Youth School 2017

'Tuesday 15/08 Introduction to the school.
- [Starting] at 2 pm.

Wednesday 17/08
1. Introduction to our critical Marxism - Alex Merlo
- Marx's materialism: The Theses on Feuerbach. Self-emancipation.
- Introduction to historical materialism: The notions of base and superstructure.
- Introduction to the Marxist critique of political economy: use value, exchange value, surplus value, exploitation.

Thursday 18/08
2. The working class today - Maral Jefroudi
- What is the working class? The notion of class in Marx and marxism
- The changes in the class composition of the working class during the late 20th Century
- The problem of class consciousness and intersecting identities

Friday 19/08
3. Marx and ecology, the global ecological crisis - Marijke Colle
- Climate crisis, biodiversity crisis, energy crisis and link with the capitalist mode of production.
- The notion of progress put into question, struggle of indigenous peoples, land grabbing etc.
- Our ecosocialist answers

Saturday 20/08
4.Imperialism and geopolitical disorder in the 21st century - Peter Drucker
- Classic theory on imperialism
- US imperialism and emerging new powers - towards a multipolar world?
- Imperialism in disorder: from the 1930s to Brexit and Trump

Sunday 21/08
5. Europe in crisis - Daniel Albarracin
- The authoritarian and austerian offensive in Europe
- The state of the European Left (from the Left party to anti-capitalists)
- Southern Europe as the laboratory of the crisis and the focal point of resistance

Monday 22/08 Day off

Tuesday 23/08
6. Women's liberation - Nadia de Mond
- 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

Wednesday 24/08
7. LBTIQ struggles and liberation - Nina
– Capitalism and LGBTIQ oppression
– LGBTIQ theories and struggles
- The Left in LGBTIQ struggles

Thursday 25/08
8. Revolution and repression in the Middle-East - Joseph Daher
– The structural causes of the Arab revolts
– The reactionary counter-offensive
- The role of the left and the revolutionaries in these movements

Friday 26/08
9. Immigration and anti-racism - Omar Slaouti
- What is racism?
- EU and refugees & immigration
- Anti-racist struggles

Saturday 27/08
10. The Fourth International and strategic debates - Léon Cremieux
- Our strategic goal
- The role of the revolutionary party
- How can broad parties be a bridge between where we are now and what we want

Sunday 28/08
11. Evaluation and general cleaning

Structure of the day

• 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

• 16.30-17.10: Final discussion starting with reports from the groups. Part 1

• 17.10-17.20: Break

• 17.20-17.50: Final discussion starting with reports from the groups. Part 2

• 17.50-18.00: Break

• 18.00-18.30: Country report

• 18.30-19.30: Reading time

• 19.30: Evening meal