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'''Module 1. Concepts in Marxism'''
'''Module 1. Concepts in Marxism'''


Saturday 18 November, 16.00
Saturday 18 November, 15.00
[[Introduction to the school]]<br>
[[Introduction to the school]]<br>


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Monday 20 November<br>
Monday 20 November<br>
2 [[Class: objective definitions, shifting contours, subjective expressions]]<br>
2 [[The working class]]<br>
- Class as a concept<br>
- What is the working class? The notion of class in Marx and marxism<br>
- Historical changes in labor relations since the end of the 19th cc<br>
- The historical changes in the class composition of the working class <br>
- Working class today, precarity<br>
- The working class today<br>
Maral Jefroudi
Maral Jefroudi




Tuesday 21 November<br>
Tuesday 21 November<br>
3 [[Feminism, Marxism and intersectionality]]<br>
3 [[Women's liberation]]<br>
- Aspects of women’s oppression, the capitalist mode of reproduction and sexual division of labour<br>
- A Marxist-feminist analysis of women’s oppression and exploitation<br>
- Social reproduction theory<br>
- Gender, sexuality, intersectionality: the question of oppression in a broader framework<br>
- Feminist struggle and its links with Marxism<br>
- Women's Liberation struggles<br>
Sandra Ezquerra




Wednesday 22 November<br>
Wednesday 22 November<br>
4 [[LGBTIQ liberation struggles]]<br>
4 [[Relationship human society/nature, productivism]]<br>
- Marxist view of LGBTIQ oppression<br>
– heteronormativity, gender identity, racism and imperialism<br>
 
 
Thursday 23 November<br>
5 [[Relationship human society/nature, productivism]]<br>
- Technology & productivism<br>
- Technology & productivism<br>
- The notion of progress<br>
- The notion of progress<br>
- Ecosocialist answers<br>
- Ecosocialist answers<br>
Marijke Colle
Marijke Colle
Thursday 23 November<br>
5
[[LGBTIQ liberation struggles]]<br>
- Marxist view of LGBTIQ oppression<br>
– heteronormativity, gender identity, racism and imperialism<br>
Anthony Rizk




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- The theory of long waves<br>
- The theory of long waves<br>
- The neoliberal answer to the crisis since the 1980's<br>
- The neoliberal answer to the crisis since the 1980's<br>
Daniel Albarracin


Saturday 25 November<br>
Saturday 25 November<br>
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Sunday 26 November<br>
Sunday 26 November<br>
7 [[Imperialism, from the highest stage of capitalism to globalization]]<br>
7 [[Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today]]<br>
- The classic theory of imperialism<br>
- The classic theory of imperialism<br>
- Permanent revolution versus stageism and campism<br>
- Permanent revolution versus stageism and campism<br>
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Tuesday 28 November<br>
Tuesday 28 November<br>
9 [[Neo-Colonialism, imperialism and struggles in Africa]]<br>
9 [[Neo-Colonialism, imperialism and struggles in Africa]]<br>
- Economic point of view<br>
- Impact of colonial and imperialism<br>  
- The political genesis of the Continent<br>
- Modern day imperialism in Africa<br>
- Overview of the social and political situation<br>
- Social struggles today<br>
Bernard Schmid
 


Wednesday 29 November<br>
Wednesday 29 November<br>
10 [[A balance sheet of the progressive cycle in Latin-America]
10 [[A balance sheet of the progressive cycle in Latin-America]]<br>
- Experiences with different kinds of 'progressive governments' (Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia)<br>
- Experiences with different kinds of 'progressive governments' (Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia)<br>
- The so-called 'pink tide' and the start of a new cycle?<br>  
- The so-called 'pink tide' and the start of a new cycle?<br>  
- Popular power and the state
- Popular power and the state<br>
Sebastien Brulez
Sebastien Brulez


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- Reactionary counter-offensives and the role of the Left<br>
- Reactionary counter-offensives and the role of the Left<br>
- Syria and imperialist interventions<br>
- Syria and imperialist interventions<br>
Joseph Daher




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- The contradictions in the EU leading to the current political and economic crisis<br>
- The contradictions in the EU leading to the current political and economic crisis<br>
- Greece and Brexit<br>
- Greece and Brexit<br>
Éric Toussaint


Saturday 2 December<br>
Saturday 2 December<br>
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Monday 4 December<br>
Monday 4 December<br>
14 [[14- Fundamentalism/ Religion and Politics]]<br>
14 [[The feminist challenge in changing society, feminizing our perspectives and our movements]]<br>
- Marxist view of religion<br>  
- The role of the women's movement<br>
- Global rise of religious identities as a world-wide phenomenon<br>  
- Centrality of women's oppression in liberation struggles<br>  
- Far right, religious fundamentalism<br>
- Feminist policies in revolutionary parties<br>
Penny Duggan




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- Institutional racism and racist ideologies today<br>
- Institutional racism and racist ideologies today<br>
- Migration and migrant solidarity<br>
- Migration and migrant solidarity<br>
Foti Benlisoy




Wednesday 6 December<br>
Wednesday 6 December<br>
16 [[ The feminist challenge in changing society, feminizing our perspectives and our movements]]<br>
16 [[Fundamentalism/ Religion and Politics]]<br>
- The role of the women's movement<br>
- Marxist view of religion<br>  
- Centrality of women's oppression in liberation struggles<br>  
- Global rise of religious identities as a world-wide phenomenon<br>  
- Feminist policies in revolutionary parties<br>
- Far right, religious fundamentalism<br>
Penny Duggan
Alex de Jong




Thursday 7 December<br>
Thursday 7 December<br>
17 [[Road to power: a transitional approach]]<br>
17 [['Socialism or Barbarism' today: the centrality of self-emancipation]]<br>
- The centrality of self-emancipation<br>
- "Transitional strategy" in contemporary capitalism<br>  
- The role of the capitalist state and bourgeois democracy<br>
- Permanent revolution to-day<br>
- A transitional approach today<br>
- Lessons from the past for struggles today<br>
Catherine Samary
Catherine Samary


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[[Evaluation, cleaning]]<br>
[[Evaluation, cleaning]]<br>


*9.30-10.10: Lecture. Part 1
9.30-10.10: Lecture part 1
 
10.10-10.20: Break
 
10.20-11.00: Lecture Part 2
 
11.00-11.10: Break


*10.10-10.20: Break
11.10-11:50: Lecture Part 3


*10.20-11.00: Lecture. Part 2
11.50-12.00: Break


*11.00-11.10: Break
12.00-12.30: Questions and answers


*11.10-11:50: Lecture. Part 3
12.30-15.00: Lunch and time for individual reading


*11.50-12.00: Break
15.00-16.30: Discussion in language groups


*12.00-12.30: Questions and answers
16.40-17.10: Final discussion starting with reports from the groups. Part 1


*12.30-15.00: Lunch and time for individual reading
17.10-17.20: Break


*15.00-16.30: Discussion in language groups
17.20-17.50: Final discussion. Part 2


*16.30-17.10: Final discussion, starting with reports from the group. Part 1
17.50-18.00: Break


*17.10-17.20 Break
18.00-18.30: Country report


*17.20-17.50 Final discussion. Part 2
18.30-19.30: Reading time


*17.50-18.00: Break
19.30: Evening meal


*18.00-18.30: country report or final discussion
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Latest revision as of 16:02, 3 December 2017

Module 1. Concepts in Marxism

Saturday 18 November, 15.00 Introduction to the school

Sunday 19 November
1 The historical materialist method
- Place of marxism in history
- Historical Materialism
- Marxist critique of political economy
Alex Merlo


Monday 20 November
2 The working class
- What is the working class? The notion of class in Marx and marxism
- The historical changes in the class composition of the working class
- The working class today
Maral Jefroudi


Tuesday 21 November
3 Women's liberation
- A Marxist-feminist analysis of women’s oppression and exploitation
- Gender, sexuality, intersectionality: the question of oppression in a broader framework
- Women's Liberation struggles
Sandra Ezquerra


Wednesday 22 November
4 Relationship human society/nature, productivism
- Technology & productivism
- The notion of progress
- Ecosocialist answers
Marijke Colle


Thursday 23 November
5 LGBTIQ liberation struggles
- Marxist view of LGBTIQ oppression
– heteronormativity, gender identity, racism and imperialism
Anthony Rizk


Friday 24 November
6 Long waves and crises
- The marxist analysis of crisis, rate of profit
- The theory of long waves
- The neoliberal answer to the crisis since the 1980's
Daniel Albarracin

Saturday 25 November
Free day

Module 2. Deepening globalisation and its contradictions

Sunday 26 November
7 Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today
- The classic theory of imperialism
- Permanent revolution versus stageism and campism
- Imperialisms today
Peter Drucker


Monday 27 November
8 China's global role: challenging the US
- The rise of China as a global power
- The changing character of China
- China on the world stage
Pierre Rousset


Tuesday 28 November
9 Neo-Colonialism, imperialism and struggles in Africa
- Impact of colonial and imperialism
- Modern day imperialism in Africa
- Social struggles today
Bernard Schmid


Wednesday 29 November
10 A balance sheet of the progressive cycle in Latin-America
- Experiences with different kinds of 'progressive governments' (Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia)
- The so-called 'pink tide' and the start of a new cycle?
- Popular power and the state
Sebastien Brulez


Thursday 30 November
11 The Middle East today
- Socio-economic roots of the Arab uprising and dynamics of the process
- Reactionary counter-offensives and the role of the Left
- Syria and imperialist interventions


Friday 1 December
12 EU imperialism
- History of the EU as a project for the formation of an European bourgeoisie
- The contradictions in the EU leading to the current political and economic crisis
- Greece and Brexit
Éric Toussaint


Saturday 2 December
Free day


Module 3. Strategic questions in changing the world

Sunday 3 December
13 Climate change and social transformation
- Linking climate change and social struggles
- Sustainability and democracy
- Transitional demands
Manuel Garí Ramos


Monday 4 December
14 The feminist challenge in changing society, feminizing our perspectives and our movements
- The role of the women's movement
- Centrality of women's oppression in liberation struggles
- Feminist policies in revolutionary parties
Penny Duggan


Tuesday 5 December
15 The anti-racist struggle
- Historical roots of racism in colonialism and imperialism
- Institutional racism and racist ideologies today
- Migration and migrant solidarity
Foti Benlisoy


Wednesday 6 December
16 Fundamentalism/ Religion and Politics
- Marxist view of religion
- Global rise of religious identities as a world-wide phenomenon
- Far right, religious fundamentalism
Alex de Jong


Thursday 7 December
17 'Socialism or Barbarism' today: the centrality of self-emancipation
- "Transitional strategy" in contemporary capitalism
- Permanent revolution to-day
- Lessons from the past for struggles today
Catherine Samary


Friday 8 December
18 The strategic importance of internationalism and the role of an international
- Historical aspects of the Four internationals
- World capitalism and internationalism
- The FI today

Saturday 9 December Evaluation, cleaning

9.30-10.10: Lecture part 1

10.10-10.20: Break

10.20-11.00: Lecture Part 2

11.00-11.10: Break

11.10-11:50: Lecture Part 3

11.50-12.00: Break

12.00-12.30: Questions and answers

12.30-15.00: Lunch and time for individual reading

15.00-16.30: Discussion in language groups

16.40-17.10: Final discussion starting with reports from the groups. Part 1

17.10-17.20: Break

17.20-17.50: Final discussion. Part 2

17.50-18.00: Break

18.00-18.30: Country report

18.30-19.30: Reading time

19.30: Evening meal

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