SPGB Summer School - June 20-22, 2014

[whichfinder]

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The SPGB's Summer School this year will be on the theme of 'War' to coincide with the centenary of the outbreak of WW1 and be held between Friday, 20th June and Sunday, 22nd June at Fircroft College, 1018 Bristol Rd, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6LH

http://fircroft.ac.uk/about-us/location/ (http://fircroft.ac.uk/about-us/location/)

"Capitalism causes war. In the last hundred years there has been a proliferation of war: two world wars, countless other conflicts and civil wars, the Cold War with its threat of nuclear armageddon, and today the 'War on Terror'. Socialists do not support wars, which veil the class struggle by developing a false sense of identity between the working class and the capitalist class.

The interests of the two classes are always antagonist, and that is why as socialists we speak of the class war. Socialism means, among other things, internationalism, rather than nationalism which always contributes to war.

Our weekend of talks, workshops and discussion will examine the role of war in capitalism and how only socialism can abolish war from the Earth."

Full residential rate: £80
Concessionary residential rate: £40
Day visitors are welcome but please book in advance

The above rates include all talks and meals plus two nights accommodation

Email:[email protected] with any enquiries

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-2014-birmingham

[The Idler]

two questions that revlefters might be wanting to know


will there be sessions other than on war
will there be any film screenings?

[whichfinder]

two questions that revlefters might be wanting to know


will there be sessions other than on war
will there be any film screenings?



All will soon be revealed... :lol:

[whichfinder]

UPDATE

Our weekend of talks, workshops and discussion will examine the role of war in capitalism and how only socialism can abolish war from the Earth.

Full residential rate: £80

Concessionary residential rate: £40

Day visitors are welcome but please book in advance

The above rates include all talks and meals plus two nights accommodation

To make a booking, send a cheque (payable to The Socialist Party of Great Britain) to:

Summer School
Sutton Farm
Aldborough
Boroughbridge
York
YO51 9ER

Or book online:
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/catalog/summer-school

Email: [email protected] with any enquiries

Details of talks, etc. to follow


http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-2014-birmingham

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[whichfinder]

These are the talks planned for the SPGB's Summer School - June 20th/22nd


Friday evening: Marx's attitude to war: was he right or wrong?

Saturday morning:In whose interests? The outbreak of the First World War.

Saturday afternoon:'The working class was in the saddle': Social revolution in the Spanish Civil War.

Saturday afternoon:Workshop on class war, gender wars and war of all against all.

Saturday evening: Here come the WAR! robots: technology and warfare in capitalism.

Sunday morning: Life in the Cold War.

Full residential rate: £80
Concessionary residential rate: £40

(The above rates include all talks and meals plus two nights accommodation)

Day visitors are welcome, but please book in advance.

To book or for further information click on the link below:
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/e...014-birmingham (http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-2014-birmingham)

The weekend will also include an exhibition on the SPGB and war, an exclusive pamphlet, film showings and a book stall.

[whichfinder]

Preparations for Summer School are going well. As well as the talks, discussions and socialising, there are a few extras in the pipeline. Everyone coming along will receive an exclusive publication which looks at how wars have been represented on film, and the exhibition on the SPGB during the Second World War is also taking shape. There are still places available, so please make a booking for the highlight of the SPGB calendar!

http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-2014-birmingham

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Nothing on minority groups' liberation?

[whichfinder]

Nothing on minority groups' liberation?

Nope, but they'll be plenty on the majority group's liberation, the working class...

[Hrafn]

I assume there's not going to be anything on the destruction of the family as a social unit either? :rolleyes:

[The Idler]

I assume there's not going to be anything on the destruction of the family as a social unit either? :rolleyes:
Family in Class Society was the title of the talk on Friday 12th July 2013 at last years summer school (see here http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-2013-birmingham). Have you been to many SPGB summer schools?

[Hrafn]

Christ, it was a sarcastic reference to another thread. Of course I haven't - no sane person would want to.

[whichfinder]

Christ, it was a sarcastic reference to another thread. Of course I haven't - no sane person would want to.

Want to what?: destroy the family? :laugh:

[Hrafn]

Been to many of your little Summer activities. I've seen photos from Swedish equivalents - they look drab.

[The Idler]

Christ, it was a sarcastic reference to another thread. Of course I haven't - no sane person would want to.
No sane person would assume 'there's not going to be anything on the destruction of the family as a social unit' when there was just that, a talk entitled 'Family in Class society', at the last event of SPGB summer school less than a year ago. Since 'sarcastic' usually means a remark with the opposite meaning, I'll leave it to others to judge whether your remark was 'sarcastic'. Perhaps however you could tell us whether snide remarks are (to paraphrase your remark from that other thread) the 'type of behaviour that's holding us back.'

[whichfinder]

Just over two weeks now left to book for the SPGB's Summer School in Birmingham. There are are a few places left but they will soon be gone.

As already outlined the theme for this year's weekend is 'War', and there's a packed programme including five talks, one workshop session, an exhibition about the SPGB and the Second World War, a film showing, the première of the new pamphlet about war, an exclusive publication about war films, and literature stalls.

There'll also be plenty of time for socialising over a meal, in the venue's gardens and down the pub. The event is being held over the long weekend 20th - 22nd June at Fircroft College in Birmingham.

The cost, which includes accommodation and meals, is an incredible £80 or £40 concessions.

For more details, follow this link: http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-2014-birmingham


Attendees at the event will also be able to get another exclusive publication - a pamphlet titled 'Hatari! Africa, War and HIV' by Steve Clayton, on top of the (100 pages+) War Films book and the première of the new SPGB pamphlet on the First World War.

[The Idler]

a film showing sounds great

[Blake's Baby]

Been to many of your little Summer activities. I've seen photos from Swedish equivalents - they look drab.

The SPGB has Swedish equivalents? I think the world needs to know this.

If the world does know it, then I apologise, I must have been dozing when someone read the memo.

[Baritz]

The SPGB has Swedish equivalents? I think the world needs to know this.

If the world does know it, then I apologise, I must have been dozing when someone read the memo.


Hrafn might be doing the usual mix-up of Socialist Party (SPEW) and Socialist Party (SPGB), but in fact the latter did have a Swedish 'Companion Party' sometime in the 1980s, I think. Mind you, I very much doubt they had a Summer School-type gathering

[Blake's Baby]

I remember the Austrians ('Revolutionary Socialist Group', or something?). I don't remember the Swedes.

[Baritz]

I remember the Austrians ('Revolutionary Socialist Group', or something?). I don't remember the Swedes.

The Swedish lot began informally in the early 1970s, producing a journal called 'Världssocialism'. This led to individuals in Uppsala and Stockholm forming the Världssocialistiska Gruppen (the World Socialist Group) in 1979. I'm not sure if they ever did get round to declaring themselves to be a 'Party'...

I think that the Austrian Impossibilists, The League of Democratic Socialists (Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten) joined up with the SPGB in the 'World Socialist Movement' in the late 1960s, but it all ended in disgrace! According to Wiki, the Bund began to print "a number of nationalistic, anti-immigration articles. As the opinions expressed in these articles could not be reconciled with the WSM's Declaration of Principles, the Bund was dropped as a WSM companion party circa 2003." Crikey :o

[Blake's Baby]

Quote function has gone screwey again I'm afraid.

"The Swedish lot began informally in the early 1970s, producing a journal called 'Världssocialism'. This led to individuals in Uppsala and Stockholm forming the Världssocialistiska Gruppen (the World Socialist Group) in 1979. I'm not sure if they ever did get round to declaring themselves to be a 'Party'..."

Thanks, I don't speak Swedish pareticularly, but I speak European. I got "Världssocialistiska Gruppen".

"I think that the Austrian Impossibilists, The League of Democratic Socialists (Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten) joined up with the SPGB in the 'World Socialist Movement' in the late 1960s, but it all ended in disgrace! According to Wiki, the Bund began to print "a number of nationalistic, anti-immigration articles. As the opinions expressed in these articles could not be reconciled with the WSM's Declaration of Principles, the Bund was dropped as a WSM companion party circa 2003." Crikey :o"

Yes, when I first discovered the SPGB in the late 1990s, they had an Austrian affiliate, which disappeared in the early 2000s. I seem to remember hearing they'd been expelled from the WSM for nationalism.

Really couldn't remember what they were called and couldn't be bothered to go hunting through back copies of the Standard to find out, though.

[whichfinder]

Only a week to go! If you've already made a booking, you should have received further details already. Please let me know if you haven't. If you still want to make a booking, there's still just about time!

Details are here: http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-2014-birmingham

[whichfinder]

The audio recordings of the recent SPGB Summer School in Birmingham are now available here at:
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio (http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldsocialism.org%2Fspgb %2Faudio&h=fAQH7SvTQ&enc=AZOJwsoCy1muX9uktnkxRosY7aj39pcymhDwjNtB-v3APmEVwUzNUGZoigemhO6nBp3Ddvevj7aHGHpuptdqg4T4DSh 264uf4DJt1c3Kv_gT-Q2__0wYeMYAVRJ0hkKsitif0mZ-ep0A7GvqbMDd5zVo&s=1)

These are the talks -

01 Adam Buick - Marx's attitude to war: was he right or wrong?
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/marxs-attitude-war-was-he-right-or-wrong (http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldsocialism.org%2Fspgb %2Faudio%2Fmarxs-attitude-war-was-he-right-or-wrong&h=xAQGjaddh&enc=AZPH93kLCjHv9kPe1_vEY99b64kKqIvjQ9Zyc7hWrXdHl5 X0ECLDhw6Fc9lQ1PeTChvV7s-BbjxqggdRph0wzoRj28UNc8ski7-DRFqbGeMoxEr80XCo-K2qXkRhzx-IwO1MHYgtr03nfYFFZZnHvxNc&s=1)

02 Gwynn Thomas - In whose interests? The outbreak of the First World War
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/whose-interests-outbreak-first-world-war (http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldsocialism.org%2Fspgb %2Faudio%2Fwhose-interests-outbreak-first-world-war&h=tAQH9UIL9&enc=AZOEWBTq8lLLCcXU2q6-DwwyYIH05ERgso4iYs8rTnsUe9jU49nis208Rtb77NkblDSUX9 yHW7gSFO_Cl3I9ZQxoJFcXDWfKuJRD45aWvCrTqDsHEfApvKIc luuhZ8X8KW2C-lOh1v0QZUHsy5nrSOOO&s=1)

03 Steve Clayton - The working class was in the saddle: Social revolution in the Spanish Civil War
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/working-class-was-saddle-social-revolution-spanish-civil-war

04 Richard Field - Class war, gender wars and war of all against all
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/class-war-gender-wars-and-war-all-against-all

05 Bill Martin - Here come the WAR robots: technology and warfare in capitalism
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/here-come-war-robots-technology-and-warfare-capitalism

06 Mike Foster - Life in the Cold War
http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/life-cold-war