Youth School 2009
Youth School, 19-30 August.
The school is tri-lingual, English, Spanish and French.
See readings at Youth School 2008
Programme
We 19 August
Arrivals, welcome, introduction
Th 20 August
- Basic Marxism, Concepts of Historical Materialism and Permanent Revolution, Jean.
Fr 21 August:
- The Economic Crisis, Catherine.
- Extra evening session:Permanent Revolution, applied on Africa, Jean
Sa 22 August
- Women's movement, Feminism and religion, Ozlem
Su 23 August
- Migration, nationalism, right wing populism, fascism, Eva
Mo 24 August
- Imperialism / globalisation (War on terror, US hegemony with examples from ME), Peter D.
Tu 25 August
FREE DAY
- Afternoon: Walking Tour of Amsterdam (optional)
We 26 August
- Environment / climate change Peter S.
- 14.00: Visit to the International Institute for Social History (optional)
Th 27 August
- European integration and the radical left, Bertil.
Fr 28 August
- Latin America and strategies for taking power, Antonio.
Sa 29 August
- Building social movements, broad parties and the Fourth International, Penny
Su 30 August
- Evaluation, cleaning, departure
Structure of each day
9.00-9.30: Lecture, part I
9.30-9.40: Break
9.40-10.10: Lecture, part II
10.10-10.20: Break
10.20-10:50: Lecture, part III
10.50-11.00: Break
11.00-12.00: Q&A
12.00-16.00: Lunch and time for reading
16.00-17.30: Discussion by language group
17.30-19.00: Concluding discussion, beginning with reports from each group.