Caxton House, 129 St John's Way, London N19 (tube: Archway)
Saturday 21 June
12.00 1.30
a. Iraq: after the war
Speakers: Clive Bradley and a member of the Iranian group, Workers’ Left Unity
b. The rise of European anti-semitism its right-wing and left-wing’ variants
Speaker: Linda Grant
2.15 start
Politics and ideology after the Holocaust
Speaker: Norman Geras
2.15 3.30
a. Lessons from the RMT and FBU disputes
Speakers: militants from the rail and firefighters unions
b. Brazil under Lula
Speakers: Paul Hampton and Sue Branford
3.45 5.00
a. Hal Draper’s critique of Anarchism
Speaker: Alan Johnson
b. The bosses and the use of equality legislation in the workplace
Speakers: Janine Booth and Jon Page
6.00 7.15
a. Anti-capitalism and the Tobin tax’, a forum
Speakers: Martin Thomas and Emma Dowling (ATTAC UK)
b. Fast food: the disgusting politics of food production
Speaker: Liam Conway
c. Why George Orwell is important
Speaker: Chris Hickey
7.30 9.15
a. Empire’ after Baghdad, a forum
Speakers: Yann Moulier Boutang
b. Stalinism and Afghanistan: a debate
Speakers: Sean Matgamna and the CPGB
Sunday 22 June
11.00 1.00
a. The workers’ government and the fight for democracy, a debate
Speakers: from the AWL and RDG
b. AWL history: The politics of the Thornett split
Speaker: Sean Matgamna
1.45 start
The future of the Socialist Alliance, a forum
Speakers: from the AWL, Matthew Caygill and Angela Paton (SSP)
1.45 2.45
a. Marxist theory: The united front, the popular front
Speaker: Pat Murphy
b. Lessons from the history of the Palestine Mandate
Speaker: Cathy Nugent
3.00 4.00
a. The web and cyber-communism
Speaker: Richard Barbrook
b. The British Trotskyists and World War 2
Speaker: Mark Catterell
4.15: The fight for Workers’ Liberty
Creche, food, books, accommodation can be provided
Two day tickets: £18 (waged), £10 (low waged, students), £6 (unwaged)
One day tickets: £9/£5/£3
Tickets are cheaper before the event, but are also available on the door
Tickets from: Ideas for Freedom, PO Box 823, London SE15 4NA
Cheques payable to AWL’
