19-21 August, Height Gate, near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (Hebden Bridge rail station has trains running from Leeds and Manchester)
Draft agenda below.
In August young members and friends of the socialist group Workers' Liberty will be organising a summer event in the ridiculously beautiful hills of West Yorkshire, at Height Gate farm. It will be a mix of socialism and socialising, with political discussion, activist training and fun.
After a year which has seen the student revolt, the North African/Middle Eastern revolutions and the biggest demonstration in Britain since the Iraq war, and at the start of a a major working-class fightback against the Tories, come and learn more about Marxist ideas and class-struggle activism with other young revolutionaries from across the country.
What you need:
• A small amount of cash to cover the cost of the event including food: £15 if you're unwaged, £25 if you're waged (we can also be flexible, so if you want to come but you're short of cash let us know)
• A sleeping bag and a pillow. If this is a problem, we can help out.
• Transport to Hebden Bridge - we can pick you up from the station. If getting there is a problem, let us know.
• Shoes you can walk in.
Spaces are limited, so if you'd like to come please get in touch as soon as possible!
students@workersliberty.org (this doesn't mean you have to be a student to go!)
07775 763 750
Book online here:
£15 unwaged
£25 waged
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More details and agenda
BOOK NOW
Places for the camp are starting to fill up, so book now to avoid disappointment, as they say. You can book online here.
Alternatively, send a cheque made payable to ‘AWL’ to us at 20E Tower, 58 Riley Road, London SE1 3DG (including a note with your details); or get in touch to discuss meeting an AWL person with some cash.
TRAVEL
The nearest station to Height Gate is Hebden Bridge, which is on a train line from Manchester, Leeds and Bradford. We’d recommend booking tickets now, as it’s less than a month to the camp.
Comrade Hannah M writes: “If anyone travelling up from London is a bit skint, I've found a cheap route up. The megatrain/megabus has seats between London and Bradford for £5-£9 and then the train from Bradford to Hebden Bridge is only a few quid. See y'all in Yorkshire!”
Megatrain website
There will also be at least one comrade driving up from London (and possibly also people from other cities), so there’s a *possibility* of lifts. Get in touch.
DRAFT AGENDA
This will be discussed further at the AWL student meeting on 30 July, so is still subject to change.
Friday 19 August
Some comrades will be at Height Gate from 11am. We can pick people up from the station from 1pm.
2pm Lunch and introduction to the weekend
4.30 Class struggle and climate change: an introduction to Marxist ecology
6.30 Make dinner
Israel-Palestine: why does it matter and what should we say?
8 Dinner
8.30 Film: Waltz with Bashir, about Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon
followed by discussion
Saturday 20 August
Breakfast from 9.30
11
a) The mechanics of exploitation: how capitalism works
b) 1917-27: workers’ revolutions, from Britain to China
1 Lunch
2
a) Organising at work and in the unions
b) Socialism and women’s liberation
4 Hike for those who want to; hanging out for those who don’t
6 Make dinner
Why does Workers’ Liberty think we need a revolutionary party?
7.30 Dinner and film: Ken Loach’s Which Side Are You On?, about the miners' strike
Then at 9 we’ll head to Hebden Bridge for an evening of “politically motivated dub, punk and ska”, featuring The Autonomads and Black Star Dub Collective, at Hebden Bridge Trades Club
Sunday 21 August
9.30 Breakfast
10.30 Meeting to discuss writing for and using Women’s Fightback and organising the Women in Struggle conference in November
11.30
a) Public speaking and writing training
b) The lessons of Iraq for the Arab revolutions
1.50 Lunch
2.50 Final discussion: the fight against the Tories and why we say “Workers’ government”
Finish 4.20
Out by 5