Marx 200
A major international conference celebrating Marx’s work and exploring the significance of Marxism in the world today
5 May 2018
09:00 - 17:00
SOAS, University of London, EC1H 0XG
Organised by the Marx Memorial Library on the bicentenary of Marx’s birth
£15/10 concession - tickets available here
Plenary sessions on:
- political economy and its relevance today – why Marx was right
- philosophy and human development – Marxism and the battle of ideas
- the international role of the working-class movement – Marxism as a force for change
With speakers including:
John McDonnell MP, the Shadow Chancellor; Sarah Mosoetsa (professor of sociology at the National Institute for the Humanities & Social Sciences, Johannesburg); Isabel Monal (editor of the Cuban theoretical journal Marx Ahora); David McLellan (visiting professor of political theory at Goldsmith College, University of London); Ben Fine (professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London); John O’Neill (professor of political economy at Manchester University); Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxism); Ann-Kathrin Krug, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin; Luo Wendong, deputy editor-in-chief of Social Sciences in China Press, Beijing
Provisional programme and further details here
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