“Celebrating 1917”
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September 9, 2017 at 5:41 am #85709jondwhiteParticipant
Leopards don't change their spots and the SWP still love Lenin
Quote:Saturday 4 November 2017 • Central London • 10:30am-5:30pm
A one-day conference to debate and discuss the legacy of 1917 on the hundredth anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
Meetings:
Why Celebrate 1917?
- Dave Sherry, author of Russia 1917: Workers' Revolution and Festival of the Oppressed
- John Molyneux, author of Lenin for Today
- Sally Campbell, editor of Socialist Review
The Bolsheviks and 1917
- Kevin Corr & Gareth Jenkins, contributors to International Socialism
Culture and Revolution
- Cathy Porter, author of Alexandra Kollontai: A Biography
- Roger Huddle, editor of Reminiscences of RAR
The Festival of the Oppressed
- Judith Orr, author of Marxism and Women's Liberation
How the Revolution was Lost
- Esme Choonara, author of A Rebel's Guide to Trotsky
The Revolution and its Relevance Today
- Steve Smith, author of Russia in Revolution
- Alex Callinicos, author of Imperialism and Global Political Economy
- Amy Leather, national secretary of the SWP
Tickets are £10/£5 concessions.
To book your place at this conference,click here or phone 020 7840 5600.
September 11, 2017 at 9:33 pm #129257AnonymousInactiveI remember that the MLPUSA started to raised questions against Stalin and Enver Hoxha, when they started to question Lenin, the party was vanished by their own members.
September 13, 2017 at 3:11 pm #129258jondwhiteParticipantI don't understand, what does a party being vanished by their own members entail?
September 13, 2017 at 4:53 pm #129259AnonymousInactivejondwhite wrote:I don't understand, what does a party being vanished by their own members entail?It menas that, if the left starts to question Leninism and the Bolsheviks experience, the whole movement will fall apart. Any group which departs from the experience of the Bolsheviks will always end in wrong clonclusions. When the Soviet Union collapssed there was a big stampede, and when Enver Hoxha and Mao Tse Tung were questioned there was a big stampede too. Personally, I was able to see all that around me. The great fervor of that time was based on wrong principles, and they continue basing themselves on the same wrong principles
September 26, 2017 at 9:54 pm #129260jondwhiteParticipantI don't know if anyone here reads IS Review (ISR) but the Fall 2017 issue is about the Russian Revolutionhttps://isreview.org/issue/106
October 21, 2017 at 7:24 am #129261jondwhiteParticipantThe uk branch of the IS, the SWP have published their main statement on the centenary, a long essay by Callinicos, the editor of ISJhttp://isj.org.uk/the-orphaned-revolution/We should try and promote our case at their anniversary event
October 25, 2017 at 8:49 am #129262jondwhiteParticipantAnyone know if Eric Blanc is IS/SWP?
November 4, 2017 at 9:28 pm #129263jondwhiteParticipantSocialist Worker specialhttps://socialistworker.co.uk/special/170/x
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