Preparing for Power 1990

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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

  • Morning:
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:
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