Future Visions - The 2010 Socialist Party Summer School

[JimN]

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This year's weekend of talks and discussion looks to the future. But what kind of future? For centuries, people have imagined utopias where advances in technology and attitudes create freedom for all. Or, they have described dystopias, where society turns into a nightmare. Back in the real world, how will capitalism survive and adapt to ongoing economic and environmental concerns? And what kind of socialist society can we aim for as an antidote to this?

The talks for this year's 'Future Visions' Summer School are as follows:

Socialism And Singularity - Bill Martin

Confounding Catastrophism - Andy P Davies
(the above two talks are discussing possible future trends in capitalism)

The Curse of Looking Backwards - Simon Wigley

Dystopias: A Pessimist's Guide To The Future - Mike Foster

Imagining A Socialist Society - Janet Surman

For further information and to make a booking please visit The Socialist Party of Great Britain website:
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sumskool.html

You can also find us on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288171038660&index=1

[which doctor]

Whoever designed that logo should be immediately sent to the Adobe re-education camp.

[JimN]

Whoever designed that logo should be immediately sent to the Adobe re-education camp.

Where's that? New Mexico?

[JimN]

A reminder that the Socialist Party of Great Britain’s Summer School is being held on the long weekend 23rd – 25th July at Fircroft College , Birmingham .

This year’s weekend of talks and discussion looks to the future. But what kind of future?

As Simon Wigley discusses in his talk, for centuries, people have imagined utopias where advances in technology and attitudes create freedom for all. Or, they have described dystopias, where society turns into a nightmare, as Mike Foster will cover. Back in the real world, Andy P Davies and Bill Martin each discuss how capitalism could survive and adapt to ongoing environmental and economic concerns, and socialist responses to this. More optimistically, Janet Surman explores what a socialist society could be like and why it’s the best kind of future to aim for.

Full residential cost is £130 (concessions £80) – including accommodation and all meals.

Full non-residential cost (including lunch and dinner) is £50.

People are welcome to drop in for the talks, but please let us know beforehand.

For more details, e-mail Mike at [email protected]

or

For further information and to make a booking please visit The Socialist Party of Great Britain website:
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sumskool.html

You can also find us on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...038660&index=1

[JimN]

A reminder that the Socialist Party of Great Britain’s Summer School is being held on the long weekend 23rd – 25th July at Fircroft College , Birmingham .

This year’s weekend of talks and discussion looks to the future. But what kind of future?

As Simon Wigley discusses in his talk, for centuries, people have imagined utopias where advances in technology and attitudes create freedom for all. Or, they have described dystopias, where society turns into a nightmare, as Mike Foster will cover. Back in the real world, Andy P Davies and Bill Martin each discuss how capitalism could survive and adapt to ongoing environmental and economic concerns, and socialist responses to this. More optimistically, Janet Surman explores what a socialist society could be like and why it’s the best kind of future to aim for.

Full residential cost is £130 (concessions £80) – including accommodation and all meals.

Full non-residential cost (including lunch and dinner) is £50.

People are welcome to drop in for the talks, but please let us know beforehand.

For more details, e-mail Mike at [email protected]

or

For further information and to make a booking please visit The Socialist Party of Great Britain website:
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sumskool.html

You can also find us on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...038660&index=1

[The Idler]

Whoever designed that logo should be immediately sent to the Adobe re-education camp.Is this attached image more easy on the eye?

[JimN]

Is this attached image more easy on the eye?

Thank you. For an idler you've been pretty busy. I've passed the design on to the guy who's organising the event.

[The Idler]

Thanks, the idle philosophy is for everyone to do work that they want to do, rather than useless toil, so it was no trouble really.

[JimN]

This is just a reminder of this year's Summer School, being held 23rd - 25th July at Fircroft College, Birmingham. The weekend's theme is 'Future Visions' - different perspectives on what the future might bring...

Friday evening - Simon Wigley - The Curse of Looking Backwards (utopias)
Saturday morning - Mike Foster - A Pessimist's Guide To The Future (dystopias). This talk comes with your very own free Pessimist's Guide To The Future!
Saturday afternoon - Andy P Davies - Confounding Catastrophism (future trends in capitalism)
Saturday evening - Bill Martin - Socialism And Singularity (future trends in capitalism)
Sunday morning - Janet Surman - Imagining A Socialist Society

There will also be a session about Stan Parker's book 'Towards 2100 - From Capitalism To Socialism' on Saturday afternoon. There's a free copy of Stan's book for all attendees.

The full residential cost (including accommodation and meals Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) is £130. The concessionary rate is £80. The non-residential cost (including meals but not accommodation) is £50. People are welcome to just drop in for the talks, but please let me know beforehand. So I can confirm numbers to the venue, I need to have booking in by Thursday 15th July.

For more information, e-mail me at [email protected] ([email protected])

Mike

[Fietsketting]

Simon Wigley - The Curse of Looking Backwards (utopias)

Mike Foster - A Pessimist's Guide To The Future (dystopias).
This talk comes with your very own free Pessimist's Guide To The Future!
That looks quite intresting actually.

[JimN]

That looks quite intresting actually.

Yes. Intriguing isn't it?