Theme: ‘War and peace’
Saturday August 13 – Saturday August 20
22 sessions held in-person at a Central London venue and online.
International Student House,
229 Great Portland Street, London W1
(One minute from Great Portland Street tube station)
Zoom registration links for those who are unable to join us in-person can be found below. Please ensure that you do not lose your joining link (sent via email after registration) or you may have trouble joining. CU will also be livestreamed to the CU and CPGB Facebook pages
CU 2022 Summer FINAL TIMETABLE
Date |
Start time (BST) |
Session |
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Saturday 13th |
12:00 AM | Registration (in person only) |
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2:00 PM |
What is war? |
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5:00 PM |
Alpha male violence is endemic amongst our nearest cousins: can chimpanzees show us the origins of war? |
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Sunday 14th |
10:00 AM |
The origins of war: the human revolution and the Neolithic counterrevolution Speaker: Chris Knight Zoom registration here |
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2:00 PM |
Marx and Engels: war, peace and revolution |
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| 5:00 PM |
Zionism’s Colonial Wars |
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Monday 15th |
10:00 AM |
‘Not a penny, not a man’ – the heroic stand of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg against World War Speaker: Mario Kessler Zoom registration here |
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2:00 PM |
Marx and Engels and the Irish question |
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| 5:00 PM |
Clara Zetkin and the First World War |
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Tuesday 16th |
10:00 AM |
The political economy of war: the military industrial complex and modern capitalism Speaker: Michael Roberts Zoom registration here |
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2:00 PM |
Northern Ireland, the left, social pacifism and the peace process |
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| 5:00 PM |
The struggle against Henry Hyndman’s militarism in the BSP, 1909-14 |
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Wednesday 17th |
10:00 AM |
On looking at war and war photography; 20 years of experience Speaker: Simon Norfolk Zoom registration here |
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2:00 PM |
The Labour Party: a party of imperialist war and counterrevolutions … and then there’s the cowardly official Labour ‘left’ |
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| 5:00 PM |
The Ukraine war and US grand strategy |
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Thursday 18th |
10:00 AM |
Sanctions: a weapon for peace or a modern-day form of siege warfare? Speaker: Yassamine Mather Zoom registration here |
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2:00 PM |
Exposing war crimes and state cover-up: the case of Julian Assange |
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| 5:00 PM |
Are the Democratic Socialists of America breaking from the Democrats over Ukraine? |
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Friday 19th |
10:00 AM |
Why opportunists fear, loath and attack the demand for a popular militia and the abolition of the standing army Speaker from Communist Platform (the Netherlands) Zoom registration here |
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2:00 PM |
Bolshevism in 1917: ‘revolutionary defeatism’ or ‘anti-agreementist defencism’? |
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| 5:00 PM |
The problems of revolutionary defeatism today |
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Saturday 20th |
10:00 AM |
AI, robots and drones: the revolution in warfare |
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1:00 PM |
International revolutionary war |
Full week, including accommodation in en suite rooms: £250 (£150 unwaged).
Solidarity price: £300.
First/final weekend, including one night’s accommodation: £60 (£30).
Full day: £10 (£5).
Single session: £5 (£3).
Reservation: £30.
Make payments to Account ‘Weekly Worker’
Please make sure you indicate the payment is for ‘CU2022‘
Account number: 00744310
Sort code: 30-99-64
For booking details email: contact.cu2022@gmail.com
For a flavour of previous years, check out the videos in our CU video archive