Marxism 2002 - 22-24 November in Dublin

[BOZG]

Firstly I'd like to say that this even is being hosted by SWP and yes I hate them as much as everyone else but this conference looks pretty good.

So anyway here's the link: Marxism 2002 (http://www.swp.ie/html/Marxism%202002.htm)

[BOZG]

Here is the list to the courses I'll probably go to:

Friday

6.00-7.15 : Trotskyism After Trotsky or Israel And The Roots Of Zionism
7.30-9.00 : Building Resistance To Capital And War


Saturday

10.00-11.15 : From Plan Columbia To Argentina: Crisis And Revolt In Latin America
11.45-01.00 : From Malcolm X To The Black Panthers
02.00-03.15 : Strategy And Tactics Of The Communist International 1919-23
03.45-05.00 : The Corporate Media: Is "Big Brother" All Powerful? or What Is Neo-Liberalism?
07.00-08.30 : Anarchism: An Alternative To Marxism?


Sunday

10.00-11.15 : Is Fascism On The Rise In Europe? or Marx's Theory Of Crisis
11.45-01.00 : Can The Planet Survive?
02.00-03.15 : Marx And Democracy
03.30-04.45 : American Workers: Prisoners Of The American Dream or From Punk To Rap: How The Industry Steals Our Sounds or The Revolutionary Ideas Of Leon Trotsky
05.00-05.30 : Final Rally: A World To Win


Any help in choosing between the ors would be appreciated.


(Edited by BornOfZapatasGuns at 9:24 am on Oct. 23, 2002)

[James]

hmm, i got sent some stuff on that.

Isn't it London?

[BOZG]

This is the DUBLIN one for anyone interested.

[James]

hmmmmmmmmmmm, in that case go for the......................sunday actually. It looks the most interesting. Firday looks shite... erm...last day may have like "conclusions"...yeah sunday (Y)


(Edited by James at 10:17 pm on Oct. 23, 2002)

[James]

hehehe, arn't i a *****?

I'll change it laters...

[Reuben]

i went to the london one and it was fucking great. Really, i learnt so much. THe probably keep it to a weekend in DUln cos irish folk have a shorter concentration span ;) (J/K)

Anyway i share your feelings on the SWP, trust me by the end youll get sick of being asked to join

[canikickit]

I'd pick these ones:

Israel And The Roots Of Zionism
The Corporate Media: Is "Big Brother" All Powerful
Is Fascism On The Rise In Europe
From Punk To Rap: How The Industry Steals Our Sounds

[vox]

If it were me:

Trotskyism After Trotsky

The Corporate Media: Is "Big Brother" All Powerful? (though the other one could be interesting, depending on who is speaking)

Marx's Theory Of Crisis (hell of an important topic)

American Workers: Prisoners Of The American Dream (I do, after all, live in the USA, plus it sounds like it might get into the reasons why the proletariat is non-revolutionary in Western nations)

vox

[BOZG]

I was hoping everyone would agree so I'm still not sure of what to go to. So far I'm going to Big Brother but I'll have to see if I get any more opinions on the rest.

[BOZG]

Vox,

Just one thing about Marx's Theory of Crisis, would you reckon if would be heavy going because I don't want to go to anything too complicated as I don't think I'm mentally ready.

[Valkyrie]

It might be heavy but, just bring a notebook and take notes..

I would attend:

Trotskyism after Trotsky
Big Brother and Media..
and From Punk to Rap....

They all look interesting- The Anarchist Alternative looks really good.

Have fun!

[BOZG]

Don't worry I will. Well that's if my dad doesn't decide he wants to come along and listen to the stuff that brainwashes me. Idiot.

I plan to bring a notebook anyway to all the courses. Never know when you might need some of the facts.

[Valkyrie]

Yaa, bring your Da! I didn't see the option between Fascism on the Rise in Europe and Marx's Theory of Crisis. I would attend Fascism on the Rise.

[YKTMX]

Umm, what do you guys have against the SWP. An active revoltionary group with over 10 thousand members, sounds terrible!

[Conghaileach]

I'd probably go to

Friday
6:00-7:15 Trotskyism after Trotsky.

Saturday
3:45-5:00 Palestine, Arab workers and revolution (probably just because I know Davy Carlin somewhat)

Sunday
10:00-11:15 Marx's Theory of Crisis (though the Politics of Gerry Adams seems intriguing)
3:30-4:45 American workers: Prisoners of the American dream?

[vox]

It might be a bit heavy, but that's the kind of thing I like. You might want to check out The Marxian Crises Theory (http://www.neravt.com/left/crisispe.htm) to see if it's something you're intered in.

vox

[BOZG]

vox,

I would like to go to it aswell, I'm just not sure if I'm mentally strong enough for it yet and know enough about it to understand it.


Paris,

Please do not joke about bringing my dad. It is not a pleasant thought. He already flipped when I got leaflets from the Anarchist Federation and he almost accused me of joining the IRA because the leaflets had been delivered from Northern Ireland. It really shows his understanding of nationalism and anarchism. :biggrin:

(Edited by BornOfZapatasGuns at 4:40 pm on Nov. 20, 2002)