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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].

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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].

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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
-*'''Science and technology'''
+*'''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'''
+*'''Britain and Ireland:''' Class war in Ireland / British counter-insurgency strategy in Ireland / Ian Paisley / Ireland - the open economy / Cinema in Ireland
-*'''International'''
+*'''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'''
+*'''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===

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 ==Speakers / Schedule: 20-27 July 1990==
-*Morning:
+===Workshops===
-:[[Frank Richards]] - Introduction to Marxism
+*'''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
-*Afternoon:
+*'''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
 :[[Kenan Malik]] - The roots of racism
 :[[Phil Murphy]] - An introduction to the Irish War

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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].
-==Speakers / Schedule==
+==Speakers / Schedule: 20-27 July 1990==
 ==Notes==