This weekend, Socialist Appeal and the Marxist Student Federation invite our activists, supporters, and readers to REVOLUTION 2015: a weekend of talks, discussions, and debates about revolutionary ideas and socialist alternatives. Come along and join in with the discussion about the Marxist ideas and revolutionary action needed to change society.
This weekend – from today (26th June) to Sunday (28th June) – Socialist Appeal and the Marxist Student Federation invite our activists, supporters, and readers to REVOLUTION 2015: a weekend of talks, discussions, and debates about revolutionary ideas and socialist alternatives, covering Marxist theory, history, current events, and action. Hosted by the UCLU Marxist Society.
There’s still time to book a ticket, or turn up and pay on the door. With speakers from SYRIZA, Podemos, and the Green Party, as well as sessions on “What is Money?”, “Marxism and Anarchism”, and “The Life and Ideas of Leon Trotsky”, this promises to be a fantastic weekend of talks and discussion about the Marxist ideas and revolutionary action needed to change society.
- 26th-28th June
- UCL, London
- £10 waged / £5 unwaged
- Food and drink on offer throughout the weekend
- Free accomodation available – please get in touch about availability
contact@marxiststudent.com for more info or to book a place. Alternatively, buy your ticket below.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
All meetings are held in UCL on Gower Street, either in the Cruicform Building (B404, Lecture Theatre 2) or the Wilkins Building (Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre 2). See maps below for more details.
We also include links to recommended background reading for all the discussions.
Friday 26th June
1pm-4pm: Lenin Walk – join Rob Sewell, Editor of Socialist Appeal, for a free guided tour of the locations in London where Lenin and the Bolsheviks organised and socialised, ending for a drink in the pub where supporters of the 1871 Paris Commune (including Marx) met and drank.
Meet at 1pm outside Kings Cross station, at the front. Look for the big red flag! Ring 07981038708 if there are problems finding us.
5pm-6pm: Registration (Cruciform, B404 LT2)
6pm-8pm: The Political Earthquakes in Britain – Rob Sewell, Editor of Socialist Appeal, and Ben Gliniecki from the Marxist Student Federation (Cruciform, B404 LT2)
Saturday 27th June
10am-10.30am: Registration (Cruciform, B404 LT2 and Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
11am-1pm: The Revolution Betrayed: The Soviet Union and Stalinism – Sam Ashton (Cruciform, B404 LT2)
11am-1pm: What is Money? – Adam Booth, editor of www.socialist.net (Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
1pm-2pm: Break
2pm-4pm: The Rise of Podemos – Arturo Rodriguez, founder of the Oxford Podemos Circle (Cruciform, B404 LT2)
2pm-4pm: Reason in Revolt: Marxism, Philosophy, and Science – Alan Woods, author of Reason in Revolt (Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
4-4.30pm: Break
4.30pm-7pm: Syriza, Greece, and the Euro Crisis – Orestis Doulos (Syriza Central Committee member) and Jorge Martin of the International Marxist Tendency (Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
7pm-11pm: The Revolutionary Party – social (Chadwick Building, room G08)
Sunday 28th June
10am-10.30am: Registration (Cruciform, B404 LT2 and Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
11am-1pm: The Life and Ideas of Leon Trotsky – Alan Woods, author of Lenin and Trotsky: What They Really Stood For (Cruciform, B404 LT2)
11am-1pm: Marxism and Anarchism – Daniel Morley, Editorial Board of Socialist Appeal (Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
1pm-2pm: Break
2pm-4pm: The Rise of Class Society – Stella Christou, Marxist Student Federation Executive Committee and anthropologist (Cruciform, B404 LT2)
2pm-4pm: Climate change, Crisis, and Capitalism – panel discussion with Shahrar Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, and Adam Booth, editor of www.socialist.net (Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
4-5pm: The System is Broken; We Need a Revolution! – closing remarks by Alan Woods of the International Marxist Tendency (Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT)
