Socialist Summer Camp 2023 (25-28 August, Haslemere)

Submitted by AWL on 29 June, 2021 - 5:20
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To book your ticket, click here! Tickets are £30 waged, £20 low-waged/student and £15 unwaged.

A weekend of fires, partying, nature, good food and socialist education. The camp will be fully outdoors, sleeping in tents. We will have access to hot water, proper showers in a well-lit modern shower block, and proper toilets.

Sessions: We will have a range of political discussions and workshops.

The site and activities: we will be camping in a large field set amid woodland with a modern shower block, a large fire pit, friendly horses in the next field, and wild swimming spots nearby. We will be enjoying good food — included in the ticket prices — with vegetarian and vegan options and accommodation for any special dietary requirements on request, and running a bar in the evening.

Activities during the camp include:
• wild swimming
• hikes in the surrounding hills and woods
• trips to local sights, including the nearby stately home
• football, frisbee & rounders,
• board games
• campfire singing
• a socialist pub quiz
• lots more (see more below)...

Families: We run structured activities for children of all ages and do what we can to make the camp family-friendly. Reviews from younger participants are always good. If you want more information about activities for children or what the camp is like for families, get in touch.

Travel: Workers' Liberty's Socialist Summer Camp will about 7 miles, or 20 minutes’ drive, from Haslemere train station. From Thursday afternoon we will be offering lifts to and from the station – call or email ahead to let us know when you are arriving. We aim to offer everyone a lift, but if for some reason no lifts are running when you arrive, or if there is an emergency, consult this list of local taxi firms. For transport and accessibility information get in touch.

What to bring:
• a knife, fork, spoon, bowl and mug
• a wash kit and towel
• a tent, roll mat and sleeping bag
• outdoors clothes – the weather forecast is good, but take warm and waterproof clothing!
If you can’t lay your hands on a tent or sleeping bag, let us know and we should be able to lend you one.

You may also want to bring:
• swimming gear, walking shoes
• musical instruments
• footballs, frisbees, playing cards, board games

Camp timetable:
Camp agenda

Friday 25 August –
4pm camp opens (it is OK if you arrive a bit before 4pm to set up your tent)
7pm – evening meal, bar opens, campfire

Saturday 26 August
9am – 10am: Breakfast
11am – 12:30pm Workshops:
After Carla Foster: the fight for reproductive freedom – a practical workshop
What is Trotskyism?
AI and Exploitation
Lunch – 12:30pm
1pm – 5pm: Excursions, sports, etc.
5pm -6:30pm: Workshops
The Sarahawi people and their fight for freedom
Assessing the strike wave
Climate change and gender
7pm: dinner, bar opens, campfire, pub quiz

Sunday 27 August
9am – 10am: Breakfast
11am – 12:30pm Workshops:
The Life of Rosa Luxemburg
Debating “Degrowth”
The Vestas wind turbine factory occupation
Lunch – 12:30pm
1pm – 5pm: Excursions, sports, etc.
5pm -6:30pm: Workshops:
The politics of Barbenheimer
Pulsars and us
Why Marxists organise at work
Monday 28 August
10am -11am Breakfast
12:00 – Eyewitness report from Ukraine and closing plenary
2pm – Clearing up the site and close

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