8,9, 10&11 September The dates toremember MARXIST SYMPOSIUM

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Aims and objectives of Symposium: 12.00-1.00pm [Plenary] Everyday Life: "Women in the Third World':

Bourgeois Democracy: Dual Power and the proletariat Reporter: Robin Blackburn theory and practice. The Marxist Symposium has been organised to justity a Leninist political and theoretical altemative to the theory and practice of "Eurocommunism'. What is intended is not a parrot-like repetition of quotes from Lenin, Trotsky or Gramsci, but a battle of Ideas, a controntation between counterposed strategles for socialism. For that reason a number of supporters of 'Eurocommunism' have been invited to formally participate in the symposium. Many others have indicated that they will attend and participate from DAY ONE THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER THEME: FEMINISM AND MARXISM LUNCH WOMEN AND THE FAMILY/THE FAMILY AND CAPITALISM Panel: Branka Magas, Hilary Wainwright, Margaret Coulson DINNER Seminars on 'Patriarchy, Ideology and Psycho-analysis", 'Problems of DAY TWO FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER THEME: EUROCOMMUNISM, TROTSKYISM AND REVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY Dictatorship 10.00-1.00pm [Plenary)

LUNCH TROTSKYISM AND REVOLUTION Geoff Roberts (CP), Geoff Hodgson (LP), Paul Thompson (Big Flame) have been invited to question and debate with Ernest Mandel on Trotskyist DINNER 10.00-12.00 7рm-10pm.

later] NAME ADDRESS DEBATE ON SOCIALIST STRATEGY FOR W. EUROPE Ernest Mandel (Fourth International] Monty Johnstone [Representing the Executive Committee of the This debate will be held in the Sr. Pancras Assembly Rooms, Participants in the Symposium will be able to attend without extra cost. Non-participants will be required to pay 75p. 7.30pm DAY THREE SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER THEME: THE CAPITALIST CRISIS "Late Capitalism" and its critics David Yaffe, Simon Mohen, Ian Gough, Bob Rowthorne Reply by Ernest Mandel LUNCH Gramsci and Eurocommunism Reporter: Quinton Hoare Film (to he announced later) at The Other Cinema DAY FOUR SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER THEME: THE LENINIST THEORY OF THE PARTY Lenin, Trotsky and the Party LUNCH SEMINARS:

Gramsci and the Party Luxemburg, Spontaneity and the Party Women and the Party Socialist Challenge benefit [groups to be announced Dingwalls, Camden Lock. [Nearest tube: Chalk Farm I wish to register for the Marxist Symposium to be held at the LSE, Houghton Street, London WC1 between 8-11 September.

Amount enciosed Rates: Registration before 25 August is E4.00, after that date £5.00. The rate per day is E1.50 Post to: Symposium, 10.00am-1.00pm 2pm-5pm (Plenaryl 6.45pm.

Quintin Hoare Norman Geras Dodie Weppler 7.30pm-midnight c/o Socialist Challenge, 328

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