Youth School 2025
Introduction to the school. August 12. Tuesday [Starting] at 3 pm.
13 . Wednesday 1. Introduction to our critical Marxism
- Our experience of oppression and exploitation – alienation, dialectics and materialism.
- The development and history of capitalism – structure, progress and class.
- The collective struggle against capitalism – labour, exploitation and communisation.
14. Thursday 2. Labour in capitalism
- Marx's social classes and exploitation
- The genesis of the proletariat and its revolutionary potential
- The working class today
15. Friday 3. 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.
16. Saturday 4. Women's liberation
- A marxist analysis of the patriarchal domination and exploitation of women.
- What is the history and the current status of women's liberation struggles?
- What strategy for women's liberation?
17. Sunday 5. LGBTIQ struggles and liberation
– Capitalism and LGBTIQ oppression.
– LGBTIQ theories and struggles.
- The Left in LGBTIQ struggles.
18 Monday Free day
19. Tuesday 6.Marxist Economics
- Basic concepts
- Capitalist crisis
20. Wednesday 7. Imperialism, geopolitical disorder and resistance
- Classic theory of imperialism
- US imperialism and emerging new powers - towards a multipolar world?
- Imperialism in disorder: from the 1930s to Brexit and Trump
21. Thursday 8.Palestine
- Historical background
- The oppression of Palestine today
- Strategies and the Role of international solidarity
22. Friday 9. The Far-Right and racist wave
- What is fascism?
- Racism in capitalism
- Strategies against the far-right
23. Saturday 10. The Fourth International and strategic debates
- 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.
24. Sunday 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
- 19.30/20.00: Evening meal