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- Marxism 2008
Grey Lynn Community Centre
Friday, May 30 at 7:00pm
The Spark
Marxism 2008 programme
FRIDAY 30 May
7pm: Bullets and ballots Babu Maharjan a Maoist from Nepal gives an eyewitness account of the mass movement for change.
8pm Vote socialist 2008: The Workers Party launches its election campaign with a view to being on ballot papers in every home
SATURDAY 31 May
10am – Revolution and... Resistance: A panel discussion
Denis Maga on the mass movement in the Philippines (from the radical trade union the KMU); Don Carson (a long-time campaigner for Palestine) on the relentless struggle for liberation; Mike Treen (unionist and social justice activist) on Cuba surviving encirclement; and John Edmundson (Workers Party) on Afghanistan’s long-running resistance.
11.45: Australia: New government, old problems? Anthony Main (Socialist Party of Australia) talks about the current situation
12.30 - 1.15: Lunch
1.15 -3pm: 1968: The Year that Rocked the World - Mike Kay (Workers Party) on the tumultuous events of forty years ago.
John Moore (Workers Party) speaks with former Polynesian Panther Party member Tigi Ness about radicalism in Polynesian Ponsonby.
Short break
3 – 4pm: Building a Fighting Force Matt McCarten (Unite Union) and Don Franks (Workers Party) on how to fight redundancies and build mass resistance
Short break
4-15pm - 5pm: What is socialism? Jared Phillips (Workers Party) a historical view
Parallel session: Dialectics of nature vs nurture Daphna Whitmore (Workers Party) looks at the dichotomy debate.
SUNDAY 1 June
12.30: Sex and Socialism Bryce Edwards (Politics lecturer) brings two of the most interesting words in the English language together in a libertarian-socialist talk where discussion will range from pornography to prostitution, lesbianism to childcare, 'raunch culture' to abortion.
1.15 Debate: That open borders bring freedom Tim Bowron (Workers Party) argues the affirmative; Brian Van Dam (social justice activist) argues the negative.
2.30 break
2.45 pm: The vital role of a revolutionary paper Don Franks (Workers Party, editor of The Spark)
3.30 Who needs a revolutionary party? Philip Ferguson (Workers Party) argues the essential need for a revolutionary organisationRead More
FRIDAY 30 May
7pm: Bullets and ballots Babu Maharjan a Maoist from Nepal gives an eyewitness account of the mass movement for change.
8pm Vote socialist 2008: The Workers Party launches its election campaign with a view to being on ballot papers in every home
SATURDAY 31 May
10am – Revolution and... Resistance: A panel discussion
Denis Maga on the mass movement in the Philippines (from the radical trade union the KMU); Don Carson (a long-time campaigner for Palestine) on the relentless struggle for liberation; Mike Treen (unionist and social justice activist) on Cuba surviving encirclement; and John Edmundson (Workers Party) on Afghanistan’s long-running resistance.
11.45: Australia: New government, old problems? Anthony Main (Socialist Party of Australia) talks about the current situation
12.30 - 1.15: Lunch
1.15 -3pm: 1968: The Year that Rocked the World - Mike Kay (Workers Party) on the tumultuous events of forty years ago.
John Moore (Workers Party) speaks with former Polynesian Panther Party member Tigi Ness about radicalism in Polynesian Ponsonby.
Short break
3 – 4pm: Building a Fighting Force Matt McCarten (Unite Union) and Don Franks (Workers Party) on how to fight redundancies and build mass resistance
Short break
4-15pm - 5pm: What is socialism? Jared Phillips (Workers Party) a historical view
Parallel session: Dialectics of nature vs nurture Daphna Whitmore (Workers Party) looks at the dichotomy debate.
SUNDAY 1 June
12.30: Sex and Socialism Bryce Edwards (Politics lecturer) brings two of the most interesting words in the English language together in a libertarian-socialist talk where discussion will range from pornography to prostitution, lesbianism to childcare, 'raunch culture' to abortion.
1.15 Debate: That open borders bring freedom Tim Bowron (Workers Party) argues the affirmative; Brian Van Dam (social justice activist) argues the negative.
2.30 break
2.45 pm: The vital role of a revolutionary paper Don Franks (Workers Party, editor of The Spark)
3.30 Who needs a revolutionary party? Philip Ferguson (Workers Party) argues the essential need for a revolutionary organisationRead More
A weekend of socialist discussion and education
Time:7:00PM Friday, May 30th
Location:Grey Lynn Community Centre
April 15, 2008 at 5:40am
