CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS
COMEDY / MUSIC / FILM Jeremy Hardy mocks the millionaires and Steve Parry brings us “Left Wing Comedy: An Infantile Disorder”, plus standup from Kate Smurthwaite. Dave Randall presents a short people’s history of music, there are films on Edward Said, Stuart Hall and a sixties underground classic featuring Allen Ginsberg, Stokely Carmichael and Herbert Marcuse.
Sat 31 May, 10am – late & Sun 1 June 2014, 10am – 4pm Richmix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA
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HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A WEEKEND FESTIVAL OF SUBVERSIVE IDEAS
Booming ‘eck: Is the crisis over already?
Crisis, war and climate change. Rejection, rebellion and revolution. These are dangerous times, times of threats and possibilities, times that call for dangerous ideas. Writers, activists, trade unionists and cultural figures come together for a weekend of discussion and debate, film and music, analysis and imagination. A festival for everyone who dares to dream of a better world.
House prices are booming, the stock market is up, bankers’ bonuses are back. So has austerity worked? What would a recovery for ordinary people look like and how do we build a movement to get it?
Hosted by Tariq Ali, Jeremy Corbyn and Clare Solomon. In association with Richmix and Philosophy Football.
London Vs. The Rest? Regions, inequality and resistance
From Caracas and Cairo to Bangkok and Kiev – the West has learned to stop worrying about popular mobilisations and love the street protest. Where does this leave the left?
Is London sucking the life out of the rest of the country? Lindsey German, author of A People’s History of London, discusses the implications of a growing regional divide. The rise and fall of the working class Historian Selina Todd, author of The People: The Rise and Fall Of The Working Class, explores the changing fortunes of the working class and its place in Britain today. Revolution in danger: Defeating Venezuela’s insurgent right
The resistible rise of the far right
The Counter-revolution will be televised: Propaganda, politics and protest
NATO, Russia and the new Cold War: Why the main enemy is at home “You just don’t invade another country on a trumped up pretext.” - John Kerry. Rank hypocrisy aside, how should the left respond to frightening standoffs between imperialist rivals? Panellists include Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky.
What lies behind the rise of the far right across Europe and how should we respond? Feminism today: Theory and practice How can we grow the new feminist movement whilst learning from past struggles? With The F-Word founder Catherine Redfern, writer Lola Okolosie and more. World Cup 2014: Whatever happened to Brazil’s beautiful game?
Syria and imperialism: Q&A with Tariq Ali Veteran activist, writer & filmmaker Tariq Ali answers your questions about the civil war in Syria, the West’s attempts to rehabilitate ‘humanitarian intervention’ and the imperialist struggle to take back control of the post-Arab Spring Middle East.
Come and discuss how we can support the Bolivarian revolution – and why it matters.
Does neoliberal globalisation, the commodification of fandom and FIFA’s bigbusiness model spell the end of Futebol as we once knew it? The truth about the ‘Great War’ and the revolutionaries who ended it How an imperialist war fought between aristocratic cousins was ended by popular revolutions.
Breaking Britain: Why everyone should support Scottish independence Why is the establishment so spooked by the referendum? With a panel including Chris Bambery, from the Radical Independence Campaign and author of A People’s History of Scotland
Who runs Britain? Owen Jones shines a light into the murky world of the British establishment and asks where does the power really lie?
Sat 31 May (10AM - LATE) & Sun 1 June 2014 (10AM - 4PM), Richmix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA WWW.DANGEROUSTIMES.NET