Marxism and imperialism
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Marxism and imperialism, by Martin Thomas
Imperialism
Solidarity with Iraqi workers!
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A Workers' Liberty/ Solidarity pamphlet, March 2005. £2 (UK postage free). Buy online here. For the latest coverage, scroll down on this page.
The new world disorder: war and imperialism
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Number 2/3 of Workers' Liberty magazine is a special issue on "The new world disorder: war and imperialism". For contents, and links to download articles from the magazine as pdf files, read on.
As we were saying: The Falklands and the war of 1982
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The Falkland Islands, small specks in the South Atlantic, were annexed by Britain and settled by British people in the 1830s. There had been no previous indigenous population.
Israel out of Gaza and the West Bank!
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Date:
23 February, 2009 - 17:00 - 18:00
Location:
Opposite the Israeli Embassy, Kensington High St, 2 minutes from Kensignton High St tube station
Description:
Weekly pickett of Israeli Embassy to demonstrate against the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip and occupation of the West Bank. Calling for the creation of an independent palestinian state on the basis of internationalist working-class solidarity and the recognition of both the palestinian and israeli right to national self determination.
AWL day school on globalisation, imperialism, and the Middle East (London)
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Date:
4 October, 2008 - 14:00 - 19:00
Location:
SOAS, Thornhaugh St, London WC1
London socialist-feminist dicussion group: Pornography, sexual explicitness, and women's oppression
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Date:
9 May, 2008 - 21:30
Location:
Lucas Arms, 245A Grays Inn Road, near Kings Cross
Description:
In this meeting we will examine and critique different feminist views of pornography Some feminists argue porn is an expression of an exploitative “male culture” and is irredeemably oppressive to women At the other extreme some say that porn as sexually explicit material can benefit women’s sexual liberation What’s wrong/right about these views and the all the others in between?
Suggested reading:
Book
Latest (against porn): Pornography: Driving the Demand in International Sex Trafficking (2007) edited by David E. Guinn and Julie DiCaro; Captive Daughters Media
On the net
http://www.wendymcelroy.com/
author of the book XXX a Woman’s Right to Pornography available on her website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Against_Pornography: history of radical feminist anti-pornography campaign
www.fiawol.demon.co.uk: Feminists Against Censorship
https://www.againstpornography.org: loads of stuff against porn!
AWL London forum: Capitalism, slave revolts and workers' solidarity
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Date:
15 March, 2007 - 19:30
Location:
The Plough, 27 Museum St, London WC1
Description:
The official history of how slavery was ended emphasises wealthy philanthropists motivated by religious and liberal principles. In fact, revolts by the slaves themselves, and solidarity from workers and the poor in the developed capitalist countries, played a major role. Come and hear and discuss the hidden history of the abolition of slavery. Speaker: Paul Hampton.
description:
The official history of how slavery was ended emphasises wealthy philanthropists motivated by religious and liberal principles. In fact, revolts by the slaves themselves, and solidarity from workers and the poor in the developed capitalist countries, played a major role. Come and hear and discuss the hidden history of the abolition of slavery. Speaker: Paul Hampton.
Location:
The Plough, 27 Museum St, London WC1
The Plough, 27 Museum St, London WC1
"Empire and Beyond" - organised by Conference of Socialist Economists
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Date:
7 April, 2006 - 13:00
Location:
Leeds University (and 8 April). Click here for more.
"Capital, empire and revolution" conference
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Date:
9 October, 2004 - 12:00
Location:
Birkbeck College, London
Description:
As part of the preparation of the London European Social Forum, the journals HISTORICAL MATERIALISM and SOCIALIST REGISTER, as well as the ISAAC AND TAMARA DEUTSCHER MEMORIAL PRIZE COMMITTEE invite you to a two-day conference on ‘CAPITAL, EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION’ on Saturday 9 October – Sunday 10 October 2004, at Birkbeck College, London.
Speakers include : ELMAR ALTVATER, JOSEPH FRACCHIA, CHRIS ARTHUR, PATRICK MURRAY, LEO PANITCH, COLIN LEYS, VIVEK CHIBBER, MICHAEL DENNING, MICHAEL HEINRICH, PAUL MATTICK JNR., RICHARD WALKER, SUMIT SARKAR, GEORGE COMNINEL.
NEIL DAVIDSON AND BENNO TESCHKE will be delivering their ISAAC AND TAMARA DEUTSCHER MEMORIAL PRIZE LECTURES on the Saturday.
Other invited speakers include : DAVID MCNALLY, GERARD DUMENIL, MOISHE POSTONE, PATRICK BOND, ELLEN WOOD, PETER GOWAN.
If you would like to attend this conference, please register by sending your name by email to hm@lse.ac.uk.
As part of the preparation of the London European Social Forum, the journals HISTORICAL MATERIALISM and SOCIALIST REGISTER, as well as the ISAAC AND TAMARA DEUTSCHER MEMORIAL PRIZE COMMITTEE invite you to a two-day conference on ‘CAPITAL, EMPIRE AND REVOLUTION’ on Saturday 9 October – Sunday 10 October 2004, at Birkbeck College, London.