HOPI annual conference
Annual conference: Saturday December 13, 10.00-18.00 Caxton House, 129 St John’s Way, London N19 (Archway tube). Deadline for motions and nominations to steering committee: November 20. office@hopoi.info
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‘Internal and external threats to the Iranian people’
Hands Off the People of Iran public meeting. Leeds, Tuesday November 18th, 7:30pm. Leeds TUC, 88 North Street, LS2. Speaker from Hopi. Organised by Leeds Alliance for Green Socialism: www.greensocialist.org.uk
CS educational on the economic crisis
What are the causes of the current crisis, and how should communists respond? CS member Chris Strafford will be presenting his take on the depression, and we will be discussing how to understand, explain and agitate around the current crisis of capitalism. All welcome. Starts 10:30am, Sunday 2nd November. Central London. Venue TBC. Contact Ben for more info: ...
CS London study Capital chapter 2
CS London branch will be discussing the second chapter of Capital at the November 19th meeting. The second chapter can be read here: http://marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch02.htm Contact Ben for more details: 07522 408 657; ...
CS London study Revolutionary Strategy
At the meeting on Wednesday November 12th, London branch will be discussing the introduction and first chapter of new book 'Revolutionary Strategy: Marxism and the challenge of left unity' by Mike Macnair. You can read a review by CS member James Turley here. All welcome. Contact Ben for more info: 07522 408 657; ...
Many Marxisms: Historical Materialism conference
Annual conference of the Historical Materialism journal, 7th-9th November in London. More info: http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/hm/conference2008.htm
CS London study Capital chapter 1
CS London branch will be discussing chapter 1 of Marx's Capital on Wednesday November 5th. The first chapter can be found here: http://marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch01.htm Contact Ben for more details: 07522 408 657; ...
Another Education is Possible Conference
Initiated by the Socialist Worker Student Society, this conference looks to set up a project almost identical to Education Not for Sale. CS members will be there to argue for radical politics and democracy in the student movement- expect a report after the conference. Info from: www.anothereducationispossible.org.uk Building a Democratic Campaigning Student Movement As the impact of the ...
Capitalism in crisis- time for Marxism!
CS meeting- all welcome What does the fight for communism mean in today’s society? What role can students play in this struggle? Come along to meet activists from Communist Students. Lots of time for questions. Wednesday October 29, 7pm Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road, London WC1 (near Kings Cross- click here for a map) Download a printable ...
Capitalism Hits the Fan – A Marxian View
Richard Wolff a professor of economics at UMass Amherst talks on the current "financial" crisis and capitialism in general. A form of socialism is presented as a possible alternative. This talk was presented by the Asociation for Economic and Social Analysis and the journal Rethinking Marxism.
No opt-out for ‘tigers’
James Turley looks at Iceland, a country flirting with bankruptcy Of all the myriad narratives thrown up by the credit crisis, one stands out: a tale of entire countries going bust, Russian loans and even - bizarrely - British ‘anti-terrorism’ legislation. That story is the peculiar downfall of a nation at the periphery of the European financial ...
Watch the Matgamna-Machover debate
The long-awaited debate between Worker's Liberty patriarch Sean Matgamna, professed Zionist and opponent of troops out now, and Israeli socialist Moshe Machover (HOPI and CMP) finally happened on 12th October. The subject was 'Israel, the Palestinians, and Iran', though Matgamna studiously avoids any mention of Iran. The outrage caused by his recent article excusing an ...
Video of HOPI Meeting at Kings College London
Torab Saleth (Workers Left Unity Iran) and Behrooz Karimizadeh and Kaveh Abbasian (Students for Freedom and Equality in Iran) addressed a meeting organised by the Kings' College student society of 'Hands Off the People of Iran'