Welcome to Marxism 2019 A festival 4-7 July of socialist Queen Mary Hosted by University ideas the SWP

FINAL TIMETABLE Thursday 4 July SKEEL PP FOGG F PP1 PP PP2 PP 12.30-1.45pm Welcome CLIMATE THEORY INTERNATIONAL 101 KEY TO ROOMS Is overpopulation More than opium? Is China’s rise Is human nature PP: People’s Palace to blame for Marxism and sustainable? a barrier to GC: Grad Centre climate change? religion Adrian Budd socialism? : Fogg to Marxism Martin Empson Sue Caldwell Sophia Beach F 2.30-3.45pm STRATEGY Black Thinkers Matter Socialism 101 THEORY Brexit and the Walter Rodney Do we need Imperialism: unravelling of and revolution in violence to why does British politics: the Global South get real social capitalism Festival 2019 which way for Chin Chukwudinma change? create war? the left? Bethan Turner Antony Mark L Thomas Hamilton OVER THE next Tickets and Venues 4.15-5.30pm box office We are using the following four THEORY LIBERATION ECONOMICS WORKSHOP four days there will buildings at Marxism Festival. There Islamism: Trans resistance: Is there a Marxist Will the be debates, meetings, People’s is a map of them on the back page. ideology and socialism and the theory of crisis? revolution Palace foyer practice fight for trans Joseph Choonara be tweeted? culture and more to People’s Jad Bouharoun liberation Socialism and All tickets are available at the box Laura Miles social media discuss how we can office, and you can also pick up Palace (PP) Zak Cochrane change the world. replacement tickets here. This is the central hub for Marxism by Guy Smallman Photo Festival. Here you will find a We hope you enjoy the Accommodation Bookmarks bookstall, campaign stalls and the following meeting Opening rally event. If you have any office rooms: Great Hall, Skeel LT, PP1 and questions, please ask one People’s PP2. In the foyer you’ll find the box Rebellion office and accommodation office. of our team in the red Palace foyer in a world T-shirts. Come to the accommodation desk Grad Centre (GC) to find out about your booked The Grad Centre includes the main of crisis accommodation or if you have Bookmarks bookshop, crèche and Creche any questions. It is open during exhibition rooms. It also includes The opening rally is a Grad Centre, the breaks between sessions and meetings rooms Peston LT, GC201, highlight of Marxism. Make closes at 9pm. GC222 and GC203. 1st floor sure you don’t miss it! Speakers include: Opening times: Venue Fogg building (F) • Miguel Roldán, Spanish Thursday 12-1.45pm, accessibility In this venue, we are only using the firefighter facing jail for 2.15-5.30pm, 6.45-8.30pm Fogg lecture theatre. Friday, Saturday & Sunday We aim to make Marxism as helping refugees 9.45am-1pm, 2.15-5.30pm, accessible as possible. Please • Cyrus and Ivi, school 6.45-8.30pm speak to the team in the red T-shirts Drapers bar climate strikers if you have any questions. This is open for hot food and drinks • Melanie Strickland, Left luggage during Marxism. It is also where the Stansted 15 Saturday night party and the after • Venus Abduallah, There is a left luggage room in the Prayer rooms party take place. Sudanese revolutionary People’s Palace. Please speak to There are prayer rooms on campus the team for details. Luggage is left available throughout the event. Ask • Lynn Marie O’Hara, at your own risk. a team member for details Glasgow equal pay striker Thursday, 7pm Great Hall, People’s Palace, E1 4NS K marxismfestival.org.uk E Marxism Festival The opening rally at the 2017 festival Photo by Guy Smallman D @MarxismFestival Q marxism_festival #Marxism2019 Friday 5 July GREAT HALL PP SKEEL PP FOGG F PP1 PP PP2 PP GC201 GC CULTURE TENT 10-11.15am New this year KEY TO ROOMS Rebel Women CLIMATE ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PP: People’s Palace Angela Davis: Marxism and the An introduction to Venezuela: crisis Germany 1919: Anthropocene Marx’s Capital and imperialism 100 years on from Culture tent GC: Grad Centre women, race and class Camilla Royle Joseph Choonara Héctor Sierra the lost revolution F: Fogg New to Marxism this year, our Naima Omar Richard Donnelly outdoor tent will host radical 11.45am-1pm culture from Friday through to Sunday. Booklaunch ANTI-RACISM INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL Workshop Join us for music, spoken A Marxist History of Does unconscious Trump, Bernie Is a robot going to South Africa: Radical spoken word, dance performances, the Labour Party bias explain Sanders and the take your job? rebellions to word cultural debates and book Charlie Kimber and racism? new left in the US Gary McFarlane revolution Kurly and others Donny Gluckstein Esme Choonara Lewis Nielsen Kate Alexander launches. Events take place during 2.30-3.45pm the sessions and in the ANTI-FASCISM ECONOMICS THEORY Black Thinkers matter Socialism 101 CULTURE breaks. You can find it in the Alt-right to far Can Corbynomics The ‘snowflake Frantz Fanon: Do revolutions Mozart: overture main square outside the right: what is work? generation’: who decolonisation and always end in to revolution Grad Centre. fascism? Jane Hardy and decides the limits revolution failure? Lorna McKinnon Weyman Bennett Graham Turner of free speech? Ken Olende Oisín Challen Flynn Paddy Nielsen Red in the face... 4.15-5.30pm ECONOMICS AUSTERITY CLIMATE ANTI-RACISM SOCIETY Socialism 101 Booklaunch Comedy night Is this the end of Social security: Is our diet Race, class Legalise! Is there anything Alexander Pushkin: globalisation? can we undo the destroying the and identity The case for cool about The Man Who Comedian Jasmine Fischer damage of welfare planet? Yuri Prasad decriminalising Stalinism? Shook his Fist at returns to host a comedy reform? Amy Leather drugs Tomáš the Tsar night for the masses Mark Serwotka, Maxine Bowler Tengely-Evans Jack Robertson Labour MP, Paula not the ruling classes, Peters, Ellen Clifford with a line-up of Marxist comedians including Chris 7-8.30pm Tavner, Goz Ugochukwu, The big debate Evening culture Evening film Bethan Turner and more! The return The dialectics Decolonising Friday, 9pm • Drapers bar of socialism: of art education with Corbynism and the John Molyneux a screening of future of politics Everything Mark Serwotka, Must Fall Revolution on the stage Liz Wheatley, Rehad Desai & Charlie Kimber and Nadia Sayed a special guest Bertolt Brecht and The Threepenny

The big debate PCS union general secretary Emergency meeting Opera Mark Serwotka, union activist The return Liz Wheatley, Solidarity Dave Gilchrist, manager of editor Charlie Kimber and a Bookmarks the socialist of socialism: special guest debate where next with Miguel bookshop, will be leading for the Corbyn project. us on a musical journey Corbynism How can the left cut through Miguel Roldán, a firefighter facing jail exploring the politics of the Brexit paralysis? Can Corbyn for rescuing refugees, will be joined by radical playwright Bertolt & the future beat the establishment? Join us to special guests to discuss solidarity with Brecht and especially his play debate these questions and more. refugees and the fight against racism in The Threepenny Opera. Friday, 7pm • Great Hall Campaigning for Corbyn Europe. Friday, 5.45pm • Culture tent Friday, 8.30pm • Culture tent of politics Photo by Guy Smallman Photos on this spread by John Englart and Lightbrigading @ flickr by John Englart and Lightbrigading on this spread Photos Saturday 6 July Saturday 6 July GREAT HALL PP SKEEL PP PESTON GC FOGG F PP1 PP PP2 PP GC201 GC GC222 GC GC204 GC CULTURE TENT 10-11.15am 10-11.15am KEY TO ROOMS Booklaunch STRATEGY ANTI-FASCISM INTERNATIONAL HISTORY Booklaunch HISTORY PP: People’s Palace System Change not In defence of Women and the Does Trump want Explaining the Gandhi: Workers’ party building far right war with Iran? inexplicable: movements in Iran, GC: Grad Centre Climate Change Experiments in Sarah Ensor, John Molyneux Judith Orr Simon Assaf understanding the Civil Disobedience Poland and South : Fogg F Ian Angus and Holocaust Talat Ahmed Africa from 1979-89 Martin Empson Anna Gluckstein John Rose

11.45am-1pm 11.45am-1pm STRATEGY ANTI-RACISM ECONOMICS JUSTICE SEXISM SOCIETY STRATEGY THEORY Rebel women Revolutionary Why do our Cryptocurrencies: Inquests and From #MeToo to Does modern Is Scottish Why do we hate Frida Kahlo: politics in the schools fail black the future of inquiries: how can abortion bans: capitalism need a independence Mondays? Marxism revolutionary era of crisis and children? money? we get justice? why does sexism welfare state? inevitable? and alienation icon? Corbynism Zahra Bei, Michael Roberts Sheila Coleman run so deep? Kevin Doogan Bob Fotheringham Fran Manning Jan Nielsen Amy Leather Daniel Kebede, and Moyra Samuels Sally Campbell Brian Richardson 2.30-3.45pm 2.30-3.45pm ECONOMICS CLIMATE ANTI-FASCISM AUSTERITY SCIENCE SOCIETY Booklaunch Booklaunch CULTURE The world The discovery and Farage, Johnson How can the unions Mind shift: how Can we win a home A Rebel’s Guide A People’s History The legacy of economy: rediscovery of and the rise of fight austerity? did the human for everyone? to Alexandra of the Portuguese two-tone music, which way? metabolic rift racist populism Nita Sanghera, brain acquire Tanya Murat and Kollontai Revolution forty years on Michael Roberts Ian Angus Michael Bradley Jane Loftus, consciousness? Glyn Robbins Emma Davis Raquel Varela Basil Gabbidon Ian Hodson and John Parrington and guests Karen Reissmann 4.15-5.30pm 4.15-5.30pm PALESTINE ANTI-RACISM Debate HISTORY Booklaunch SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL HISTORY CULTURE Anti-Zionism is not Marxism and Brexit: a political Striking a light: Insecurity, Radical pedagogy: Latin America: Revolt, Grime, drill and antisemitism the struggle crisis vs The the East End Precarious Work transforming the retreat of the reformation and the demonisation Ilan Pappé against racism Corbyn Effect fights back and Labour education pink tide intrigue: the birth of music Alex Callinicos Sally Campbell and Louise Raw Markets Jess Edwards Raquel Varela of capitalism Zak Cochrane, and Weyman Mark Perryman Joseph Choonara and John Yandell and Andy Brown Julie Sherry Darcy Thomas Bennett and Lloyd Luther

7-8.30pm 7-8.30pm STRATEGY Panel Film CULTURE Does Leninism Why Palestine is Nae Pasaran A People’s History matter today? still the issue screening of Hip Hop Part 1 Alex Callinicos Anne Alexander, plus Q&A with Liz Wheatley Ilan Pappé, Mario Nain and Yuri Prasad Ben Jamal and and Dave Sherry Nur Masalha Photos on this spread by Fibonacci Blue and Dopey @ flickr by Fibonacci on this spread Photos

1-2.30pm during the lunchbreak 8.30pm • Drapers bar East End fights back Author and historian Saturday night party Multicultural reggae and pop band Louise Raw leads a tour of Kioko will be playing at Drapers bar Radical the radical history of Bow Kioko live on Saturday night at a gig hosted by Road, taking in the 1888 Student Stand Up to Racism. walking Matchwomen’s strike, the @ Queen They will be joined by Steel Pulse Suffragettes – and the legend Basil Gabbidon in a night tour wider story of working class Mary celebrating anti-racist music, from struggle. Meet in front of to Love Music People’s Palace, Mile End Rd Hate Racism. Mural to Sylvia Pankhurst Photo: Loco Steve @ Flickr Sunday 7 July Sunday 7 July GREAT HALL PP SKEEL PP PESTON GC FOGG F PP1 PP PP2 PP GC201 GC GC222 GC GC204 GC CULTURE TENT 10-11.15am 10-11.15am KEY TO ROOMS ANTI-RACISM MIDDLE EAST SEXISM THEORY ANTI-RACISM THEORY Booklaunch CULTURE PP: People’s Palace Eugenics and Syria, Turkey Debating social Policing migrants: Malcolm X: by any Historical Vital Signs: the Victor Serge: the return of and the Kurds reproduction why does means necessary materialism: artist and GC: Grad Centre Deadly Cost of scientific racism Ron Margulies theory capitalism need Yunus Bakhsh how does history Health Inequality revolutionary : Fogg F Roddy Slorach Sheila McGregor borders? change? Lee Humber Rob Behan Phil Marfleet Celia Hutchison 11.45am-1pm 11.45am-1pm ANTI-FASCISM Debate Debate STRATEGY SEXISM INTERNATIONAL THEORY Socialism 101 CULTURE The international Climate rebellion: Knife crime, What does it mean Women, resistance Cyclones, Rebellions, What would Beethoven: the fight against how can we get drugs and gangs: to be a socialist and revolution imperialism and disobedience socialism be like? sound of liberation fascism system change? is more policing trade unionist Sara Abdeljalil, revolutions: and arrests: Jasmine Fischer Sabby Sagall Christine Buchholz, School strikers, the answer? today? Maria Dantas, what’s changing is the state David Albrich and Extinction Rebellion Dean Ryan Mark L Thomas Lynn Marie O’Hara in Africa? neutral? David Karvala & Lewis Nielsen and Chris Bageley and Amy Leather Mani Tanoh Tom Kay

2-3.15pm 2-3.15pm INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL ANTI-FASCISM ANTI-RACISM INTERNATIONAL LIBERATION LIBERATION SEXISM CULTURE The left case Sudan, Algeria Blair Peach Leading the Brexit and the Stonewall fifty Politics of the Where does sexism Cultural against the EU and the return of and the ANL: fight: women and border: prospects years on: a radical mind: Marxism and come from? democracy: Costas Lapavitsas revolution fighting fascism Islamophobia for a united Ireland guide to LGBT+ mental distress Charlotte class, creativity and Alex Callinicos Anne Alexander then and now Nahella Ashraf Richard liberation Beth Greenhill Ahmed and capitalism and Mohamed Kevin Courtney, and Sabia Kamali Boyd-Barrett Noel Halifax Hassan Kamal Sharaf Jo Lang, Weyman Mahamdallie Bennett and and others Unmesh Desai 3.45-5pm 3.45-5pm ANTI-RACISM CLIMATE PALESTINE LIBERATION Rebel Women AUSTERITY INTERNATIONAL HISTORY CULTURE Why does Can the Green New Stop the attacks: Sex and sexuality Rosa Luxemburg: What is the future Fury on the Labour unrest and The politics of institutional Deal avert climate Palestine, in the era of a rebel for today of the NHS? streets: suffrage revolt: fashion: what will racism still exist? disaster? antisemitism Love Island Christine Tony O’Sullivan Yellow Vest never the twain you wear to the Marcia Rigg and Suzanne Jeffery and the left Sarah Bates Buchholz and Jackie revolt in France shall meet? revolution? Brian Richardson Carolyn Egan Naomi Applebee French activist Ralph Darlington Rena Niamh Smith and Asad Rehman Wimborne-Idrissi, Rob Ferguson and Antony Lerman Photos on this spread by Joe Piette, Eino Sierpe, Sarah Bates, Midia Ninja, Dopey Lujan Bates, and Adolfo Eino Sierpe, Sarah by Joe Piette, on this spread Photos

6.30pm entertainment Closing rally Music A world Marxism to win after party Speakers include justice campaigner Marcia Rigg, Join us for DJs and school climate striker live music to unwind Frances and Socialist Worker after the closing rally. Get yourself connected editor Charlie Kimber. 6.30pm or after the rally till late Subscribe today Sunday, 5.30pm in the Draper’s Bar Great Hall, People’s We publish a weekly paper, Get all three for just £10 a month. Palace, Mile End Road, a monthly magazine and a Call 020 7840 5601 or subscribe London E1 4NS quarterly journal. at socialistworker.co.uk School students’ climate strike  Photo by Guy Smallman bookmarks RADICAL CU LTURE ookmarks is Britain’s biggest socialist Where to find We also have stalls in: Bbookshop – and we will be moving lock, us during • The balcony in the stock and barrel to Marxism 2019 for the whole Marxism People’s Palace foyer event. We are open every day til late during • The foyer of the Grad Hawiyya the festival. We have books by speakers at the Festival: Centre on Saturday event and books that complement meetings Our main venue is and Sunday Culture tent and courses. Follow us on Twitter for daily room GC101 on the • Plus pop-up stalls New to Marxism Festival updates and special offers @bookmarks_books first floor of the Grad throughout the or on our website. Centre. festival. this year, we’ll be hosting a culture tent outdoors to Everything Must Fall K bookmarksbookshop.co.uk D @bookmarks_books E @bookmarks.bookshop showcase radical culture. You can find us all year round at 1 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QE During the breaks between Exhibitions Radical sessions we are hosting l entertainment including: The Sylvia and Silvio films at l exhibition explores the Marxism Shelley and Peterloo: way in which Mussolini’s Bookmarks bookshop will regime sought to transform 2019 CONSTRUCTIVISM be marking the anniversary London’s Little Italy into a l A special screening of Nae of Peterloo and the reprint showcase of fascism abroad, Pasaran, which tells the true of Shelley’s Revolutionary and how Sylvia Pankhurst story of Scottish workers Year with author Paul and Silvio Corio led the BY DESIGN who defied Pinochet, will O’Brien and Matt Foot. resistance Room GC102 be followed by a Q&A with T-shirts to revolutionise any Dave Clinch will also be l performing the Mask of The We Are Dynamite Chilean socialist Mario wardrobe. Available at the stall Anarchy. Sat, 1pm exhibition explores the Nain Sat, 7pm legacy of the Rock Against in the foyer of the People’s Palace l l South African They will be followed by Racism and Anti Nazi documentary maker Rehad on Saturday. Or buy online from: Swansea Live Poets Society League carnival that took Desai will be screening Sat 1.45pm - if you like place in Manchester in 1978 philosophyfootball.com his new film Everything radical politics with your through a series of stunning Must Fall, an unflinching poetry and a dash of rant, photographs displayed in look at the #FeesMustFall join us! the corridor of the People’s movement in South Africa l Palace. Launch event: Hawiyya, a women’s and how it impacted on the Sat, 1.30pm Join the Socialist Workers Party Dabke group who explore political landscape Fri, 7pm identity, culture and The SWP offers you a chance to fight in all the strikes, campaigns and resistance through dance. back against the system that brings us protests in their area. There is They’ll be performing on Follow us on social media economic crisis, poverty, war, racism most likely a branch near you. Sat, 5.30pm K climate chaos and injustice – and to If you would like to join us, or if l marxismfestival.org.uk help bring about a socialist future. you would simply like to know Folk singer Russ E We have branches around Britain more about what we do, get Chandler – a powerful Marxism Festival which meet regularly and get involved in touch. banjo player and singer Photo: D @MarxismFestival MidiaNinja Sun, 1pm E Socialist Workers Party D @SWP_Britain K swp.org.uk @ Flickr Q marxism_festival FINDING YOUR WAY

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People’s Palace (PP) FOOD & DRINK Bookmarks bookshop •Great Hall, Skeel LT, There are three main food and We will be based at two main PP1, PP2 drink options at Marxism: venues during the event – the balcony in the foyer of •Box office and 1. Drapers bar the People’s Palace and room accommodation This is the student union bar. GC101 in the Grad Centre. office (in the foyer) It does hot food all day and On the weekend we will also be in the Grad Centre foyer. •Plus bookstall and cheap drinks. It’s where the campaign stalls Saturday night party and evening entertainments take place. Entry to meetings Grad Centre (GC) 2. Grad Centre cafe Possession of any Marxism •Peston LT, ticket does not guarantee Located on the ground floor, you you entry to any particular GC201, GC203, can get hot food and drink. event, due to the capacity of GC204 & GC222 rooms. •Plus bookmarks 3. Picnics To ensure admission to Come and get cheap food and bookshop, crèche popular meetings, please drink with activists from your get to the rooms as early & exhibition rooms local area during the breaks. as possible. Owing to the You can find them on the main strict fire regulations we are Fogg building (F) square outside the Grad Centre, unable to overfill rooms. Fogg lecture theatre near the Culture Tent