EDUCATION @ MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY & WORKERS' SCHOOL WINTER/SPRING TERM 2016 Unless otherwise stated events start at 7pm at the MML, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0PQ and cost £3 on the door. For some series registrations are also available online. For further information, and for additional details on all listed events visit our website: http://marx-memorial-library.org.uk/education
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Peoples' History For Beginners: Part One This is the first of two series of five classes held on Tuesdays to be led by Simon Renton Registration form and suggested reading available online: http://marx-memoriallibrary.org.uk/education/register-for-eveningclasses 26 Jan: Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production: Ancient and Feudal Societies 2 Feb: The 17th Century: Revolutions in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 9 Feb: The 18th Century: the First Half of the Industrial Revolution 16 Feb: The 19th Century: From the Rise of the Factory to WW1
REVOLUTIONS A course of lectures held on Thursdays examining the significance of a series of revolutions for radical and Marxist thought and particularly for the lessons drawn by the pioneers of Marxism 28 Jan: Professor Mary Davis on England 1640: The Radical Tradition 4 Feb: David Ayrton on France 1789 11 Feb: Ben Stevenson on France 1848 18 Feb: Jonathan White on France 1871
23 Feb: Overview and Themes: Classes, Class Conflict and Technological Change
Online Course – remote learning from the Marx Memorial Library Labour, Value and Exploitation: Introducing Marx's Economics. This course begins on 28 January 2016: registration is now open: http://marx-memorial-library.org.uk/education/our-online-educationprovision/online-course £20 waged/£10 unwaged The course is at an introductory level. It seeks to identify the key differences between Marx's approach and those of neo-liberal economics. It considers how Marx defines labour as the only source of new value and its implications for the understanding of capitalist crisis. The course involves supportive interaction between participants and a tutor. It has four sessions or classes, each lasting a fortnight.