Marxism Festival 2013 - Fri 15th - Sun 17th

national | anti-capitalism | event notice Sunday October 27, 2013 12:52 by anon

MARXISM 2013 A Festival of Ideas and Resistance

MARXISM 2013 A Festival of Ideas and Resistance Hosted by the Socialist Workers Party will be held from Fri 15th - Sun 17th Nov 2013 in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1.

FEATURING

Clare Daly, Ailbhe Smith, on Abortion Rights

Michael Taft, Kieran Allen on Challenging Capital

David Norris, Ailbhe Smith on LGBT struggle

Richard Boyd Barrett on a Different Ireland

Eamonn McCann on the Catholic Church

Brid Smith, Jimmy Kelly, Alan Lawes on Reclaiming our unions

Terry Eagleton on Oscar Wilde

Harry Browne on Bono

Peadar OʼGrady on Marx, Freud and mental illness

Trevor Hogan on Capitalism and sport

Sinead Kennedy on the War on Women

Brian OʼBoyle on Capitalist Crisis (With speakers from Egypt and Greece)

WITH PANELS ON:

Defending our natural resources

The housing and eviction crisis

Austerity and sectarianism in the North

Do we need immigration controls?

Legalising drugs?

Boycotting Israel

PLUS:

Conor Kostick on Strongbow; James OʼToole and John Molyneux on the Russian Revolution;

Gerry Carroll on Hip-hop; Paul OʼBrien on Literature and the Irish Revolution, Tina McVeigh on Their Democracy and Ours, Madeleine Johansson and Karl Gill on Oppression and Privilege Theory, Colm Bryce on Republican dissidents and much more…

There will also be a Culture Zone with art and music

Tickets: €12 waged | €8 unwaged |To book ring + 353 (0)1 8722 682

Email: info@marxismfestival.net | info@swp.ie
Event Date:
November 15, 2013 - 17:00 to November 17, 2013 - 18:00
Venue details:
Teachers Club
Parnell Square West
Dublin
Ireland