Sunday 10 February 2008

Oxford Radical Forum

Between 29th February and 2nd March students at Wadham College are organising Oxford's first Radical Forum; a three-day outburst of political debate, encompassing speakers, workshops, films, bookstalls and magic.

Subjects will include Palestine, Marxism, women's reproductive rights, environmentalism, political theatre and queer art.

The programme features a number of leading Respect speakers, for more information see: http://www.oxfordradicalforum.com/


:Programme

FRIDAY
14.00:Plane Stupid Workshop on Direct Action
Venue: OLD REFECTORY


16.00:Abortion Rights Workshop on the Threat to Women's Reproductive Rights
Venue: OLD REFECTORY


18:00:Yassamine Mather on the Women's Movement and Shia Islam
Venue: OLD SEMINAR ROOM


20.00:DEBATE with Lindsey German, Finn McKay, Judith Orr and Sofie Buckland: Socialist or Radical Feminism?
Venue: MOSER THEATRE

SATURDAY


11.00:Jerry Cohen on what Happened to the Working Classes
Venue: OKINAGA ROOM


14.00:Paul Jakubovic on the Problem with Dialectics
Venue: OKINAGA ROOM


16.00:Ilan Pappe on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Venue: MOSER THEATRE


18:00:Ian Saville performing Socialist Magic Tricks
Venue: MOSER THEATRE


20.00:DEBATE with Alex Callinicos, Gilbert Achcar, Peter Tatchell and TBC: Where Now for the Left?
Venue: MOSER THEATRE

SUNDAY


11.00:Kwame Kwei-Armah on Race and Playwriting in Britain today
Venue: MOSER THEATRE


14.00:Chris Cramer on the Relationship between Conflict and Capitalism
Venue: OKINAGA ROOM


16.00:Bernard O'Donoghue on Poetry and Politics
Venue: OKINAGA ROOM


18:00:Marc Mulholland on Marxism and history
Venue: OKINAGA ROOM


20.00:DEBATE with Peter Hitchens, Paul Blackledge, Chris Harman and TBC: Is Marxism still Necessary to Understand and Change the World?
Venue: MOSER THEATRE