Celebrating 1917

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 London on 21 October, in Glasgow on 28 October, and again in London from 9-12 November.