A dayschool for new activists

12-5.30pm, Saturday 1 September, The (Kings Cross rail or tube)

This year is the 90th anniversary of the Russian revolution. But why take the Russian revolution as a model? Isn't it irrelevant nowadays, or worse, proof that revolution can't work? Didn't the Bolsheviks lead to Stalin's dictatorship?

We will be discussing the idea that understanding the experience of the Russian workers in 1917 and after is crucial to fighting for a society without exploitation or oppression today.

The agenda will include

■ A workers' revolution? What happened in 1917?
■ The state and revolution: bourgeois democracy and workers' democracy
■ A festival of the oppressed: what the revolution meant for national minorities and women
■ The Stalinist counter-revolution and what it means to be "Trotskyist"
■ A model for the 21st century?

For more information including reading, or to pre-register, please email Robin [1] or ring 07974 331 053