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Dear all, Some BASA members might be interested in 'Marxism festival', which is in central London from 10-14 July this year. There are lots of meetings and cultural events, with a focus on 1914-2014 as a century of 'war, crisis and revolution', and there are plenty of events around the First World War and the Great Miners' Strike of 1984-85 - but some meetings that might be of particular interest to BASA members include: Winston Silcott, Janet Alder and Brian Richardson on 'No justice, no peace' - on police racism and corruption today Peter Hain, Ronnie Kasrils and a South African miner on South Africa after Marikana and the death of Mandela John Pilger, Darcus Howe, Gareth Pierce and Matt Foot on remembering Paul Foot Talat Ahmed on the colonial experience in World War One Brian Richardson on Malcolm X and the Black Power movement Lloyd Bradley - Sounds like London: 100 years of black music in the capital Dave Sherry on his new book Empire and Revolution: The Meaning of the First World War Plus meetings on Nelson Mandela, Stuart Hall, Tony Benn, Blair Peach, 'Who are UKIP and how do we stop them?', Euro-fascism, Marxism and Orientalism, 'Part of our class: migrant workers in Britain', privilege theory, Islamophobia today, intersectionality, etc etc For more info check out http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/ You can download a programme here which gives you a good idea of the event: http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/downloads/marxism-2014-timetable.pdf Thanks, Christian