Draft program youth School 2023

Introduction to the school. - [Starting] at 3 pm.

1. Introduction to our critical Marxism

2. 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.

3. LGBTIQ struggles and liberation - Anthony Rizk
– Capitalism and LGBTIQ oppression.
– LGBTIQ theories and struggles.
- The Left in LGBTIQ struggles.

4. Ecosocialism
- 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.

5.The working class
- 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 working class today.

6. Immigration and anti-racism
- The EU and anti-migration policies.
- What is racism?
- Anti-racist struggles.

7.The far-right in Europe
- Far-right / Fascism / Nationalism
- Causes of the rise of the far-right
- Strategies against the far-right

8.Imperialism

9. The rise of China

10. The Fourth International and strategic debates - Jonathan Simmel
- Our strategic goal.
- The role of the revolutionary party.
- How can new parties be a bridge between where we are now and what we want.

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. Part 2

• 17.50-18.00: Break

• 18.00-18.30: Country report

• 18.30-19.30: Reading time

• 19.30: Evening meal