Anticapitalism 2011

Anticapitalism 2011 is your chance to come and discuss some of the most important issues going on in the world today.
Timetable and registration now online
We live in an age of austerity and growing poverty. A world where bankers hold nations to ransom and the poor are made to suffer.
But there is a spirit of resistance across the world – from Wisconsin to Cairo, from the students to construction workers people are getting organised and taking action.
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This year Anticapitalism will see contributions and discussions from a broad range of people across the movement. Workers Power will also be launching their new book The degenerated revolution: The rise and fall of Stalinism there with workshops and panels debating the history of Stalinism and the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union today.
Tickets available online here
Sessions will include:
Wisconsin, the Tea Party and Obama – the crisis of America today, A brief history of rioting, 75 years on: the meaning of the Spanish Civil War, After the UN vote – Palestine’s place in modern history, General strikes past and present – 1893 to 2011, Can there be a revolution in Britain? Is there a ‘new feminism’? Perspectives for the women’s movement today
Panel discussions on:
• Libya and revolutionary struggle today
• Is the euro on the brink of collapse? The future of Europe in an age of austerity
• NHS plc? Stopping the destruction of our health service
• Egypt and Syria: a tale of two revolutions
• A system in default? Marxist political economy and the crisis today
• Is there a ‘postmodern condition’? Considering the impact of neoliberalism on social consciousness and the working class
• From city academies to top up fees – contesting the future of education
• A left old or new: what kind of left do we need today?
Special sessions on the history and the fight against Stalinism:
• Twenty years after the collapse of the USSR
• The Russian Revolution: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
• The Russian Revolution – its victory and its defeat
• Re-examining theories of the class nature of the USSR
• Did Lenin lead to Stalin?
• Eastern Europe, Cuba, Vietnam – revolutionary Stalinism?
• The restoration of capitalism in the Stalinist states, 1991-the present day
Anticapitalism 2011 is the annual event of Workers Power
The timetable is online here
The event has a facebook page here