Submitted by Anon on 17 July, 2004 - 7:38
A weekend of socialist debate, 3-4 July
At Highgate Newtown Community Centre, 25 Bertram Street, London N19 (Archway or Tufnell Park tube)
Discussions on Saturday 3 July
- Israel-Palestine: what chance for peace? Sean Matgamna (AWL) and an Israeli refusenik
- The revolutionary paper Cathy Nugent
- Working class political representation Alex Gordon (RMT), Billy Hayes (CWU) and Janine Booth (RMT)
- Socialists and the Muslim communities in Britain: a discussion Sacha Ismail (AWL) and a member of the Muslim group, Just Peace
- What will socialism be like? Jill Mountford
- Iraq: eyewitness in Falluja Jo Wilding
- Free trade and fair trade. Speakers include Paul Hampton
- The debate on the banning of the veil in French schools Yves Coleman
- Which way for the anti-capitalist movement? Massimo De Angelis and Mick Duncan
- The politics of Isaac Deutscher Sean Matgamna
- Iraq: what next Clive Bradley (AWL), Houzan Mahmoud (WCPI) and Ewa Jasiewicz (recently returned from Basra)
Discussions on Sunday 4 July
- The left and elections Pat Murphy (AWL), Omar Waraich (Respect) and Matt Sellwood (Green Party)
- Lessons from the miners' strike, 20 years on Paul Whetton (secretary of the Notts rank and file strike committee) and Karen Waddington (AWL)
- The left and the US elections Jim Byagua
- 1919, workers' councils in Hungary John Cunningham
- Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Haitian revolution Colin Waugh
- Iraq: the new workers' movement and the case for solidarity Abdullah Muhsin (IFTU) and Martin Thomas (AWL)
The political folk-singer, Robb Johnson will be performing at Ideas for Freedom
at 7 pm on 3 July. Tickets to hear Robb can be bought separately for £3.
There is a creche and cheap food. Accommodation is available.
Two-day weekend tickets are £20 (waged)/£11 (low waged, students)/ £7 (unwaged). One day tickets are £10 (waged)/£6 (low waged, students)/ £4 (unwaged). You can book online for the Workers' Liberty summer school at www.workersliberty.org/whatson