Youth School 2010

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Youth School, 20-31 August.

The school is tri-lingual, English, Spanish and French.

See readings at Youth School 2009

Programme

Programme

Fri 20 August

17.00: Arrivals, welcome, introduction


Sat 20 August

- Basic Marxism, Concepts of Historical Materialism, Jean.

Sun 22 August:

- The Economic Crisis and Why Capitalism Produces Crises, Catherine.

- Extra evening session:Permanent Revolution, applied on Africa, Jean

Mon 23 August

- [[Women's oppression in Capitalism], Marijke

Tue 24 August

Fascism, far right populism and anti-racism, ??? (Brit or French?)

- 14.00: Visit to the International Institute for Social History (optional)

Wed 25 August

Imperialism / globalisation (War on terror, US hegemony with examples from ME), Gilbert.

Thu 26 August

Environment / climate change Daniel T

Fri 27 August

FREE DAY

- Walking Tour of Amsterdam (optional)

Sat 28 August

- Recomposition of the Working Class: migration, new types of work etc.

Sun 29 August

- Latin America and strategies for taking power, Franck

Mon 30 August

- Building social movements, broad parties and the Fourth International, Penny

Tue 31 August

- Evaluation, cleaning, departure

Structure of each day

9.00-9.30: Lecture, part I

9.30-9.40: Break

9.40-10.10: Lecture, part II

10.10-10.20: Break

10.20-10:50: Lecture, part III

10.50-11.00: Break

11.00-12.00: Q&A

12.00-16.00: Lunch and time for reading

16.00-17.30: Discussion by language group

17.30-19.00: Concluding discussion, beginning with reports from each group.