Marx Oration

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Marx Memorial Library

Draft Programme:
PLENARIES
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Marx’s contribution to political economy and its relevance today - why Marx was right
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<LI>Ben Fine, Professor of Economics, SOAS, University of London</LI>
<LI>Luo Wendong, Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences</LI>
<LI>Anne-Kathrin Krug, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin</LI>
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Marx, philosophy and human development – Marxism and the battle of ideas
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<LI>David McLellan, Visiting Professor of Political Theory, Goldsmiths, University of London</LI>
<LI>Isabel Monal, Editor of Marx Ahora, a Cuban theoretical journal</LI>
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Into the 21st century: Marxism as a force for change today
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<LI>John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</LI>
<LI>Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist)</LI>
<LI>Sarah Mosoetsa, Associate Professor of Sociology, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg</LI>
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Capitalism and new technology – has Marx been eclipsed?
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<LI>Ursula Huws, Professor of Labour and Globalisation. Hertfordshire School of Business</LI>
<LI>Leo Impett (tbc)</LI>
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Populist Nationalism
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<LI>Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist)</LI>
<LI>Francisco Dominguez, Middlesex University London</LI>
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Neoliberalism, austerity and Marx
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<LI>Ben Fine, Professor of Economics, SOAS, University of London</LI>
<LI>Denise Christie, Scottish Secretary, Fire Brigades Union</LI>
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Class, race and gender: Marxism, exploitation and oppression
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<LI>Mary Davis, Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London</LI>
<LI>Sarah Mosoetsa, Associate Professor of Sociology, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, CEO of the National Institute for Humanities & Social Science</LI>
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Marxism and culture
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<LI>David Margolies, Emeritus Professor of English at Goldsmiths, University of London, Chair</LI>
<LI>Christine Lindey, Art historian and visual arts critic</LI>
<LI>Esther Leslie, Professor in Political Aesthetics, Birkbeck, University of London (tbc)</LI>
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Marxism and the environment
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<LI>Ted Benton, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Essex</LI>
<LI>John O’Neill, Hallsworth Chair in Political Economy, University of Manchester</LI>
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Marxism and the present as history
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<LI>Jonathan White, Chair</LI>
<LI>John Foster, Emeritus Professor, Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland</LI>
<LI>Isabel Monal, Editor of Marx Ahora, a Cuban theoretical journal</LI>
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State power and the power of the state
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<LI>Marj Mayo, Chair</LI>
<LI>Luo Wendong, Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences</LI>
<LI>Faleh Jabar, Chair of the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies, Beiru</LI>
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