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2009/11/10
Anticapitalism: 14-15 November 2009The capitalist crisis and the working class resistance**BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! EMAIL WORKERSPOWER AT BTOPENWORLD.COM**
SPEAKERS FROM: VIENNA UNIVERSITY OCCUPATION, NOUVEAU PARTI ANTICAPITALISTE, SURREY ANTICAPITALIST GROUP, LEEDS BIN STRIKE, ROYAL MAIL STRIKE AND MORE!
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Anticapitalism is an opportunity to discuss and debate the nature of the world we live in and how we could be free. The annual event of the revolutionary socialist organisation Workers Power brings together people from around the county. Inspiring and educational it is not to be missed.
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Timetable for the weekend
Saturday 14 November
11:00 Registration for the event
11:30: Opening Meeting
The rich get richer – the rest get angry
The crisis in Britain and the fightback today. With speakers at the forefront of resistance.
1:00 Lunch break
2:00-3:30
Workshop 1a)
As despair feeds the far right
How can the BNP be stopped? With Dan Edwards
Workshop 1b)
Fighting the massacre of jobs and pensions
Occupations, strikes and solidarity. With Mike Tate and Jeremy Dewar (Unison reps)
Workshop 1c)
As death toll mounts in Afghanistan
Why is Britain at war? With Marcus Hallaby
3:30-4:00: Refreshment Break
4:00-5:30
Workshop 2a)
As climate catastrophe mounts
Can global warming be stopped? With Joy Macready (NUJ)
Workshop 2b)
Two decades on from the fall of the Berlin Wall
20th century communism what went wrong? With Richard Brenner (author of The Credit Crunch: a Marxist Analysis)
Workshop 2c)
After the killing of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests
Bringing the police to justice. With Natalie Silverstein
5:45 – 7:45: Evening Rally
Build the working class resistance – build a New Anticapitalist Party
Set aside specially for the Call for a New Anticapitalist Party, there will be different speakers who have signed the Call.
[b]Sunday 15th November
10:00-11:30:
Workshop 3a)
Which model for a new working class party today? (part one)
Old Labour or Bolshevik party. With Dave Stockton
Workshop 3b)
Privatisation, cuts and closures
Can the welfare state survive? With Mark Booth (Unison)
Workshop 3c)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender liberation
The struggle goes on. With Jim Parker (Workers Power Leeds) and Alex Kelby (Revolution Manchester)
11:30: Coffee
11:45-1:15:
Workshop 4a)
Examining the great economic crisis
What caused the slump and when will it end? With Keith Spencer and Steve Mack
Workshop 4b)
Which model for a new working class party today? (part two)
The Left Party in Germany and the New Anti-Capitalist Party in France. With Martin Suchanek (Neue Internationale, German Marxism Journal) and Marco Zito (Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste – personal capacity)
1:15 Lunch
2:00-3:30: International Rally
Two global crises intertwined
The crisis of global capitalism and the crisis of working class leadership
Turkish speaker - Irish speaker - Messages of support and letters from sections and sympathisers, and Simon Hardy from Workers Power Britain
How to find the event
Where is it?
Caxton House
St Johns Way
London
N19 3RQ
-Archway tube
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How much?
£10 for waged workers, £3 for unwages and students. £20 solidarity price
Don't miss
The party on Saturday night with music and DJs
Starts?
Registration will take place at 11am Saturday 14 November
For more info and to buy your ticket ask a Workers Power member or contact us on 020 7708 4331 or email workerspower [at] btopenworld.com
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