Comrade Marcel
27th October 2003, 23:52
Greetings,
Socialist Alternative & Young Left will be hosting Marxist study groups every Saturday from 3pm to 6pm starting on November 1st and ending November 29th.
The location of the study groups will be the International Student Centre (http://www.library.utoronto.ca/isc/) (33 St. George, North of College (map) (http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=qxlQ8Op_0TqMgxkxRkpjM7gEBrTcEQ--&csz=toronto&country=ca)) in the Rose Wolfe Room.
Anyone is welcome to participate!
Please try to read atleast the main readings (as much as possible), which should be around 10 pages. The extra readings are optional but recommended. If you need printed copies, get in touch with us (info below readings).
1) From anti-capitalism to socialist: an answer to globalisation (November 1st, 2003 - 3:PM to 6:PM)
Main reading:
The Principles of Communism (Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...11/prin-com.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm)
Extra readings:
Communist Manifesto (Marx/Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...festo/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm)
Demands of the Communist Party in Germany (Marx/Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works.../1848/03/24.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/03/24.htm)
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...-utop/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm)
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2) Reform or Revolution? (Nov. 8th, 2003 - 3PM to 6pm)
Main reading:
Reform or Revolution (Luxemburg)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/...ution/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1900/reform-revolution/index.htm)
Extra readings:
Critique of the Gotha Program (Marx)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...gotha/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/index.htm)
What is Bolshevism? (Luxemburg)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/.../bolshevism.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1919/misc/bolshevism.htm)
Two Tactics of Social Demcoracy (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...-tact/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/two-tact/index.htm)
The Collapse of the Second International (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...915/jun/x01.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/jun/x01.htm)
The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky (lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...1918/oct/10.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/oct/10.htm)
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3) The Russian Revolution (Nov. 15th 2003 - 3PM to 6PM)
Main readings:
April Theses (lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...1917/apr/04.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/apr/04.htm)
In Defence of October (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...32/1932-oct.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1932/1932-oct.htm)
Extra readings:
The Tasks of the Proletariat in our Revolution (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...tasks/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/tasks/index.htm)
1918 Constitution of the RSFSR
http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/gover.../1918/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/government/constitution/1918/index.htm)
The Permanent Revolution (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...1-tpv/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1931-tpv/index.htm)
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4) What happened to the Russian Revolution (Trotskyism) (Nov. 22nd 2003 - 3pm to 6pm)
Main readings:
Stalinism and Bolshevism (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...37/1937-sta.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1937/1937-sta.htm)
Socialism in a Separate Country (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...30-hrr/ch50.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1930-hrr/ch50.htm)
Lenin's Last Testament (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...tamnt/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1922/dec/testamnt/index.htm)
On Lenin's Testament (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...32/1932-len.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1932/1932-len.htm)
I Stake my life (Trotsky)
Extra readings:
Letter to Comrade Stalin (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...1923/mar/05.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1923/mar/05.htm)
The Revolution Betrayed (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...6-rev/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1936-rev/index.htm)
Thermidor and Bonapartism (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...1-thermidor.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1931/1931-thermidor.htm)
The Stalin School of Falsification (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...7-st2/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1937-st2/index.htm)
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5) The Revolutionary Party (Nov. 29th 2003 - 3pm to 6pm)
What is to be done?(What kind of organisation do we require?) (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...d/ch05.htm#05_C (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/ch05.htm#05_C)
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (reply to Luxemburg) (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...904/sep/15a.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1904/sep/15a.htm)
The Transitional Program (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...38-tp/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1938-tp/index.htm)
The Revolutionary Party and Its Role in the Struggle for Socialism (Cannon)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/wor.../1967/party.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/works/1967/party.htm)
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If you would like more information, please email [email protected] or call 416.295.8404
Also please visit the following websites: http://www.socialistalternative.ca - http://www.rebelyouth.ca
Socialist Alternative & Young Left will be hosting Marxist study groups every Saturday from 3pm to 6pm starting on November 1st and ending November 29th.
The location of the study groups will be the International Student Centre (http://www.library.utoronto.ca/isc/) (33 St. George, North of College (map) (http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=qxlQ8Op_0TqMgxkxRkpjM7gEBrTcEQ--&csz=toronto&country=ca)) in the Rose Wolfe Room.
Anyone is welcome to participate!
Please try to read atleast the main readings (as much as possible), which should be around 10 pages. The extra readings are optional but recommended. If you need printed copies, get in touch with us (info below readings).
1) From anti-capitalism to socialist: an answer to globalisation (November 1st, 2003 - 3:PM to 6:PM)
Main reading:
The Principles of Communism (Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...11/prin-com.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm)
Extra readings:
Communist Manifesto (Marx/Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...festo/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm)
Demands of the Communist Party in Germany (Marx/Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works.../1848/03/24.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/03/24.htm)
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Engels)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...-utop/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm)
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2) Reform or Revolution? (Nov. 8th, 2003 - 3PM to 6pm)
Main reading:
Reform or Revolution (Luxemburg)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/...ution/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1900/reform-revolution/index.htm)
Extra readings:
Critique of the Gotha Program (Marx)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works...gotha/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/index.htm)
What is Bolshevism? (Luxemburg)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/.../bolshevism.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1919/misc/bolshevism.htm)
Two Tactics of Social Demcoracy (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...-tact/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/two-tact/index.htm)
The Collapse of the Second International (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...915/jun/x01.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/jun/x01.htm)
The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky (lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...1918/oct/10.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/oct/10.htm)
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3) The Russian Revolution (Nov. 15th 2003 - 3PM to 6PM)
Main readings:
April Theses (lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...1917/apr/04.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/apr/04.htm)
In Defence of October (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...32/1932-oct.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1932/1932-oct.htm)
Extra readings:
The Tasks of the Proletariat in our Revolution (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...tasks/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/tasks/index.htm)
1918 Constitution of the RSFSR
http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/gover.../1918/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/government/constitution/1918/index.htm)
The Permanent Revolution (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...1-tpv/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1931-tpv/index.htm)
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4) What happened to the Russian Revolution (Trotskyism) (Nov. 22nd 2003 - 3pm to 6pm)
Main readings:
Stalinism and Bolshevism (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...37/1937-sta.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1937/1937-sta.htm)
Socialism in a Separate Country (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...30-hrr/ch50.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1930-hrr/ch50.htm)
Lenin's Last Testament (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...tamnt/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1922/dec/testamnt/index.htm)
On Lenin's Testament (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...32/1932-len.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1932/1932-len.htm)
I Stake my life (Trotsky)
Extra readings:
Letter to Comrade Stalin (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...1923/mar/05.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1923/mar/05.htm)
The Revolution Betrayed (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...6-rev/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1936-rev/index.htm)
Thermidor and Bonapartism (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...1-thermidor.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1931/1931-thermidor.htm)
The Stalin School of Falsification (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...7-st2/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1937-st2/index.htm)
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5) The Revolutionary Party (Nov. 29th 2003 - 3pm to 6pm)
What is to be done?(What kind of organisation do we require?) (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...d/ch05.htm#05_C (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/ch05.htm#05_C)
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (reply to Luxemburg) (Lenin)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...904/sep/15a.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1904/sep/15a.htm)
The Transitional Program (Trotsky)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/wo...38-tp/index.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1938-tp/index.htm)
The Revolutionary Party and Its Role in the Struggle for Socialism (Cannon)
http://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/wor.../1967/party.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/works/1967/party.htm)
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If you would like more information, please email [email protected] or call 416.295.8404
Also please visit the following websites: http://www.socialistalternative.ca - http://www.rebelyouth.ca