Edinburgh Thursday 28th February 8p.m.-9.30p.m.
Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, 17 West Montgomery Place, EH7 5HA
http://www.facebook.com/events/485857831450575/
Glasgow Friday 1st March 7p.m.-9p.m.
Glasgow Social Centre, Basement, Garnethill MultiCultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RE
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/132310493602348/
Anarcho-Syndicalism And The Class Struggle – Solidarity Federation
Introductory talk by one of the co-authors followed by discussion
We are living in times of unprecedented attacks on our living conditions on all fronts, of rising social tensions and sometimes violent eruptions of class conflict. And yet if anything, the surprise is not that there has been riots and the odd strike, but that there have been so few. How are we to make sense of this. How are we to fight back, to take the initiative? Against capitalism, what do we want to put in its place? The 20th century discredited state socialism, and rightly so. But with it, a whole history of international class struggle, of revolutions and counter-revolutions, victories and defeats, spontaneous uprisings and vast workers' organisation has been eclipsed too.
The book aims to recover some of the lost history, in order to set out a revolutionary strategy for the present conditions.
Read the book here for free, plus details of where to buy hard copies, and free downloads of the book:
http://www.selfed.org.uk/read/ffo
Free PDF version plus reviews and online debate:
Edinburgh Solidarity Federation:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edinburgh-Solidarity-Federation/329270483841888
Glasgow Solidarity Federation:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glasgow-Solidarity-Federation/237568036376381
http://www.solfed.org.uk/?q=local/glasgow http://iwa-ait.org