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Saturday 19 November
Saturday 19 November
1. [[Introduction: historical materialism method / place of Marxism in history]]<br>
[[Introduction: The historical materialist method]]<br>
- Place of marxism in history
- Historical Materialism
- Marxist critique of political economy
Alex Merlo
Alex Merlo


Sunday 20 November
Sunday 20 November
2. [[Mode of production / mode of reproduction, women's oppression in capitalism]]<br>
[[Mode of (re-)production and women's oppression in capitalism]]<br>
 
- The capitalist mode of production and the sexual division of labour
- Social reproduction
- Domestic and unpaid labour
Susan Pashkoff


Monday 21 November
Monday 21 November
3. [[Relationship human society/nature, productivism]]<br>
[[Relationship human society-nature]]<br>
- Technology & productivism
- The notion of progress
- Ecosocialist answers
Marijke Colle




Tuesday 22 November
Tuesday 22 November
4. [[Feminism, Marxism and intersectionality: class, gender, race and sexuality as mutually constitutive]]<br>
[[Feminism, Marxism and intersectionality]]<br>
- Origins and different aspects of women's oppression
- The LGBT movement, homophobia and sexual identity
- Intersectionality
- Feminist struggle and its links with marxism
Nadia de Mond




Wednesday 23 November
Wednesday 23 November
5. [[Class: objective definitions, shifting contours, subjective expressions (migration, generations, gender)]]<br>
[[Class: objective definitions, shifting contours, subjective expressions]]<br>
- Class as a concept
- Historical changes in labor relations since the end of the 19th cc
- Working class today, precarity




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Friday 25 November
Friday 25 November
6. [[Long waves and crises: economic, ecological, civilizational]]<br>
[[Long waves and crises]]<br>
- The marxist analysis of crisis, rate of profit
- The theory of long waves
- The neoliberal answer to the crisis since the 1980's




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Saturday 26 November
Saturday 26 November
7. [[From the highest stage of capitalism to globalization: imperialisms and sub imperialisms, uneven and combined development]]<br>
[[Imperialism, from the highest stage of capitalism to globalization]]<br>
- The classic theory of imperialism
- Permanent revolution versus stageism and campism
- Imperialisms today




Sunday 27 November
Sunday 27 November
8. [[Climate, food crisis, energy and peasant struggles and migration (women's struggles)]]<br>
[[Climate and food crisis]]<br>
- Mechanisms of the climate crisis
- Food crisis and food sovereignty
- The role of workers, peasants, women and IP's
Marijke Colle




Monday 28 November
Monday 28 November
9. [[China's global role: challenging the US]]<br>
[[China's global role: challenging the US]]<br>
- The rise of China as a global power
- The changing character of China
- China on the world stage
Pierre Rousset




Tuesday 29 December
Tuesday 29 December
10. [[EU imperialism and the case of Greece]]<br>
[[EU imperialism]]<br>
- 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 as a laboratory for the EU's crisis measures
Eric Toussaint




Wednesday 30 December
Wednesday 30 December
11. [[Reactionary fundamentalisms and nationalism on the rise (including attacks on immigrants’ women’s and lgbt rights)]]<br>
[[The role of fundamentalism]]<br>
- Material roots of fundamentalism
- The political role of fundamentalism
- Fundamentalism, women and LGBTIQ
Terry Conway




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Friday 2 December
Friday 2 December
12. [[US imperialism and the challenges it faces in the Middle East]]<br>
[[The crisis in the Middle East]]<br>
- Socioeconomic roots of the Arab uprising and dynamics of the process
- Reactionary counter-offensives and the role of the Left
- Syria and imperialist interventions




Saturday 3 December
Saturday 3 December
13. [[New horizons of international and anti-racist solidarity: climate refugees, natural disasters, femonationalism/homonationalism and feminist/queer anti-imperialism, anti-austerity and labour]] <br>
[[The anti-racist struggle]] <br>
- Historical roots of racism in colonialism and imperialism
- Institutional racism and racist ideologies today
- Migration and migrant solidarity




Sunday 4 December
Sunday 4 December
14. [[Climate change and social transformation]]<br>
[[Climate change and social transformation]]<br>
- Linking climate change and social struggles
- Sustainability and democracy
- Transitional demands




Monday 5 December
Monday 5 December
15. [[New parties of the left: reformism in opposition or government (Syriza, Podemos, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay)]]<br>
[[A balance sheet of the progressive cycle in Latin-America]]<br>
 
- Experiences in Venezuela, Bolivia,
- Popular power and the state
- The end of a period?


Tuesday 6 December
Tuesday 6 December
16. [[Class, environmental, and emancipatory struggles and institutions: what is a "transitional approach" in the 21st century?]]<br>
[[Road to power: a transtional approach]]<br>
- The centrality of self-emancipation
- The role of the capitalist state and bourgeois democracy
- A transitional approach today




Wednesday 7 December
Wednesday 7 December
17. [[The feminist challenge in changing society: feminizing our perspectives and our movements]]<br>
[[The feminist challenge in changing society: feminizing our perspectives and our movements]]<br>
- The role of the women's movement
- Centrality of women's oppression in liberation struggles
- Feminist policies in revolutionary parties




Thursday 8 December
Thursday 8 December
18. [[The strategic importance of internationalism and the role of an international]]<br>
[[The strategic importance of internationalism and the role of an international]]<br>
- Historical aspects of the Four internationals
- World capitalism and internationalism
- The FI today




Friday 9 December
Friday 9 December
Evaluation, cleaning
[[Evaluation, cleaning]]<br>


*9.00-9.40: Lecture. Part 1  
*9.00-9.40: Lecture. Part 1  

Revision as of 10:34, 6 October 2016

Preliminary program

Module 1. Concepts in Marxism

Friday 18 November Introduction to the school

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

Sunday 20 November Mode of (re-)production and women's oppression in capitalism
- The capitalist mode of production and the sexual division of labour - Social reproduction - Domestic and unpaid labour Susan Pashkoff

Monday 21 November Relationship human society-nature
- Technology & productivism - The notion of progress - Ecosocialist answers Marijke Colle


Tuesday 22 November Feminism, Marxism and intersectionality
- Origins and different aspects of women's oppression - The LGBT movement, homophobia and sexual identity - Intersectionality - Feminist struggle and its links with marxism Nadia de Mond


Wednesday 23 November Class: objective definitions, shifting contours, subjective expressions
- Class as a concept - Historical changes in labor relations since the end of the 19th cc - Working class today, precarity


Thursday 24 November Free day

Friday 25 November 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


Module 2. Deepening globalisation and its contradictions

Saturday 26 November Imperialism, from the highest stage of capitalism to globalization
- The classic theory of imperialism - Permanent revolution versus stageism and campism - Imperialisms today


Sunday 27 November Climate and food crisis
- Mechanisms of the climate crisis - Food crisis and food sovereignty - The role of workers, peasants, women and IP's Marijke Colle


Monday 28 November 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 29 December 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 as a laboratory for the EU's crisis measures Eric Toussaint


Wednesday 30 December The role of fundamentalism
- Material roots of fundamentalism - The political role of fundamentalism - Fundamentalism, women and LGBTIQ Terry Conway


Thursday 1 December Free day

Module 3. Strategic questions in changing the world

Friday 2 December The crisis in the Middle East
- Socioeconomic roots of the Arab uprising and dynamics of the process - Reactionary counter-offensives and the role of the Left - Syria and imperialist interventions


Saturday 3 December The anti-racist struggle
- Historical roots of racism in colonialism and imperialism - Institutional racism and racist ideologies today - Migration and migrant solidarity


Sunday 4 December Climate change and social transformation
- Linking climate change and social struggles - Sustainability and democracy - Transitional demands


Monday 5 December A balance sheet of the progressive cycle in Latin-America
- Experiences in Venezuela, Bolivia, - Popular power and the state - The end of a period?

Tuesday 6 December Road to power: a transtional approach
- The centrality of self-emancipation - The role of the capitalist state and bourgeois democracy - A transitional approach today


Wednesday 7 December 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


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


Friday 9 December Evaluation, cleaning

  • 9.00-9.40: Lecture. Part 1
  • 9.40-9.50: Break
  • 9.50-10.30: Lecture. Part 2
  • 10.30-10.40: Break
  • 10.40-11:20: Lecture. Part 3
  • 11.20-11.30: Break
  • 11.30-12.00: Questions and answers
  • 12.00-15.00: Lunch and time for individual reading
  • 15.00-16.30: Discussion in language groups
  • 16.30-17.10: Final discussion, starting with reports from the group. Part 1
  • 17.10-17.20 Break
  • 17.20-18.00 Final discussion. Part 2
  • 18.00-20.30: Reading time
  • 20.30: Evening meal