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All the certainties of the late 20th century appear to have vanished.
The Soviet Union and voting Labour, the workers' political revolution
against Stalinism, linear social progress and the impossibility of European
unity. Certainty has given way to uncertainty and complexity - political
islam, the anti-capitalist movement, Le Pen and the Socialist Alliance.
How should
revolutionaries assess this situation? How can we overcome obsolete divisions?
Debate these and other issues with an exceptional range of diverse speakers
from Britain, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Speakers this year include ...
- Francois Rouleau, Lutte Ouviere
- Marco Berlinguer, Rifondazione Communista
- Hillel Ticktin - editor, Critique
- Sean Matgamna - Alliance for Workers' Liberty
- Jack Conrad - CPGB
- Bob Pitt - editor, What Next?
- Marcus Strom - Socialist Alliance nominating officer
- Matt Wrack - Socialist Alliance and FBU
- Al Richardson - editor, Revolutionary History
- Mark Serwotka - general secretary elect PCSU
- Mejdi Kia - Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran
- Liz Davies - SA national chair
- Alan Thornett - International Socialist Group
| Date
and venue |
This year CU2002 runs from August 3 to 10 at Brunel University, Uxbridge
in Middlesex. As usual, there is a challenging range of speakers and
much to stimulate. How
to get there.
Each session lasts approximately two hours, with plenty of opportunity
for contributions from the floor.
The cost:
- Full week (incl. self-catering accommodation): £120/£80
unemployed and students
- First weekend (incl. one night's accommodation): £30/25
- One Day (sessions only): £10/£7
- One session: £5/£3
Send a cheque for £40 to reserve your place. Please make
cheques payable to
'CPGB' and mark it 'Communist University' on the back.
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| Programme |
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Saturday 3
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
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4.40pm - 4.45pm Aims
and methods of Communist University Anne Mc Shane opens
CU2000
4.45pm - 7.00pm A
social Europe or a Europe of capital Tina Becker (CPGB),
Marco Berlinguer (Rifondazione Comunista)
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Sunday 4
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10.00am - 12.30pm Labour
Party: Marxist strategy and tactics Mark Fischer (CPGB) |
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2.00pm - 4.15pm The
euro - which tactics should communists advocate in a referendum?
John Bridge (CPGB), Rob Hoveman (SWP)
4.45pm - 7pm The
CPGB and winning the Socialist Alliance paper Marcus
Strom (SA nominating officer and CPGB)
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Monday 5
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10.00am - 12.30pm The
political impassse in the MIddle East Esen Uslu (Communist
Party of Turkey) |
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2pm - 4.15pm The
Scottish Socialist Party: one step forward, one step back for
socialist unity Sarah McDonald (SSP and CPGB)
4.45pm - 7pm What
is fascism? John Bridge (CPGB)
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Tuesday 6
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10.00am - 12.30pm Time
to overcome divisions? Trade unions and the SA Matt Wrack
(SA and FBU), Mark Serwotka (general secretary elect PCSU) |
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2pm - 4.15pm Trade
unions turn left Alan Stevens (Unison shop steward
and CPGB)
4.45pm - 7pm Weekly
Worker - gossip sheet or new Iskra? Peter
Manson (editor, Weekly Worker)
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Wednesday 7
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10.00am - 12.30pm The
Paris Commune Ian Donovan (CPGB)
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2pm - 4.15pm Buffy
the vampire slayer and fantasy television Clive Bradley
(Alliance for Workers' Liberty)
4.45pm - 7pm The
reality of islamic fundamentalism in Iran Mejdi Kia
(Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran)
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Thursday 8
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10.00am - 12.30pm Human
nature Michael Malkin (CPGB) |
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2pm - 4.15pm Capitalism
and the communist future Hillel Ticktin (editor, Critique)
4.45pm - 7pm Voting
for the enemy: Lessons of the French elections John
Bulitis (SA independent), Peter Manson (CPGB), Alan Thornett
(International Socialist Group), Francois Rouleau (Lutte Ouvriere)
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Friday 9
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10.00am - 12.30pm The
formation of the CPGB: Premature or too late? Bob Pitt
(editor, What Next?) |
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2pm - 4.15pm Class
struggle in the ancient world Al Richardson (editor,
Revolutionary History)
4.45pm - 7pm The
struggle for Palestinian liberation: One state or two? Sean
Matgamna (AWL), Afif Safir (PLO), Darrell Goodliffe (CPGB)
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Saturday 10
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10.00am - 12.30pm Revolting
students: student radicalism through history James Bull (CPGB) |
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1.30pm - 3.30pm We'll
support you ever more? Socialists and new Labour Liz
Davies (chair, SA), Bob Pitt (editor, What Next?),
Pete Firmin (Workers Action)
3.30pm - 4pm Evaluation
of CU2002
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