School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H
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A day of discussion and organising hosted by the Alliance for Workers' Liberty
As capitalism's crisis spreads and deepens, the bosses are seeking to make the working class bear the costs. Come and discuss why this crisis is happening, what it means for workers and the oppressed getting organised to fight back - and the possibilities for socialism.
11am Registration
11.30am Opening plenary: how can the working class respond to the capitalists' crisis?
12.30pm Workshops
a) Why capitalism creates crises and what they mean for class struggle: an introduction
b) The fight against unemployment and for jobs for all, including the experience of the recent construction industry walk outs
c) Crisis and climate change, with Workers' Climate Action activist Louise Gold
1.45pm Lunch
2.15pm Workshops
a) Migrant workers organising
b) Class struggle in Iraq: report from the 13-14 March trade union conference in Iraqi Kurdistan, with Unison activist Ruth Cashman
c) How US workers used the crisis of the 1930s to fight and win
3.30pm Workshops
a) Student struggles across Europe, with Koos Couvee of Education Not for Sale and a student activist from France's New Anti-capitalist Party
b) Women's liberation in the crisis, with Feminist Fightback activist Rebecca Galbraith
c) Building rank-and-file movements in the unions: the experience of Labor Notes in the US, with former Labor Notes director Kim Moody
4.40pm Closing plenary
5.10pm Close
Followed by a social with bands Revolutionary Discipline and the Ruby Kid (Facebook event here).
For more information email awl@workersliberty.org or ring 07796 690 874
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