Youth School 2010
Youth School, 20-31 August.
The school is tri-lingual, English, Spanish and French.
See readings at Youth School 2009
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.