 Summer School 2004 “THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS” At Fircroft College, 9-11 July PROGRAMME Friday Evening The individual in the capitalist world: Has the alienation within property society worsened over the past 100 years? And what prospects does the coming century hold for the interests of society and the individual? Speaker: Clifford Slapper Saturday Morning Dangerous Liaisons: The future of sex as commodity, weapon and revolt. Speaker: Paddy Shannon Saturday Afternoon Dangerous Illusions-Deadly Reality: Military agendas and state control. Speaker: Richard Headicar Saturday Evening Which way C21st capitalism? What happened to the future? Why do so many people have such a dim view of it? Marxism and science fiction have different answers, but they can both help us ask the right questions. *Speaker: Ken MacLeod* Sunday Morning Capitalism’s crumbling ideology: In this era of reaction, the ruling elite is experiencing a failure of nerve in setting out any agenda for the development of capitalism. Instead of presenting positive political opportunities for its critics, however, their loss of confidence has trickled down, nurturing a climate of caution in which any form of change is viewed with suspicion and fear. Speaker: Andy P. Davies Sunday Afternoon The Agenda for Socialists: A workshop session in which anyone may make a five-minute contribution in response or alternative to the discussions of the weekend, with particular emphasis on the strategy and tactics socialists might adopt to meet the challenges of the next 100 years. Convenor: Stan Parker * Ken MacLeod, our guest speaker, is a science fiction novelist. Among his titles are: The Star Fraction, The Stone Canal, The Cassini Division and, most recently, Newton’s Wake and the first book, Cosmonaut Keep, of a trilogy, called Engines of Light. get your booking form and more details here |
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