Ecosocialist School 2016

From 4EDU
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Module 1. Concepts in Marxism

Friday 18 November, 16.00 Introduction to the school

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


Sunday 20 November 2 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
Maral Jefroudi


Monday 21 November 3 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


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


Wednesday 23 November 5 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


Thursday 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
Henri Wilno


Friday 25 November
Free day

Module 2. Deepening globalisation and its contradictions

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


Sunday 27 November
8 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
9 The role of fundamentalism
- Material roots of fundamentalism
- The political role of fundamentalism
- Fundamentalism, women and LGBTIQ
Terry Conway


Tuesday 29 November
10 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
Joseph Daher


Wednesday 30 November
11 The anti-racist struggle
- Historical roots of racism in colonialism and imperialism
- Institutional racism and racist ideologies today
- Migration and migrant solidarity
Mamadou Ba


Thursday 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 as a laboratory for the EU's crisis measures
Eric Toussaint

Friday 2 December
Free day


Module 3. Strategic questions in changing the world

Saturday 3 December
13 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


Sunday 4 December
14 A balance sheet of the progressive cycle in Latin-America
- Experiences in Venezuela, Bolivia,
- Popular power and the state
- The end of a period?
Sebastien Brulez


Monday 5 December
15 Climate change and social transformation
- Linking climate change and social struggles
- Sustainability and democracy
- Transitional demands
Manuel Garí Ramos


Tuesday 6 December
16 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


Wednesday 7 December
17 Road to power: a transitional approach
- The centrality of self-emancipation
- The role of the capitalist state and bourgeois democracy
- A transitional approach today
Catherine Samary


Thursday 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
Léon Crémieux

Friday 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
  • 16.30-17.10: Final discussion, starting with reports from the group. 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 or final discussion