gender and Genocide in Burundi; Oxford University).

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3:00 – 4:15

:: FIGHTING FASCISM, RACISM AND IMMIGRATION CONTROLS TODAY

Teresa Hayter (author Open Borders: The Case against Immigration Controls; Campaign to Close Campfield); Anindya Bhattacharyya (Unite Against Fascism).

:: BODY POLITIC DRAMA WORKSHOP

Caitlin McLeod and Cara Verkerk (Warwick University, Theatre Studies Finalists).

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4:45 – 6:00

:: DISASTER POLITICS IN HAITI: AID, EXPLOITATION AND THE ARMY

Peter Hallward (author, Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment; Middlesex University), Richard Seymour (author, The Liberal Defense of Murder; blogs at ‘LENIN’S TOMB’).

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7:00 – 8:30

:: ONE MILLION CLIMATE JOBS – NOW!

Jonathan Neale (author, Stop Global Warming, Change the World; International Secretary, Campaign against Climate Change); former Vestas worker and occupier (TBC).

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9:00 – 3:00 (a.m.!)

PERFORMANCE // SPOKEN WORD // GIG // DJs
@ “THE CELLAR”

An eclectic mixture of live music, spoken word and comedy, arts-performance, and – after midnight – serious dance music until late.

Featuring:
Mr Shaodow, Babygravy, King of Cats

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SUN

1:15 – 2:30

:: UTOPIAN ORGANISATION IN MUSIC

Adam Harper (musician; blogs at Rouge’s Foam).

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3:00 – 4:15

:: MILITANT MODERNISM AND THE RUINS OF BRITISH UTOPIA

Owen Hatherley (author, Militant Modernism; architectural critic).

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4:45 – 6:00

:: INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY: LIBERATION NOW

Nina Power (author, One-Dimensional Woman; Roehampton University) and Laurie Penny (writer and blogger at Penny Red).

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7:00 – 8:30

:: CONTEMPORARY POLITICS IN FRANCE AND THE NOUVEAU PARTI ANTICAPITALISTE

Stathis Kouvelakis (author, Philosophy and Revolution; editor, A Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism; NPA member; Kings College London).

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8:45 – Late

DRINKS AND FAREWELLS

Ben Pritchett
- e-mail: PritchettBen@googlemail.com
- Homepage: http://oxfordradicalforum.net/

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