The Socialist 1 May 2004

Iraq: End The Bloodshed

Iraq: End The Bloodshed

Iraq: Bush's Bloody 'Ambassador'

Socialism 2004

Building A Socialist International

2004 May Day Greetings

ID Cards - Working Class People Will Pay The Price

Anger As Unison Leadership Backs Down

Shell - Profiting From Misery

South Africa 10 Years On

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Socialism 2004

Socialism 2004 is a weekend of socialist discussion and debate hosted by the Socialist Party.

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For updates on the agenda/speakers, e-mail us at:

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Cost for weekend - £25 waged, £10 unwaged/low waged. For single day - £15 waged, £6 unwaged/low waged.

Initial agenda

Rallies:

• End the Occupation of Iraq
• The Miners' strike - 20 Years On: A Civil War Without Guns
• After the elections: where now for socialists?

Sessions:

Marxism and globalisation:

Jobs exodus - is protectionism the solution?

Workers' struggles in Europe.

Latin America - can left populist regimes survive in isolation?

Resisting Imperialism:

Imperialism - what does it mean?

Haiti's revolutionary tradition - 200 years since independence was declared, what are the lessons for today?

Iran 1979 - why did revolution lead to an Islamic state rather than socialism?

Palestine - can national liberation be secured under capitalism?

Trade union/workplace:

How awkward are the 'awkward squad'? The struggle for fighting union leaderships.

International Socialist Resistance (ISR) - Defending young workers' rights, our role in the trade unions

Local councils - the battle for a better deal:

How can communities fight local cuts in services and tax rises?

Question and answer with local campaigners

Liverpool - how socialists led a mass, city-wide struggle against council cuts

Class struggle and everyday life:

Hijab controversy - why socialists oppose the ban on the headscarf.

Are we being poisoned? Why profits are jeopardising food safety.

Is there a 'new sexism'? Socialism and the struggle for women's liberation.

Introduction to Socialist and Marxist ideas:

(ISR) What is Socialism?

Who were the Bolsheviks? What socialists mean by a revolutionary party.

An introduction to Marxist economics.

Special sessions:

Socialist Students - what is the future of university education under capitalism? Building the socialist alternative.

Asylum and Immigration - combating the media scares.

Can free markets work? Capitalism versus socialism - a debate.

How can we fight the rise of the racist BNP?

In this issue

Iraq: End The Bloodshed

Iraq: Bush's Bloody 'Ambassador'

Socialism

Socialism 2004

Building A Socialist International

2004 May Day Greetings

Socialist Party campaigns

ID Cards - Working Class People Will Pay The Price

Anger As Unison Leadership Backs Down

International socialist news and analysis

Shell - Profiting From Misery

South Africa 10 Years On

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Bristol Central Socialist Party: Art and Politics

Bristol Central Socialist Party: The role of the monarchy in capitalist society

More attacks on right to campaign

Capitalism:

Brighton Socialist Party: The psychological and social effects of capitalism

JP Morgan: banksters at it again

France: A weekend that shocked Europe

ISR:

Fight for your future: what ISR campaigns for

Thousands show their hatred for racism

Students step-up struggle