AWL discussion meetings
Workers' Liberty organises discussion meetings in many locations on subjects of interest to socialists and activists. Read about them here.
London Socialist Feminist Discussion Group: Who was Rosa Luxemburg?
Submitted on 4 September, 2008 - 12:56
Lucas Arms, 245a Gray's Inn Road, London
A look at the life and politics of Rosa Luxemburg, the Polish-born revolutionary who died at the hands of right-wing forces after a failed uprising in 1919.
Suggested reading
The Russian Revolution (especially first and last chapters)
Women’s Suffrage and the Class Stuggle
Reform or Revolution (especially chapter on “Capitalism and the State”)
What does the Spartacus League want
Download the full autumn-winter 2008-9 programme of meetings for the Discussion Group, here:
Imperialism, anti-imperialism and Marxist strategy: a debate between the AWL and Workers Power
Submitted on 22 April, 2008 - 12:43
Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross
What is the nature of imperialism today? What does a commitment to anti-imperialism imply? What should socialists' attitude to the forces fighting occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine be?
Plenty of time for questions and discussion. All welcome.
Leaflet for London AWL forums 28 February and 20 March
Submitted on 8 February, 2008 - 23:04
28 February: Where is Pakistan going?
20 March: Simone de Beauvoir.
Download pdf ("attachment" below).
London AWL forum: Simone de Beauvoir
Submitted on 31 January, 2008 - 15:52
Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker St, off Farringdon Road, London WC1
London AWL forum: Where is Pakistan going?
Submitted on 31 January, 2008 - 15:51
Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker St, off Farringdon Road, London WC1
Speaker: Faryal Velmi
London AWL Thursday discussion
Submitted on 16 January, 2008 - 01:10
Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1
THURSDAY 13 MARCH. C1. Militant or sympathiser?
What does being a revolutionary involve, as a choice about your aims in life? Why is it worthwhile? Why do revolutionaries "drop out"? Why should they remain committed?
How revolutionaries are formed, by Leon Trotsky
Details of the series.
London AWL Thursday discussion
Submitted on 16 January, 2008 - 01:08
Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1
THURSDAY 6 MARCH. B5. Independent working-class political representation, transforming the labour movement, and the Labour Party
Reading from AWL dayschool on Marxists and the Labour Party
Details of the series.
London AWL Thursday discussion
Submitted on 16 January, 2008 - 01:07
Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1
THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY. B4. Why trade-union work is central for us.
Why does the working class organise in trade unions? Why is trade-union work central for revolutionaries, even when the trade unions are conservative? What do we do in the trade unions?
Three excerpts from Marx on trade unions
Reading from AWL dayschool on trade unions and socialism
Details of the series.
London AWL Thursday discussion
Submitted on 16 January, 2008 - 01:05
Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1
THURSDAY 14 FEBRUARY. B3. Why must we build a revolutionary party?
What is special about the revolutionary party, as compared to other political parties?
Why must we build a revolutionary party? from We Stand For Workers' Liberty
Details of the series.
London AWL Thursday discussion
Submitted on 16 January, 2008 - 01:04
Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1
THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY. B2. Stalinism is not a form of socialism, but the opposite of socialism.
Working-class socialism versus "state socialism".
The Lies Against Socialism Answered, from We Stand For Workers' Liberty
"What Marx and Lenin meant by socialism" by Karl Kautsky.
Details of the series.
London AWL Thursday discussion
Submitted on 16 January, 2008 - 01:01
Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1
THURSDAY 31 JANUARY. B1. Capitalism is only one stage in history, shaped by class struggle.
Where does capitalism come from? What other social and economic forms have there been in history? Why is capitalism only a transitory stage of development?
Communist Manifesto sections I and III.
London AWL Thursday discussions, 17 January to 13 March 2008
Submitted on 10 January, 2008 - 17:18
Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1
Second series in a basic introduction to the AWL's ideas. Every Thursday evening (except when there is a London AWL forum, usually the third Thursday of the month), from 18:00 downstairs at the Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1.
THURSDAY 17 JANUARY. A7. Why capitalism produces crises and unemployment.
"A gallop of industry, commercial credit and speculation finally, after breakneck leaps, ends where it began - in the ditch of a crisis... The overwork of some becomes the condition for the idleness of others."
Socialism Utopian and Scientific section III.
Details of the series.
London AWL Thursday discussions, 17 January to 13 March 2008
Submitted on 10 January, 2008 - 17:09
Second series in a basic introduction to the AWL's ideas. Every Thursday evening (except when there is a London AWL forum, usually the third Thursday of the month), from 18:00 downstairs at the Camera Cafe, 44 Museum St, London WC1.
Can Marxist theory explain women’s oppression? Engels and after
Submitted on 19 December, 2007 - 15:07
Lucas Arms, 245A Gray’s Inn Road (near Kings Cross), London
Class struggles in France: Workers' Liberty London forum
Submitted on 19 December, 2007 - 14:26
The Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker Street (corner with Farringdon Road), London (Kings X or Farringdon Tube)
Last year, French workers and youth rose up and defeated the CPE, a major attack on young workers' rights. The last few months have seen major struggles against the country's new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, including by rail workers and students. Meanwhile, the far left is strong and growing, and in the last presidential election, two million voted for revolutionary socialist candidates.
Come and hear a report back from the delegation of young AWL members who visited France last month, and discuss how we can support and what we can learn from the French workers' movement and left.
London socialist feminist discussion group meeting: Islamic feminism?
Submitted on 23 August, 2007 - 23:54
Discussion on whether "Islamic feminism" is possible?
Friday 24th August 7:30-9:15 pm
Marchmont Community Centre
62 Marchmont Street
London WC1
Some initial reading, describing Islamic Feminism "in their own words" can be found at the websites cited below. Further reading available on the day.
Did Bob Dylan sell out?
Submitted on 30 July, 2007 - 11:18
A talk by Mike Short at the AWL London Forum
AWL London forum: Workers vs the ANC - the class struggle in South Africa
Submitted on 25 July, 2007 - 10:34
7.30pm, Thursday 26 July
The Lucas Arms, Grays Inn Road (five minutes from Kings Cross tube and rail)
For a downloadable leaflet for this meeting see here.
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London Socialist Feminist Discussion Group July meeting: "Fighting for Equal Pay"
Submitted on 23 July, 2007 - 15:21
The recently established London Socialist Feminist reading group meets monthly and continues its programme on Friday 27 July with a discussion on equal pay.
In 1968, a group of female sewing machinists went on strike against a sex-biased grading structure. The 1970 Equal Pay Act followed shortly after. But women are still paid significantly less than men. Why is that? What can we do about it?
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Discussing German socialist women
Submitted on 6 July, 2007 - 09:45
May saw the start of a very-welcome socialist feminist discussion group in London. Organised by Workers' Liberty, it is meeting every month. The first discussion was about the German socialist women's movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As this is a pet subject of mine, I was happy to be asked to introduce the discussion.
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AWL London meeting: What now for Marxists and the Labour Party?
Submitted on 8 May, 2007 - 10:19
Pre-conference debate for AWL conference 2007. Primarily a meeting for AWL members and sympathisers, but other friends of the AWL also welcome.
Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, London WC1
AWL South West London forum: racism and immigration controls
Submitted on 20 April, 2007 - 13:58
Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon
AWL London forum: workers, women and youth vs Mugabe
Submitted on 17 April, 2007 - 10:30
As Robert Mugabe's regime spirals to collapse, come and hear about how activists in Britain can make solidarity with the workers, women and young people of Zimbabwe.
Speakers: Alois Mbawara (Free-Zim Youth), Lois Davis (Women of Zimbabwe Arise Solidarity Group), David Broder (Workers' Liberty)
The Ship, corner of Borough Rd, Borough High St, and Newington Causeway, London (nearest Tubes: Borough or Elephant)
The SWP and the "IS tradition"
Submitted on 10 April, 2007 - 07:18
Notes (by Martin Thomas) from an AWL London forum on the SWP and the “IS tradition”, Thursday 9 June 2005.
AWL London forum: Capitalism, slave revolts and workers' solidarity
Submitted on 15 March, 2007 - 23:01
Speaker: Paul Hampton. 7.30pm, Thursday 15 March. The Plough, 27 Museum Street, WC1A. (Tottenham Court Road tube)
Somalia: Islamic courts or democratic unity?
Submitted on 15 March, 2007 - 20:25
by robin sivapalan
THE North London Workers’ Liberty forum “What next in Somalia after military intervention?” on 22 February was attended by about 70 people, including many Somalis living locally in Wembley.
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AWL London forum — the academic boycott: what is left wing-anti-semitism?
Submitted on 17 January, 2007 - 15:16
Would an academic, cultural and economic boycott of Israel be a good way to make international solidarity with the Palestinians? Or would it demonise Israel, become a witchunt of Jews, undermine the Israeli left and undermine effective Palestinian solidarity in the labour movement?
Speaker: Sean Matgamna
7.30pm, Thursday 18 January
University of London Union, Malet Street
(Goodge Street, Russell Square or Euston tube)
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AWL London forum: should the left boycott Israel?
Submitted on 11 January, 2007 - 13:04
ULU, Malet St, London WC1
London Workers' Liberty forum. Spain, 1936-9: the revolution betrayed
Submitted on 16 September, 2006 - 16:48
7.30pm, Thursday 12 October
The Plough, Museum Street
Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road
In 1936, in response to a fascist coup, the Spanish workers rose up and seized the factories and land, but could not consolidate their power. What happened? Why did the fascists win? What role did Marxism and anarchism play in the struggle? And what can the Spanish revolution teach socialists and the labour movement today?
A leaflet advertising the meeting is attached. For more information email office@workersliberty.org or ring 020 7207 3997
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'Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinians — what should the left say about the current conflict?'
Submitted on 24 July, 2006 - 12:26
A debate between Eric Lee and Sean Matgamna (AWL)
Thursday 27 July, 7.30
at The Calthorpe Arms, 252 Gray's Inn Road, Kings Cross, London
All welcome
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