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''Preparing for Power'' was published by the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]]. It was used to highlight a week of 'discussion and debate about the current state of the world and how to change it.' The event ran from 20 - 27 July 1990 and was held at the University of London.<ref>Revolutionary Communist Party [http://www.scribd.com/doc/173321346/RCP-Preparing-for-Power-1990 Preparing for Power], Summer 1990</ref> The full document can be viewed on [http://www.scribd.com/doc/173321346/RCP-Preparing-for-Power-1990 Scribd].
 
''Preparing for Power'' was published by the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]]. It was used to highlight a week of 'discussion and debate about the current state of the world and how to change it.' The event ran from 20 - 27 July 1990 and was held at the University of London.<ref>Revolutionary Communist Party [http://www.scribd.com/doc/173321346/RCP-Preparing-for-Power-1990 Preparing for Power], Summer 1990</ref> The full document can be viewed on [http://www.scribd.com/doc/173321346/RCP-Preparing-for-Power-1990 Scribd].
  
==Speakers / Schedule==
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==Speakers / Schedule: 20-27 July 1990==
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===Workshops===
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*'''Current issues:''' Speculation and the stock market / The left and perestroika / Can the market take off in the Soviet Union? / What is history? / Race, religion and culture / What's so special about Islam? / The new anti-Semitism / Eco hot-spots / Charity and poverty / Rogues and robbers: the idea of the criminal class / Removing the brakes on technology / The information society
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*'''British politics:''' Middle class protest under Thatcher / The Tory factions / Conservatives and the family / The changing role of the modern monarch / Bent coppers / Scab unions / Welsh nationalism / alcohol, drugs and morality / Women and the demographic timebomb
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*'''Art, sport and culture:''' Post-modernism and the end of rationality / Realism in British cinema / War photography / The music theatre of Weill and Brecht / Glasgow - City of Culture? / Architecture: the Prince Charles debate / Why is British food so bad? / What happened to good music? / Is boxing all bad? / Cricket and the decline of the British Empire
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*'''Science and technology:''' The quest for beauty in science / Proletarian science / In defence of Darwin / Genetic engineering / Physics and metaphysics / Consciousness, man and thinking machines / Why capitalism can't cure the common cold / Inventions for the 1990s
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*'''Britain and Ireland:''' Class war in Ireland / British counter-insurgency strategy in Ireland / Ian Paisley / Ireland - the open economy / Cinema in Ireland
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*'''International:''' Noriega and the decline of US imperialism / Religion and the US right / Poland and Solidarity / Social problems of the Soviet Union / The disintegration of Africa / The ANC and the 1990s / Dictators and bankers - Nigeria and the West / Israel and Palestinians / Myths about Japan / Japanese aid to the third world / Imperialism in the South Pacific / Cambodia - a second Lebanon?
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*'''Women, sex and gay oppression:''' The ABC of motherhood / Women's labour and childcare in the 1990 / Childhood / Origin of the family / Homosexuality / Private lives / Mr and Mrs / Slimming magazines / Prohibition and the family in the USA
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===Morning Courses===
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*[[Frank Richards]] - Introduction to Marxism
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*[[Mike Freeman]] - Advanced Marxism
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*[[John Gibson]] - Marxism and science
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*[[Tony Kennedy]] - Contemporary capitalism
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*[[Daniel Nassim]] - Between East and West: the third world
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*[[Alan Harding]] - History and progress
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*[[Anne Burton]] - Advanced course on women
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*[[Kerry Dean]] - The Marxist theory of the state
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===Afternoon Courses===
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:[[Kenan Malik]] - The roots of racism
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:[[Phil Murphy]] - An introduction to the Irish War
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:[[Sara Hardy]] - Women's oppression: an introduction
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:[[Andrew Calcutt]] - Visions of the future
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:[[Helen Simons]] - New international relations
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:[[Mick Hume]] - Reform or revolution?
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:[[Joan Phillips]] - Sociology and Marxism
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:[[Rob Knight]] - The Soviet bloc in transition
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 14:17, 4 October 2013

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Preparing for Power, published by the Revolutionary Communist Party in 1990.

Preparing for Power was published by the Revolutionary Communist Party. It was used to highlight a week of 'discussion and debate about the current state of the world and how to change it.' The event ran from 20 - 27 July 1990 and was held at the University of London.[1] The full document can be viewed on Scribd.

Speakers / Schedule: 20-27 July 1990

Workshops

  • Current issues: Speculation and the stock market / The left and perestroika / Can the market take off in the Soviet Union? / What is history? / Race, religion and culture / What's so special about Islam? / The new anti-Semitism / Eco hot-spots / Charity and poverty / Rogues and robbers: the idea of the criminal class / Removing the brakes on technology / The information society
  • British politics: Middle class protest under Thatcher / The Tory factions / Conservatives and the family / The changing role of the modern monarch / Bent coppers / Scab unions / Welsh nationalism / alcohol, drugs and morality / Women and the demographic timebomb
  • Art, sport and culture: Post-modernism and the end of rationality / Realism in British cinema / War photography / The music theatre of Weill and Brecht / Glasgow - City of Culture? / Architecture: the Prince Charles debate / Why is British food so bad? / What happened to good music? / Is boxing all bad? / Cricket and the decline of the British Empire
  • Science and technology: The quest for beauty in science / Proletarian science / In defence of Darwin / Genetic engineering / Physics and metaphysics / Consciousness, man and thinking machines / Why capitalism can't cure the common cold / Inventions for the 1990s
  • Britain and Ireland: Class war in Ireland / British counter-insurgency strategy in Ireland / Ian Paisley / Ireland - the open economy / Cinema in Ireland
  • International: Noriega and the decline of US imperialism / Religion and the US right / Poland and Solidarity / Social problems of the Soviet Union / The disintegration of Africa / The ANC and the 1990s / Dictators and bankers - Nigeria and the West / Israel and Palestinians / Myths about Japan / Japanese aid to the third world / Imperialism in the South Pacific / Cambodia - a second Lebanon?
  • Women, sex and gay oppression: The ABC of motherhood / Women's labour and childcare in the 1990 / Childhood / Origin of the family / Homosexuality / Private lives / Mr and Mrs / Slimming magazines / Prohibition and the family in the USA

Morning Courses

Afternoon Courses

Kenan Malik - The roots of racism
Phil Murphy - An introduction to the Irish War
Sara Hardy - Women's oppression: an introduction
Andrew Calcutt - Visions of the future
Helen Simons - New international relations
Mick Hume - Reform or revolution?
Joan Phillips - Sociology and Marxism
Rob Knight - The Soviet bloc in transition

Notes

  1. Revolutionary Communist Party Preparing for Power, Summer 1990