Celebrating 1917 - Saturday 4 November, London

Celebrating 1917

  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 and 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 phone 020 7840 5600 or see the link here

There are many other events and conferences taking place across the UK (and obviously also internationally) to mark the centenary obviously - for example in Preston on 13-15 October, in Glasgow on 28 October, and London from 9-12 November.