 full
programme now online
The Communist University is an annual event:
a week of controversy and debate for the thinking
left.
August 14-21
Raymont Hall, Goldsmith's College, 63 Wickham Road,
New Cross, London SE4 (10 min walk from New Cross
tube station - click
here for a map)
Prices
full week, incl. self-catering
accommodation in single ensuite rooms
- £130 (£80 unwaged);
first weekend, incl. accommodation (see above)
- £30 (£20);
day - £10 (£5); session
- £5 (£3).
To reserve your place
Send £20 (cheque or postal order). Alternatively,
you can use your debit or credit card to pay via
PayPal. Just click the button below - and make sure
you tell that this payment is for CU 2004!:
Programme
Please note that some sessions might
be subject to last minute-changes. Please check
the website regularly.
Saturday August 14
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Afternoon |
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Registration from 12.30pm
Hillel Ticktin
speaking at CU 2003
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1.45pm - 2pm
Aims
and methods of Communist University
2pm - 4.15pm
The need for a new workers
party
Hillel Ticktin editor Critique
a speaker from the Socialist
Alliance Democracy Platform
Mark Fischer CPGB
Terry Teague Liverpool
dockers (invited)
4.45pm - 7pm
Global health and global
capitalism
Mejdi Kia Organisation
of Revolutionary Workers of Iran
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Sunday August 15
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
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10am - 12.30pm
Communists and religion
Maurice Bernal CPGB
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2pm - 4.15pm
VI Lenin 1870 - 1924:
What is to be done?
Hillel Ticktin editor Critique
click
here to read the pamphlet online
 4.45pm
- 7pm
The historical significance
of the Miners Great Strike, 1984-85
Dave
Douglass NUM branch secretary, Hatfield
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Monday August
16
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
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10am - 12.30pm
Was Respect supportable?
Cameron Richards CPGB
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2pm - 4.15pm
Independence for Scotland
- a socialist demand?
Sandy McBurney and Gregor Gall
both Scottish
Socialist Party
4.45pm - 7pm
Why does political islam
oppress women?
Yassamine Mather Critique
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Tuesday August 17
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
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10am - 12.30pm
VI Lenin 1870 - 1924:
Two tactics of social democracy
Steve Freeman Revolutionary Democratic Group
click
here to read the pamphlet online
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2pm - 4.15pm
Popular music and the chimes of freedom
Mike Marqusee author 
click
here to buy Mike Marqusee's new book on Bob
Dylan: Chimes of Freedom
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Wednesday August
18
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
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10am - 12.30pm
Mission to Mars: Should
we support it?
Jack Conrad CPGB
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 2pm
- 4.15pm
Is it wrong to criticise
the oppressed?
Peter
Tatchell
gay rights activist
4.45pm - 7pm
Revolutionaries and the
Labour Party
Graham Bash Labour
Left Briefing
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Thursday August 19
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
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10am - 12.30pm
Making peace for a third
term: how awkward are the awkward squad?
Greg Tucker RMT
Lee Rock CPGB
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2pm - 4.15pm
VI Lenin 1870 - 1924:
Leftwing communism
Mark Fischer CPGB
click
here to read the pamphlet online
4.45pm - 7pm
Global warming - looming
catastrophe or myth?
Jack Conrad CPGB
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Friday August
20
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
10am - 12.30pm
Women's oppression and the
right to choose
Anne McShane CPGB |
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2pm - 4.15pm
VI Lenin 1870 - 1924:
State and revolution
Mike Macnair CPGB
click
here to read the pamphlet online
4.45pm - 7pm
Iraq: Fighting on two fronts
Worker-communist
Party of Iraq
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Saturday August 21
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| Morning |
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Afternoon |
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10am - 12.30pm
Europe - challenges and
prospects
Alan Freeman economist and author
of 'The politics of Empire'
 click
here to pre-order Alan Freeman's book
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1.30pm - 3.30pm
The Bolsheviks and islam
Dave Crouch Socialist
Workers Party
Gerry Byrne Red
Party
3.30pm - 4pm
Evaulation of CU2004
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If you haven't been before, check out the timetables
from previous years for a flavour of the event. Click
on the links below for:
