[Reader-list] Fwd: Anarchist Bookfair, Feminist Fightback, Historical Materialism, Radical Anthropology Group

Iram Ghufran iram at sarai.net
Wed Sep 8 01:47:50 IST 2010


Subject:Anarchist Bookfair, Feminist Fightback, Historical Materialism, 
Radical Anthropology Group
From:9000lmn at gmx.com
Date:Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:02:46 +0200
To:9000lmn at gmx.com

Please publicise these meetings widely, thankyou:


 >>> FROM MELTDOWN TO UPHEAVAL >>>

A Conference of Working-Class Reflection and Action

10am-7pm Saturday September 11 at LARC, Fieldgate St., E1 (Whitechapel 
tube).

Sessions on: 1)The global crisis; 2)Local struggles in workplaces, 
housing, universities and public services; 3)Rank-and-file organising, 
migrant struggles, publications; 4)Future coordination

See THE COMMUNE website for further details and future meetings.

 >> AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY – THE HUMAN REVOLUTION

Tuesdays, 6.45-9pm St. Martin's Community Centre, 43 Carol St., NW1 (2 
mins from Camden tube).

It is now known that symbolic culture began emerging in Africa some 
100,000 years ago, in a social revolution whose echoes can still be 
heard in mythic narratives and ritual traditions from around the world. 
This course is a general introduction to anthropology including the 
latest findings from evolutionary biology, primatology, rock art 
research and archaeology. The course should also be enjoyable: there are 
good local pubs, and there is always time for discussion and socialising.

Sep 21 - Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, Chris Knight

Sep 28 - Introduction to anthropology, Chris Knight

Oct 5 - Revolutionary origins of society, Chris Knight

Oct 12 - Primitive matriarchy, Chris Knight

Oct 19 - Early human kinship, Chris Knight

Oct 26 - Noam Chomsky, language and its origins, Chris Knight

Nov 2 - Hunters' moon, Chris Knight

Nov 9 - Why the Human Revolution theory is wrong, Zoao Zilhan

Nov 16 - Behavioural origins of modern humans, Chris Stringer

Nov 23 - Origins of art, Camilla Power

Nov 30 - Mbenjele hunter-gatherers of central Africa, Jerome Lewis

Dec 7 - What future for the African forest people? Jerome Lewis

Dec 14 - Christmas fairytale, the shoes that danced themselves to 
pieces, Chris Knight

The Human Revolution theory is summarised in articles at 
http://libcom.org/tags/hunter-gatherers and at 
http://www.radicalanthropologygroup.org

LONDON ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR

SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER 2010

10am-7pm Queen Mary, University Of London, Mile End Road, Mile End tube

Paul Mason, Hillel Ticktin and Endnotes debate:

'Will Cameron's Cuts lead to working-class defeat or to a new 
anti-capitalist movement?'

(Paul Mason's writings can be found at his blog at bbc.co.uk and Ticktin 
and Endnotes articles are at libcom.org)

Chris Knight and Milan Rai debate Noam Chomsky's science and politics

Plus talks with John Pilger and Michael Albert

Also meetings on: India, Croatia, feminism, Palestine, Zapatistas, 
Gandhi, Proudhon, pirates, co-ops, prisons, EDL, education, 
healthworkers, shop stewards and more.

See http://www.anarchistbookfair.org.uk/whatson.html for more details 
and for information about the:

'Housing Ourselves' conference - Sunday 24 October.

women at the cutting edge

conference organised by Feminist Fightback

Saturday 30 October 11am-5pm

Regent St. Cinema, University of Westminster, 309 Regent St., London W1

Open to people of all genders. Free creche.


70% of recent tax and benefit cuts will fall on women. Join a day of 
discussion and networking against the cuts.

Workshops on: 1) Cuts and campaigning 2) Why are cuts a feminist issue? 
3) Demystifying the economics of the crisis 4) Fighting within and 
against the state


HISTORICAL MATERIALISM CONFERENCE 2010

'Crisis and Critique' – responses to the current crisis from a range of 
Marxist perspectives.

Thur. 11 to Sun. 14 November, SOAS, University of London, Thornaugh St. 
WC1 (Russell Square tube).


The full programme of meetings, with dozens of speakers from all over 
the world, will be ready in October. See 
www.historicalmaterialism.org/conferences
HOUSMANS BOOKSHOP holds regular meetings and book launches on a wide 
range of issues at 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, N1. See 
http://www.housmans.com/events.php for future events.

Many other events in London can be found at http://london.indymedia.org.uk/



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