We are proud and excited to present to you the third Oxford Radical Forum, taking place Friday - Sunday, 5 - 7 March.
The Oxford Radical Forum is a FREE three-day event bringing people together to discuss and debate key issues for the left and critical political thought, from climate-change to women's liberation, culture, racism and resistance.
The Oxford Radical Forum is a FREE three-day event bringing people together to discuss and debate key issues for the left and critical political thought, from climate-change to women's liberation, culture, racism and resistance.
FRI
2:30 – 3:45
:: DIRECT ACTION WORKSHOP
With the ‘Seeds For Change’ collective.
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4:30 – 6:00
:: ENGLAND’S POST-IMPERIAL MELANCHOLIA
Paul Gilroy (author, There Aint no Black in the Union Jack; Anthony Giddens Prof., London School of Economics).
- – - – - – - -
6:45 – 8:15
:: THE BLACK AND THE RED: MARXISM & ANARCHISM TODAY
Paul Blackledge (author, Reflections on the Marxist Theory of History; Leeds Metropolitan University); Ruth Kinna (author, William Morris: The Art of Socialism; editor, Anarchist Studies; Loughborough University).
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8:30-…
:: FORUM DINNER
All Forum attendees welcome…
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SAT
11:00 – 12:15
:: COMMONWEALTH AND CONVIVIALITY: ANTI-CAPITALISM AND THE POLITICS OF PLEASURE
Kate Soper (author, The Politics and Pleasures of Consuming Differently; Londen Metropolitan University); Jeremy Gilbert (author, Anti-capitalism and Culture; University of East London).
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1:15 – 2:30
:: PAN-AFRICANISM IN THE 21st CENTURY
Patricia Daley (author, Gender and Genocide in Burundi; Oxford University).
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3:00 – 4:15
:: FIGHTING FASCISM, RACISM AND IMMIGRATION CONTROLS TODAY
Teresa Hayter (author Open Borders: The Case against Immigration Controls; Campaign to Close Campfield); Anindya Bhattacharyya (Unite Against Fascism).
:: BODY POLITIC DRAMA WORKSHOP
Caitlin McLeod and Cara Verkerk (Warwick University, Theatre Studies Finalists).
- – - – - – - -
4:45 – 6:00
:: DISASTER POLITICS IN HAITI: AID, EXPLOITATION AND THE ARMY
Peter Hallward (author, Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment; Middlesex University), Richard Seymour (author, The Liberal Defense of Murder; blogs at ‘LENIN’S TOMB’).
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7:00 – 8:30
:: ONE MILLION CLIMATE JOBS – NOW!
Jonathan Neale (author, Stop Global Warming, Change the World; International Secretary, Campaign against Climate Change); former Vestas worker and occupier (TBC).
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9:00 – 3:00 (a.m.!)
PERFORMANCE // SPOKEN WORD // GIG // DJs
@ “THE CELLAR”
An eclectic mixture of live music, spoken word and comedy, arts-performance, and – after midnight – serious dance music until late.
Featuring:
Mr Shaodow, Babygravy, King of Cats
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SUN
1:15 – 2:30
:: UTOPIAN ORGANISATION IN MUSIC
Adam Harper (musician; blogs at Rouge’s Foam).
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3:00 – 4:15
:: MILITANT MODERNISM AND THE RUINS OF BRITISH UTOPIA
Owen Hatherley (author, Militant Modernism; architectural critic).
- – - – - – - -
4:45 – 6:00
:: INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY: LIBERATION NOW
Nina Power (author, One-Dimensional Woman; Roehampton University) and Laurie Penny (writer and blogger at Penny Red).
- – - – - – - -
7:00 – 8:30
:: CONTEMPORARY POLITICS IN FRANCE AND THE NOUVEAU PARTI ANTICAPITALISTE
Stathis Kouvelakis (author, Philosophy and Revolution; editor, A Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism; NPA member; Kings College London).
- – - – - – - -
8:45 – Late
DRINKS AND FAREWELLS
2:30 – 3:45
:: DIRECT ACTION WORKSHOP
With the ‘Seeds For Change’ collective.
- – - – - – - -
4:30 – 6:00
:: ENGLAND’S POST-IMPERIAL MELANCHOLIA
Paul Gilroy (author, There Aint no Black in the Union Jack; Anthony Giddens Prof., London School of Economics).
- – - – - – - -
6:45 – 8:15
:: THE BLACK AND THE RED: MARXISM & ANARCHISM TODAY
Paul Blackledge (author, Reflections on the Marxist Theory of History; Leeds Metropolitan University); Ruth Kinna (author, William Morris: The Art of Socialism; editor, Anarchist Studies; Loughborough University).
- – - – - – - -
8:30-…
:: FORUM DINNER
All Forum attendees welcome…
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
SAT
11:00 – 12:15
:: COMMONWEALTH AND CONVIVIALITY: ANTI-CAPITALISM AND THE POLITICS OF PLEASURE
Kate Soper (author, The Politics and Pleasures of Consuming Differently; Londen Metropolitan University); Jeremy Gilbert (author, Anti-capitalism and Culture; University of East London).
- – - – - – - -
1:15 – 2:30
:: PAN-AFRICANISM IN THE 21st CENTURY
Patricia Daley (author, Gender and Genocide in Burundi; Oxford University).
- – - – - – - -
3:00 – 4:15
:: FIGHTING FASCISM, RACISM AND IMMIGRATION CONTROLS TODAY
Teresa Hayter (author Open Borders: The Case against Immigration Controls; Campaign to Close Campfield); Anindya Bhattacharyya (Unite Against Fascism).
:: BODY POLITIC DRAMA WORKSHOP
Caitlin McLeod and Cara Verkerk (Warwick University, Theatre Studies Finalists).
- – - – - – - -
4:45 – 6:00
:: DISASTER POLITICS IN HAITI: AID, EXPLOITATION AND THE ARMY
Peter Hallward (author, Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment; Middlesex University), Richard Seymour (author, The Liberal Defense of Murder; blogs at ‘LENIN’S TOMB’).
- – - – - – - -
7:00 – 8:30
:: ONE MILLION CLIMATE JOBS – NOW!
Jonathan Neale (author, Stop Global Warming, Change the World; International Secretary, Campaign against Climate Change); former Vestas worker and occupier (TBC).
- – - – - – - -
9:00 – 3:00 (a.m.!)
PERFORMANCE // SPOKEN WORD // GIG // DJs
@ “THE CELLAR”
An eclectic mixture of live music, spoken word and comedy, arts-performance, and – after midnight – serious dance music until late.
Featuring:
Mr Shaodow, Babygravy, King of Cats
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - -
SUN
1:15 – 2:30
:: UTOPIAN ORGANISATION IN MUSIC
Adam Harper (musician; blogs at Rouge’s Foam).
- – - – - – - -
3:00 – 4:15
:: MILITANT MODERNISM AND THE RUINS OF BRITISH UTOPIA
Owen Hatherley (author, Militant Modernism; architectural critic).
- – - – - – - -
4:45 – 6:00
:: INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY: LIBERATION NOW
Nina Power (author, One-Dimensional Woman; Roehampton University) and Laurie Penny (writer and blogger at Penny Red).
- – - – - – - -
7:00 – 8:30
:: CONTEMPORARY POLITICS IN FRANCE AND THE NOUVEAU PARTI ANTICAPITALISTE
Stathis Kouvelakis (author, Philosophy and Revolution; editor, A Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism; NPA member; Kings College London).
- – - – - – - -
8:45 – Late
DRINKS AND FAREWELLS
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