The International Marxist School 2014 begins in one week, taking place in the Bloomsbury area of London from 31st October to 2nd November. Hundreds of revolutionary youth and workers will be attending from across Britain and Europe for what promises to be an excellent weekend of discussions about Marxist ideas and their relevance to today. We publish here the full schedule for the weekend, including links to some recommended reading for each session.
The International Marxist School 2014 begins in one week, taking place in the Bloomsbury area of London from 31st October to 2nd November. Hundreds of revolutionary youth and workers will be attending from across Britain and Europe for what promises to be an excellent weekend of discussions about Marxist ideas and their relevance to today. We publish below the full schedule for the weekend, including links to some recommended reading for each session.
2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the First International by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels – the first attempt to create a revolutionary international organisation.
Today, one-and-a-half centuries later, we find ourselves with a world in crisis. We are living in the most turbulent period in history, with instability at every level: a global crisis of capitalism; geo-political turbulence in the Middle East and Ukraine; and mass movements breaking out across the world.
In this chaotic and turbulent time, only the clear ideas of Marxism can provide the compass needed to steer a steady course. There has never been a greater need for revolutionary international organisation built upon the solid base of Marxist theory.
Socialist Appeal and In Defence of Marxism invite our readers and supporters to the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) 2014 winter school, where speakers and attendees from across Britain and Europe will be discussing the importance of Marxism and its relevance to today.
- Dates: Friday 31st October – Sunday 2nd November
- Venue: London, Bloomsbury – UCL, SOAS, and Birkbeck
- Price: £10 unwaged (students / unemployed); £15 waged
- Food and drink on offer throughout the weekend
- Accommodation available – please get in touch about availability
Contact ben.g@socialist.net to reserve a place, or visit buy your ticket in advance through PayPal below.
Maps:
Bloomsbury area – nearest stations: Euston, Euston Square, Warren Street, Goodge Street, Russell Square
UCL (Gower Street)
SOAS (Thornaugh Street)
Birkbeck (Malet Street)
Friday 31st October
1:30pm: Marx walk around London – presented by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal (meet at the Anteros statue outside Piccadilly Circus – look out for the big red flag and ring 07803007758 if you can’t find us.)
4pm-6pm: 150 years since the First International – Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism (to be held in the former meeting place of the First International in 18 Greek Street, London)
7pm: A Spectre is Haunting Europe – revolutionary Halloween social; come dressed as your favourite deceased revolutionary! (SOAS, room L67)
Saturday 1st November
10:30am: Registration (UCL room South Wing G12 Council Room and Birkbeck room MAL B04)
11am-1pm: The mind, matter and materialism – Daniel Morley, editorial board of Socialist Appeal (Birkbeck room MAL B04)
11am-1pm: What will socialism look like? – Ben Gliniecki, national organiser of the Marxist Student Federation (UCL room South Wing G12 Council Room)
2pm-4pm: The life and ideas of Frederick Engels – Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal (SOAS room Kamran Djam Lecture Theatre)
2pm-4pm: Global crisis and revolution – which way forward for socialists? – Fred Weston, editor of www.marxist.com (UCL room South Wing G12 Council Room)
4:30pm-7pm: 25 years since the fall of the Berlin wall – the collapse of Stalinism – Alan Woods, author of Reform or Revolution, Reason in Revolt, and Bolshevism, the Road to Revolution (UCL room Wilkins Roof Garden Marquee)
7.30pm: Join the Party! – revolutionary social (UCL room Wilkins Roof Garden Marquee)
Sunday 2nd November
11am-1pm: Political history of the Middle East – John Pickard, author of Behind the Myths: the foundations of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (UCL room Wilkins Gustav Tuck Lecture Theatre)
11am-1pm: Solidarity with the kidnapped Mexican students – Jorge Martin, International Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela (UCL room Pearson G22 LT)
2pm-4pm: The crisis in modern science – Adam Booth, editor of www.socialist.net (UCL room Wilkins Gustav Tuck Lecture Theatre)
2pm-4pm: The ideas of Rosa Luxemburg – Marie Frederiksen, editor of the Danish Marxist newspaper Revolution (UCL room Pearson G22 LT)
4pm-5pm: Building the revolutionary party – Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism (UCL room Wilkins Gustav Tuck Lecture Theatre)
