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| − | *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 |
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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''' | ||
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| + | *'''International''' | ||
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| + | *'''Women, sex and gay oppression''' | ||
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| + | ===Morning Courses=== | ||
| + | *[[Frank Richards]] - Introduction to Marxism | ||
| + | *[[Mike Freeman]] - Advanced Marxism | ||
| + | *[[John Gibson]] - Marxism and science | ||
| + | *[[Tony Kennedy]] - Contemporary capitalism | ||
| + | *[[Daniel Nassim]] - Between East and West: the third world | ||
| + | *[[Alan Harding]] - History and progress | ||
| + | *[[Anne Burton]] - Advanced course on women | ||
| + | *[[Kerry Dean]] - The Marxist theory of the state | ||
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| + | ===Afternoon Courses=== | ||
:[[Kenan Malik]] - The roots of racism | :[[Kenan Malik]] - The roots of racism | ||
:[[Phil Murphy]] - An introduction to the Irish War | :[[Phil Murphy]] - An introduction to the Irish War | ||
Revision as of 12:57, 4 October 2013
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.
Contents
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
- Britain and Ireland
- International
- Women, sex and gay oppression
Morning Courses
- Frank Richards - Introduction to Marxism
- Mike Freeman - Advanced Marxism
- John Gibson - Marxism and science
- Tony Kennedy - Contemporary capitalism
- Daniel Nassim - Between East and West: the third world
- Alan Harding - History and progress
- Anne Burton - Advanced course on women
- Kerry Dean - The Marxist theory of the state
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
- ↑ Revolutionary Communist Party Preparing for Power, Summer 1990
