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FIRCROFT COLLEGE,BIRMINGHAM,
SUMMER SCHOOL
Friday, 13th -Sunday,15th July 2007
The
best test for someone's theories is often the test of time.
Can
their views survive changing trends and events in the real world? What can
they show us about the 21st century- our age of religious
divisions, environmental threats, governmental crises and information
overload? At this
year's weekend of talks and discussions, we turn the spotlight
on the theories of some of the most prominent thinkers of the last
hundred years.
What
have we learnt, and what should we learn from them?
Simon Wigley esq. presents the ideas of
philosopher and sociologist
JURGEN
HABERMAS
THOMAS, JULIAN & ALDOUS HUXLEY
An introduction to an influential
family by Richard Headicar esq.
Adam Buick esq.discusses the work of
anthropologist and humanist
ASHLEY
MONTAGUE
Mike Foster esq. gives a reappraisal of the
journalism and novels of
GEORGE
ORWELL
RICHARD STALLMAN
An
account of the life of the intellectual-property activist,by Tristan
Millar esq.
REFRESHMENTS
PROVIDED
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Full
attendance
costs £110. This includes accommodation and all meals
Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.A limited number of concessionary
tickets (£55) are available to those on low incomes.Please send a
£10
deposit (cheques made payable to the Socialist Party of Great Britain)
with your application.
Fircroft College is a small adult education college within easy reach
of Birmingham city centre.The Socialist Party's summer schools have
been held there for many years because of its excellent facilities and
quiet garden surroundings.Single and twin bedroom accomodation is
available, with some rooms having their own showers as well as wash
basins.
Fircroft college is at 1018 Bristol Road (A38), south of the city
centre and just past Selly Oak shopping centre.Parking is available at
the college.Buses 61, 62 and 63 from Stevenson Street,near New Street
station, stop at the college.
To book your place,send a £10 cheque made out to The Socialist
Party of Great Britain to Ron Cook,11 Dagger Lane,West Bromwich, B71
4BT,
Tel 0121 553 1712. E-mail yes-utopia@blueyonder.co.uk
For
a
printable application to book your place click here
The Socialist Party of Great Britain has argued the case for a
democratic, classless society without money, leaders and private
ownership of the means of production since 1904.
More information can be
found on our website at www.worldsocialism.org/spgb
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