Mike Foster
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Thanks for the suggestions so far. I’ll look into other venues. There’s possibly Newman College, too, where we held a Summer School ten or so years ago. I’m not sure how many boxes it ticks, though, as it’s less straightforward to get to.I haven’t heard any more about the bloke at Harborne Hall, but I’ll try to find out.I hadn’t forgotten your great suggestion, Ray, and what I had in mind was closer to your ‘relationships’ idea. Perhaps ‘sexuality’ isn’t a broad enough theme to stretch to five talks, but ‘relationships’ is. Then, there would still be room for a talk about same-sex relationships, which I think should be included. Thanks for the idea!
Summer School’s over for another year, and hopefully everyone who battled their way through the rain to get there had a good time. I certainly did. Thanks very much to the other speakers for giving such clear and thought-provoking talks, and for taking the time and effort to put them together. The discussion after each session was lively and interesting, too. It’s not often enough that we get the chance to chat and chew over ideas together. Roll on 2013’s summer school (although I need a bit longer to recover from this one before I can think about next year’s!). Thanks are also due to Dave, for helping out with the publicity.
If you’d like to book a place, please let me know before the end of the weekend, as the venue have asked for a list of attendees. Many thanks.
There’ll be a debate about the Occupy Movement between Stair (SPGB) and Ian Barker (Occupy Norwich) at the Birmingham Summer School. Let me know if anyone would like more informaiton about coming along, or see here:http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/event/summer-school-6th-8th-july-2012-birmingham
Sounds like an interesting agenda! I’m not sure yet if I’ll drive or get the train, but I’ll have a think and let you know, Paddy.
Here’s another reminder of this year’s Summer School. please let me know if you’re interested in attending.
There are some works I’d include on the list, such as E M Forster’s ‘The Machine Stops’ and John Christopher’s ‘Tripods’ quadrilogy. And if they qualify as sci-fi (which they probably don’t, although they have some sci-fi elements), Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ and Anna Bowman Dodd’s ‘ The Republic of the Future’.
Does anyone have any contacts with potential speakers within the Occupy movement? I’ve sent a couple of e-mails to them asking about this for Summer School, but haven’t had a reply. I might have more luck if I can get in touch with a particular person. Rather than posting personal details on an open forum, could anyone e-mail me at spgbschool@yahoo.co.uk. Thanks.P.S. The publicity campaign for Summer School will be starting fairly soon…
Hydra Books in Bristol run events several times a month and host meetings as well (including those of the IWW and AF). It might be worth seeing if they would host an ‘introduction to the SPGB’-type event. I’ll ask about it when I’m there on 5th January. On that evening there’s a ‘meet the author’ event, where ‘Clive Hendry’ will be discussing homeless hostels and trying to flog copies of his book.
